Event Details
Date : 20 May 2025 (Tue)
Time : 9:30am – 3:30pm
Venue : Arts Tech Lab (RM4.35, 4/F Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU)
Symposium Abstract
This symposium explores the imperative of intentionally embedding digital capability development within the curriculum to ensure students are equipped not only for academic success but also for the dynamic demands of the digital workplace. The keynote address will examine the misconceptions surrounding student digital literacy, the risks of assuming passive acquisition, and the strategic role of higher education institutions in cultivating discipline-specific digital employability and lifelong learning skills. The event will also feature contributions from faculty and students who will share innovative practices, challenges, and successes in integrating digital skills across diverse academic programs. Together, these perspectives will provide a roadmap for embedding purposeful digital capability development into higher education, ensuring graduates are prepared to thrive in an increasingly complex and digitally-driven world.
About the Keynote Speaker
Professor Elle Gregory is the Associate Dean Learning and Teaching (Faculty of Health) at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Australia. She currently leads the Clinical Anatomy and Paediatric Imaging research laboratory with a focus on improving anatomical knowledge through contemporary imaging techniques and advancing our understanding of the anatomy of children and subadults. Her teaching experience spans over 20 years with a focus on anatomy education, and innovative approaches to teaching that maximise student success through collaborative student-centred learning design that leverages contemporary and future-focused technologies such as virtual reality and 360 degree videos to prepare students for the real world of employment. She leads the internationally awarded Digital Health Futures team, which embeds student digital capability development across the curriculum in all Health courses using whole of course design principles in partnership with the QUT Library, Student Success Group and Curriculum Design Studio.
Dr. Wilson Kwok is an Associate Director at The University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining the University, he looked after the eLearning development and teacher training for five years in a public organization which had over 2,000 staff teaching in 30 member institutions. Under the co-branding strategy of the University Libraries and Information Technology Services, he currently holds key responsibilities in the development and support of hybrid learning, platforms, teaching spaces as well as e-assessment at institutional level.
Ms. Canice MOK
Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre
- 3917 6069
- tsmok@hku.hk