Bulletin No. 2, 2016

10 Chinese University Bulletin No. 2, 2016 Assiduous Cultivators of the Digital Soil The University has been gathering momentum in its e-learning expedition by continuously strengthening its technical and pedagogical support infrastructure, offering grants to teachers and encouraging staff to develop courseware and micro- modules in support of blended learning across disciplines. With concerted effort through the years, e-learning mushrooms on CUHK campus. Animating Biomedical Concepts Dr. Isabel Hwang , senior lecturer in the School of Biomedical Sciences, has since 2007 been developing courseware such as mobile applications, virtual reality and micro-modules in health sciences to make her large classes in heterogeneous disciplines, from Chinese medicine, nursing, pharmacy to public health, more interesting and interactive. In her self- learning micro-modules covering major topics in the health sciences, her students are able to visualize the conceptual physiological mechanisms. Dr. Hwang said, ‘I’m not denying the values of didactic lectures. But the use of 2D static images in lecture slides in some topics does have limitations. For instance, electrical impulses generated in the human neurons are not ordinar y objec ts that students can reach.’ She believes that her students’ learning efficacy can be enhanced if they