Newsletter No. 157

4 No. 157 4th January 2000 CUHK Newsletter 宣布事項 ANNOUNCEMENTS 公積金計劃投資成績 InvestmentReturns of Staff Superannuation Schemes 財務處公布公積金計劃內各項投資基金於一九九九年十一月之回報如下： From the Bursary. The monthly returns for November 1999 in the Designated Investment Funds of the 1995 Scheme and 1983 Scheme are as follows: —九九九年十一月 November 1999 基金 Fund 計劃 Scheme 指摽回報 Benchmark Return 1995 1983 (未經審核數據 u n a u d i t e d) .增長 Growth 9.35% 10.38% 8.75% 平衡 Balanced 6.69% 6.87% 5.89% 穩定 Stable 3.08% 3.95% 2.38% 港元銀行存款 H K D Bank Deposit 0.51% (年息 Annualized 6.18%) 0.48% (年息 Annualized 5.80%) 0.38% (年息 Annualized 4.62%) 美元銀行存款 USD Bank Deposit 0.47% (年息 Annualized 5.32%) 0.45% (年息 Annualized 5.19%) 0.41% (年息 Annualized 4.92%) 新設課程 New Academic Programmes 教務會最近通過由二零零零至零一年起開設下列課程︰ •自負盈虧的語言學文學碩士課程 •自負盈虧的文化研究文學碩士課程 •自負盈虧的電子商貿管理理學碩士課程 •自負盈顧的電子商貿技術理學碩士課程 •自負盈虧的市場學理學碩士課程 •自負盈虧的新媒體理學碩士課程 •自負盈虧的學位教師高級教育文憑課程 •自負盈虧的社會工作學士後文憑課程 教務會另通過由校外進修學院於二零零零年起開設下列課程︰ •辦公室實務中文寫作及普通話基礎證書課程 •紀律部隊人員/保安實務證書課程（遙距） •商業及行政中文文憑課程 •基礎實用英語證書課程 •實用英語證書課程 •英語文法證書課程 •在職英語會話技巧證書課程 •在職英語寫作技巧證書課程 •辦公室英語傳意技巧證書課程 •商業英語傳意證書課程 •行政人員商業英語傳意文憑課程 •在職英語寫作及電腦技巧證書課程 •辦公室英語傳意及電腦技巧證書課程 •商業英語傳意及辦公室電腦技巧證書課程 •行政人員商業英語傳意及辦公室電腦技巧文憑課程 The Senate has recently approved the introduction of the following academic programmes in 2000-01: • Self-financed Master of Arts Programme in Linguistics • Self-financed Master of Arts Programme in Intercultural Studies • Self-financed Master of Science Programme in E-Commerce (Business Programme) • Self-financed Master of Science Programme in E-Commerce (Technologies Programme) • Self-financed Master of Science Programme in Marketing • Self-financed Master of Science Programme in New Media • Self-financed Advanced Postgraduate Diploma Programme in Education • Self-financed Postgraduate Diploma Programme in Social Work The Senate also approved the introduction of the following programmes by the School of Continuing Studies in 2000: • Certificate Programme in Basic Chinese Writing Skills and Putonghua for the Office • Certificate Programme in Disciplinary Forces/Security Operations (Distance Education) • Diploma Programme in Chinese Communication in Business and Administration • Certificate Programme in Basic General English • Certificate Programme in General English • Certificate Programme in English Grammar • Certificate Programme in English Speaking Skills for the Workplace • Certificate Programme in English Writing Skills for the Workplace • Certificate Programme in English Communication Skills for the Office • Certificate Programme in Business Communication • Diploma Programme in Business Communication for Executives • Certificate Programme in English Writing and IT Skills for the Workplace • Certificate Programme in English Communication and IT Skills for the Office • Certificate Programme in Business Communication and Office IT Skills • Diploma Programme in Business Communication and Office IT Skills for Executives WebCT Training Programmes WebCT (CT stands for Course Tools) is a package that can facilitate the creation of a web-based educational environment. It provides aset of educational tools to help learning, communication, and collaboration, as well as aset of administrative tools to assist teachers in managing and improving a course. WebCT is completely web-based; students and teachers do not have to install any software on their computers, other than aweb browser such as Netscape Communicator and Internet Explorer, in order to access it. Last semester, 47 WebCT courses ( http://course.cuhk.edu.hk) were conducted and more than 1,000 students used this web-based tool to communicate with their teachers and classmates, to complete course quizzes, and to obtain course notes and other course information. If you are a teacher and plan to use aWebCT in your course this semester but have never attended the training sessions provided by the Computer Services Centre/ Information Technology Service Unit (CSC/ITSU), you and your assistants may want to attend the two-part one-day workshop on 7th January 2000. In Part I, you will learn how to • customize aWebCT homepage; • publish course contents; and • communicate with students using Bulletin Board/Private Mail/Chat. In Part II, you will learn how to • manage student accounts; • keep track of progress; • create online quizzes and surveys; and • manage a private course calendar. Please register on-line at the CSC/ITSU IT Training page ( http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ csc/training). CSC/ITSU is now planning another series of training seminars on the use of advanced instructional technologies to enhance teaching and learning. Details will be announced in early January on the CSC/ITSU IT Training page and CSC/ITSU Digest (http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/csc/digest ). 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