Programme

Panel Chair: Professor An-Chi Liu
Director
Preparatory office
Dharma Drum University
Taiwan

Associated with Feng Chia University for 20 years, Professor An-Chi Liu is now in charge of establishing Dharma Drum University (DDU) – a new literal arts school focusing on Graduate education. To reach out to the international community, DDU is now in the process of building a virtual campus with e-Learning support.

Panelist: Dr Walter Hu
Chief Executive Officer
Cerbibo
The People's Republic of China

Dr Walter Hu has got his PhD in Information Technology and MS in Computer Science. He has been the President and CEO of CERNET-Blackboard Information Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. in China since 2003, managing and leading this Sino-US joint venture company to develop e-Learning software and provide service in China. Before he took up the current position, he served as the Chief Information Officer, Executive VP of CERNET Corp. Beijing, China, supervising R&D department as well as other related departments for the corporation for six years and Director of System Engineering of Online Resources Corp. McLean, VA in the United States, leading a software and system engineer team to analyze, design, develop and maintain an Internet banking system for 3 years.

Panelist: Mr Zach Johnson
Senior Director
Asia Pacific
Blackboard Inc.
Australia

Mr Zach Johnson is the Regional Vice President for Blackboard Asia Pacific, based in Queensland, Australia. Prior to joining Blackboard four years ago, Mr Johnson worked as a strategic consultant at Cranfield University in England and as an analyst for Abt Associates, a public policy consulting firm in the United States. Mr Johnson is currently writing up his PhD dissertation on Sociocybernetic Decision System Models for Higher Education Leadership and Governance.

Panelist: Professor Charles Webb
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Teaching and Learning
Charles Darwin University
Australia

Professor Charles Webb is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Teaching and Learning of Charles Darwin University. He has considerable experience in the management and governance of tertiary institutions. As a founding member of the Northern Territory University, Professor Webb held the positions of Associate Dean, School of Biological Sciences, Associate Dean, Research and Postgraduate Studies, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research & International), Pro Vice-Chancellor (Higher Education & Research) and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) before taking up his current role. He has also served on all of the major management bodies of Charles Darwin University.

Facilitator: Professor Jonathan Webster
Department Head
Department of Chinese, Translation & Linguistics
City University of Hong Kong

Professor Jonathan Webster received his PhD in Linguistics from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is currently Head of Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics at City University of Hong Kong, and Director of The Halliday Centre for Intelligent and Applications of Language Studies. He is the General Editor of the journal Linguistics and the Human Sciences, and Series Editor of the ten-volume Collected Works of M.A.K. Halliday. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of World Englishes (IAWE).

Presenter: Dr Ahmar Mahboob
Lecturer
Department of Linguistics
The University of Sydney
Australia

Dr Ahmar Mahboob teaches linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has published on a wide range of topics in linguistics including educational linguistics, language policy development, pidgin and creole languages, NNEST studies, English language learning & teaching, teacher education, World Englishes, pragmatics, and issues surrounding minority languages in South Asia. Dr Mahboob is the Past President of Indiana TESOL and the Past Chair of the NNEST Caucus in TESOL International.

Presenter: Professor James Martin
Professor (Personal Chair)
Department of Linguistics
The University of Sydney
Australia

Professor James Martin is Professor of Linguistics (Personal Chair) at the University of Sydney. His research interests include systemic theory, functional grammar, discourse semantics, register, genre, multimodality and critical discourse analysis, with special reference to the transdisciplinary fields of educational linguistics and social semiotics. Recent publications include Language, Knowledge and Pedagogy Continuum 2007; and with David Rose, a second edition of Working with Discourse
(Continuum 2007) and a book on genre (Genre relations: mapping culture, Equinox 2008). Professor Martin was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of the umanities in 1998, and awarded a Centenary Medal for his services to Linguistics and Philology in 2003.

Presenter: Dr Diane Strong-Krause
Associate Teaching Professor
Linguistics and English Language - TESOL
Brigham Young University
The United States of America

Dr Diane Strong-Krause, an Associate Teaching Professor at Brigham Young University, has been involved in language and technology since the mid 1980s. Most of her work has involved the application of technology to help solve language assessment challenges, including the development of a computer-adaptive ESL placement exam (ESLCAPE), a set of computerized speaking exams (using Oral Testing Software), and a set of achievement exams for a local intensive English program. Recently, she has investigated the use of technology in automated scoring of writing by low-level second language learners.

Presenter: Professor Geoff Williams
Head
Faculty of Education
The University of British Columbia
Canada

Professor Geoff Williams is Professor and Head, Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada. He previously taught at the University of Sydney, in the Faculties of Arts and Education, where he introduced the first course to use WebCT for learning about English in mixed-mode environments. He is currently collaborating on the
development of a Digital Literacy Centre in his Department at UBC.

Facilitator: Professor Steve Ching
University Librarian
City University of Hong Kong

Professor Hsianghoo Steve Ching is University Librarian at City University of Hong Kong. He is also the Adjunct Professor of Department of Economics and Finance. Before accepting the appointment at CityU in 2004, he was Director of University Libraries and Professor of Business School at Feng Chia University in Taiwan. He received both his MBA and PhD from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln, USA. His recent research focus is on the academic library consortia development and management, strategic development for digital publishing, changing economics of library services, and economic issues for Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta.

Presenter: Dr Zhijian Yang
Deputy Director-General
Department of Higher Education
Ministry of Education
The People's Republic of China

Presenter: Professor Bing-Jean Lee
Vice President
Feng Chia University
Taiwan

Professor Bing-Jean Lee obtained his PhD degree from Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin in 1991. Before he joined the Department of Civil Engineering of Feng Chia University (FCU) in 1994, he worked as a post doctoral researcher in Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California, San
Diego. Currently, Professor Lee is Vice President of FCU, before that he was Chairman of Department of Civil Engineering, Dean of College of Construction and Development and Dean of Office of Academic Affairs. He also serves as President of Chinese Information Literacy Association, Taiwan.

Presenter: Dr Ka Wai Fan
Lecturer
Chinese Civilisation Centre
City University of Hong Kong

范家偉，香港中文大學歷史學博士，現任香港城市大學中國文化中心講師。研究範圍是中國醫學史、中國歷史和中醫學網上資源。

Presenter: Ms Sophia Lin
Marketing Sales Manager
International Business Department
Electronic Publishing Business Unit
Airiti Inc.
Taiwan

Facilitator: Professor Lilian Vrijmoed
Advisor to the Vice-President (Student Affairs) on Student Learning
City University of Hong Kong

Professor Lilian Vrijmoed is Professor in the Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong.  Although she was trained as a microbiologist, she has developed interests in works related to the enhancement of student learning in the past decade.  With the adoption of an outcomes-based approach to teaching and learning in the undergraduate curriculum of local tertiary institutes, she has also promoted application of the same strategy for co-curricular activities.  She is holding a con-current appointment as Advisor of the VP (Student Affairs) on Student Learning at the CityU.

Presenter: Dr Garry Allan
Project Manager
Academic ICT Integration
The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
Australia

Dr Garry Allan is the Project Manager for Academic ICT Integration at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT). In this role, he is responsible for a number of University strategic initiatives that utilise educational technologies. He is currently implementing Web 2.0 educational environments within the RMIT Learning Management System and is leading the University’s ePortfolio project. In his academic capacity, he teaches principally in the field of Medical Radiations, and his
research activities are focused on innovative uses of video communication technologies in clinical education.

Presenter: Ms Hokling Cheung
Education Development Officer
Education Development Office
City University of Hong Kong

Ms Hokling Cheung is an Education Development Officer at City University of Hong Kong where she promotes the creative use of information and communication technologies for effective teaching & learning. Currently, she is responsible for e-Learning, Outcomes Based Teaching and Learning, staff development and the University’s e-Portal communication system. Since 2005, she has been collaborating with a team of academic faculties to research the effective use of ePortfolios for active and reflective learning.

Presenter: Mr Dean Fisher
Associate Head
English Language Centre
City University of Hong Kong

Mr Dean Fisher has been working in the English Language Centre (ELC) at City University for ten years and last year was a recipient of the University’s award for excellence in teaching. Mr Fisher works closely with the Education Development Office to train and support teachers not just within the ELC, but also in other colleges. He is currently Principal Investigator of a university-wide project entitled, “ePortfolios for All: A Roadmap for Success”.

Presenter: Mr Gyver Lau
Assistant Principal
Assembly of God Hebron Secondary School
Hong Kong

Mr Gyver Lau was awarded the Chief Executive’s Award for Teaching Excellence by the Government of the HKSAR. He is the Chairman of the Chief Executive’s Award for Teaching Excellence Teachers Association. He actively participates in the development of the New Senior Secondary Curriculum and Information Technology for Education. He is a member of Ad Hoc Committee on Applied Learning, Science Education Committee and Gifted Education Committee in the Curriculum Development Council. He is also a member of the Advisory Panel of the Hong Kong Education City (HKEdCity).

Presenter: Mr Stephen Yip
Chief Curriculum Development Officer (Life-wide Learning & Library)
Education Bureau
The Government of the HKSAR

Mr Stephen Yip is currently Chief Curriculum Development Officer (Life-wide Learning and Library) in the Curriculum
Development Institute, Education Bureau since 2002. He is responsible for the development of Life-wide Learning, school library services, and textbook review in the territory. His recent task is to promote the implementation of “Other Learning Experiences” and “Student Learning Profile” among schools under the New Senior Secondary Curriculum in Hong Kong.

Facilitator: Dr Eva Wong
Director
Education Development Office
City University of Hong Kong

Dr Eva Wong is the Director of the Education Development Office at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU). Her experience and expertise are in IT systems implementation, and she has been involved in the successful implementation of various systems in CityU. The Education Development Office has major responsibility for student learning, professional development of academic staff and e-Learning support. Dr Wong’s current interest is using IT to enhance student learning.

Presenter: Dr John Barrie
President/CEO
iParadigms, LLC
The United States of America

Dr John Barrie is the co-founder, President and CEO of iParadigms, LLC, a leader in textual intellectual property protection and a pioneer of Turnitin ® and other web-based services for collaborative, online educational support.

Dr Barrie is at the forefront of using technology to drive increased awareness of best practices related to appropriate uses of other people’s textual content. Implementation of Turnitin by educational institutions has demonstrably improved the academic integrity of written work at those institutions and allowed faculty to put greater focus on their teaching.

Presenter: Professor John Hedberg
Head
Department of Education
Macquarie University
Australia

Dr John Hedberg is Millennium Professor of ICT and Education, and Head of the Department of Education, Faculty of Human Sciences, Macquarie University in Sydney. He has worked on several research projects about the use of ICTs in learning including: the use of mobile phones as social software tools in orienteering tasks in geography, designing learning objects for small screen display, using cognitive tools to develop mathematics problem solving repertoire; internet literacy and the production of multi-modal artefacts in particularly in History and Science.

Presenter: Mr Nick Noakes
Director
Centre for Enhanced Learning and Teaching
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Mr Nick Noakes has keen interest in exploring emerging technologies in education. His current position is Director, Center for Enhanced Learning and Teaching at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He has been a member of the New Media Consortium / Educause Horizon Project Advisory Board since 2005. His most recent venture with social learning was in co-facilitating a 6-week, online workshop on Virtual Worlds and Language Learning. This engaged over 240 teachers worldwide which used the social network application, Ning, and a wiki as its 2D-Web base.

Presenter: Mr David Santandreu
Senior Education Development Officer
Education Development Office
City University of Hong Kong

Mr David Santandreu is Senior Education Development Officer in the Education Development Office. He has published four books and articles/translations on language, business, economics and teaching strategies. He was awarded the Teaching Excellence Award (HK). He is the recipient of the International Award for Innovative use of Technology in Teaching and Learning (USA). Mr Santandreu has been appointed as a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French Prime Minister and Minister of National Education. He has also been awarded the “Trophees Senat de la presence francaise a l’etranger 2008”.

Presenter: Dr Daniel Tan
Director
Centre for Educational Development
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore

Associate Professor Daniel Tan is the Director of Centre for Educational Development of Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He led a team to develop and implement edveNTUre (e-Learning campus eco-system), edUtorium (staff development program) and eUreka (automated online project work management system) and had won awards including Intelligent20 Award 2003, Honouree of CIO Asia100 Award 2004, EMC Best Practice Award 2004, ZDNet Asia Smart50 Award 2006, SiTF eLearning Organization of the Year 2006, APICTA 2007, ascilite Award 2008. Also, he was conferred The Public Administration Medal (Silver)/Singapore National Day
Awards 2007.

Presenter: Dr Hebe Wong
Lecturer
English Language Centre
City University of Hong Kong

Dr Hebe Wong is a Lecturer in the English Language Centre at the City University of Hong Kong where she teaches English courses at degree and sub-degree levels. She has co-ordinated grammar courses and language courses for overseas exchange students and has been the president of the Hong Kong Association for Self-Access Learning and Development (HASALD) since 2006. She is the chief
co-ordinator of the Language Companion Course (LCC), a writing across the curriculum programme which more than 8 academic departments and 2000 university students have participated in. Her professional interests include metacognition, on-line language learning, independent learning and peer tutoring.

Presenter: Mr Tomson Xu
Information Technology Officer
Education Development Office
City University of Hong Kong

Mr Tomson Xu is an Information Technology Officer in the Education Development Office. Tomson’s passion is developing e-Learning and mobile learning tools and systems. He participated in developing College of Business PDA learning system which won Hong Kong ICT Award of e-Learning category in 2006. Currently, he is responsible for CityU Blackboard Building Blocks development and technical support for Language Companion Course (LCC) project.

Facilitator: Professor Douglas Vogel
Associate Head & Professor (Chair)
Department of Information Systems
City University of Hong Kong

Professor Douglas Vogel is Chair Professor of Information Systems at CityU and an AIS Fellow. Professor Vogel’s research interests bridge the business and academic communities in addressing questions of the impact of
information systems on aspects of interpersonal communication, group problem solving, and cooperative learning. Additional details can be found at http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/staff/isdoug/cv/.

Presenter: Mr Massimo Gentili
Senior Director / International Sales
Wimba
United Kingdom

Mr Massimo Gentili is a professional who has enjoyed a career that combines extensive Education and Information
Technology consultancy experience gained throughout Europe, Middle-East, Africa, Asia and Australia. He holds a cum laude Master’s Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures from the University of Macerata, Italy, and attended several advanced post-specialisation courses in London and Amsterdam on International Business, Networking Technologies and Educational Software Systems. His professional experience spans from complex networking projects (Compaq, Cisco Systems) to e-Learning technologies solutions (Blackboard, Moodle, Wimba).

Presenter: Dr David Kennedy
Director (Designate)
Teaching and Learning Centre
Lingnan University

Dr David Kennedy is Director of the Teaching and Learning Centre (Designate) at Lingnan University. He works with staff to enhance teaching and learning, researching innovation and developing metrics for learning outcomes. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Multimedia and Hypermedia, the International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (IJTLHE), Education as Change, and has been an investigator on two General Research Fund grants.

Presenter: Professor Carmel McNaught
Director & Professor of Learning Enhancement
Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Professor Carmel McNaught is Director and Professor of Learning Enhancement in the Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). She has had extensive experience in higher education in Australasia and Southern Africa in chemistry, science education, second language learning, e-Learning, and higher education curriculum and policy matters. She is actively involved in several e-Learning professional organizations, is on 12 international editorial boards, has presented 24 Keynote addresses, and has over 270 academic publications.

Facilitator: Dr Crusher Wong
Senior Education Development Officer
Education Development Office
City University of Hong Kong

Dr Crusher Wong coordinated the pilot deployment of WebCT at City University of Hong Kong in 1998 as a physics lecturer. Since then, he has been responsible
for the development of the e-Learning system and courseware at CityU. He led the migration exercise and co-invented the e-course management protocol when the university switched from WebCT to Blackboard in 2005. Dr Wong’s latest challenge is to design workflow for language enhancement initiatives involving tutors around the globe.

Presenter: Dr Joseph Fong
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
City University of Hong Kong

Dr Joseph Fong is an Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong. He graduated from University of Sunderland in Computing in 1993. He is a fellow of Hong Kong Computer Society, the founder chairman of the Hong Kong Computer Society Database Special Interest Group, the honorable founder chairman of Hong Kong Web Society and International Hybrid Learning Society. His research interests are in database, data warehousing, data mining XML and Web-Based Learning.

Presenter: Dr Mei-yung Leung
Assistant Professor
Department of Building & Construction
City University of Hong Kong

Dr Mei-yung Leung has more than 15 years of practical/teaching experience in the construction industry/education and has participated in a number of prestigious construction projects in Hong Kong. She has attracted over HK$ 9.5 million as Investigator in professional and research grants in recent years. Dr Leung’s current interesting researches cover construction
management, value management, construction education, and facility management. Over 80 refereed journal and
conference papers in construction engineering and management have been published or accepted for publishing.

Presenter: Professor Horace Ip
Acting Dean / Chair Professor
School of Creative Media / Department of Computer Science
City University of Hong Kong

Professor Horace H S Ip’s research interests include pattern recognition, multimedia computing, virtual reality and technologies for education. He is also the founding director of the AIMtech Centre (Centre for Innovative Applications of Internet and Multimedia Technologies), one of the three Applied Strategic Development Centres at City University of Hong Kong. Professor Ip has been recognized as one of “world’s distinguished innovators” by the TIME magazine in 2007 and has pioneered novel applications of virtual reality and interactive media technologies in visual art, psychotherapy of abused children and learning. His current projects include the applications of smart ambience and multimodal interactions technologies to affective learning and the development of technology for supporting personalized education and blended learning Professor Ip currently chairs the Dissemination and Promotion Subcommittee of the HKSAR Quality Education Fund (QEF).

Presenter: Dr Shuk Han Cheng
Associate Professor
Department of Biology and Chemistry
City University of Hong Kong

Dr Shuk Han Cheng was awarded her PhD from the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, University of London. She received her postdoctoral training at the Ontario Cancer Institute. She is currently teaching the “Life Science” course to Foundation Year students and “Comparative Physiology” to BSc students. Her current research interests are developmental biology and developmental toxicology.

Presenter: Dr Ron Kwok
Associate Professor
Department of Information Systems
City University of Hong Kong

Dr Ron Kwok is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Systems and Director of First Year Teaching and Learning in the College of Business at the City University of Hong Kong. He received the Teaching Excellence Award for the academic year 2005-06 from the University. His research interests lie in the areas of technology mediated learning, electronic collaborative games in education, and e-leadership.

Presenter: Professor Horace Ip
Acting Dean / Chair Professor
School of Creative Media / Department of Computer Science
City University of Hong Kong

Professor Horace H S Ip’s research interests include pattern recognition, multimedia computing, virtual reality and technologies for education. He is also the founding director of the AIMtech Centre (Centre for Innovative Applications of Internet and Multimedia Technologies), one of the three Applied Strategic Development Centres at City University of Hong Kong. Professor Ip has been recognized as one of “world’s distinguished innovators” by the TIME magazine in 2007 and has pioneered novel applications of virtual reality and interactive media technologies in visual art, psychotherapy of abused children and learning. His current projects include the applications of smart ambience and multimodal interactions technologies to affective learning and the development of technology for supporting personalized education and blended learning Professor Ip currently chairs the Dissemination and Promotion Subcommittee of the HKSAR Quality Education Fund (QEF).

Panel Chair: Dr J T Yu
Chief Information Officer
City University of Hong Kong

Dr J T Yu is the Chief Information Officer of City University of Hong Kong. He is a member of the senior management team of the University and has line management responsibilities for the University Library, the Computing Services Centre and Enterprise Solutions Office.

Dr Yu joined City University in 1994 as Registrar. From 1998 to 2000, he was appointed concurrently as Associate Vice-President for Education. In December 2000, the University established the post of Chief Information Officer and invited Dr Yu to take up the new position.

Dr Yu has more than 30 years of experience in higher education and information technology. Prior to joining CityU, he worked for three years as MIS Special Projects Director at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Before that he spent 20 years at the University of Hong Kong, the first three as a Lecturer in Computer Science and the last 17 as Director of the Computer Centre.

He obtained a Bachelor Degree of Science in Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1964 and a PhD from Princeton University in 1968. He is a distinguished fellow of the Hong Kong Computer Society since 1990.

Panelist: Dr Han-Chieh Chao
Director
Computer Centre
Ministry of Education
Taiwan

Dr Han-Chieh Chao is a joint appointed Full Professor of the Department of Electronic Engineering and Institute of Computer Science & Information Engineering. He also serves as the Dean of the College of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science for National Ilan University, I-Lan, Taiwan and has been appointed Director of the Computer Center for Ministry of Education (MOE) in September 2009. His research interests include High Speed Networks, Wireless Networks, IPv6 based Networks, Digital Creative Arts and Digital Divide. He received his MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and has authored or co-authored 4 books and published about 200 refereed professional research papers. Dr Chao has also received numerous research awards and funded research grants. He is an IEEE senior member, a Fellow of IET (IEE) and a Chartered Fellow of British Computer Society.

Panelist: Professor Stephen Marshall
Director
Learning and Teaching
University of New South Wales
Kensington, NSW
Australia

Professor Stephen Marshall joined UNSW in November 2008 as Professor in the School of Education under the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Director of Learning and Teaching. His current research projects focus on: nature of academic leadership; development of academic leaders and managers; curriculum innovation and changes in higher education institutions.

Professor Stephen Marshall has been serving as a professional educator for 30 years and holds a PhD in Educational Administration, University of Alberta Canada and a Master’s Degree in Educational Management, Flinders University of South Australia.

Panelist: Mr Steve Ryan
Director
Centre for Learning Technology
The London School of Economics and Political Science
United Kingdom

Mr Steve Ryan is the Director of the Centre for Learning Technology at the London School of Economics and Political Science where he leads a team of learning technologists supporting e-Learning developments across the School. Mr Ryan has worked widely in education and has led or contributed to a number of national and international projects in the field of learning technology.

He is Chair of the Association for Learning Technology, a professional association for Learning Technologists in the UK.

Panelist: Dr Guodong Zhao
Associate Professor
Modern Education Technology Centre
Peking University
The People's Republic of China

Dr Guodong Zhao, Associate Director of Educational Technology Center of Peking University, is now responsible for Project of E-learning network of Peking University (http://course.pku.edu.cn), which is a comprehensive system that consists of Blackboard scholar suit, Adobe Connect pro, Apple Podcast Producer and others. It can provide all-around services for faculty and students in blended learning and various research activities. His research interests include: technology and design of blended learning, Open Educational Resources and Educational Open Source Software (such as Moodle, Limesurvey and so on).