Dr. DOS SANTOS, Luis Miguel

Department of Counselling and Psychology

Dr. Dos Santos uses a student-centered flipped classroom approach, integrating technology to engage learners. Pre-class materials, including videos, digital readings, and recorded lectures, are available online, allowing students to study at their own pace. Class time focuses on interactive, tech-supported activities where students act as peer instructors. Counselling students practice client communication through role-play, while psychology students apply theories to projects like analyzing career transition data. Digital platforms like Moodle support multimedia submissions, such as photo assignments illustrating social cognitive theory. This method fosters a lively, game-based environment that builds practical skills and keeps students engaged. By blending digital tools, game-based learning, and peer teaching, Dr. Dos Santos prepares students to become confident communicators ready for professional challenges.

Dr. MAN, Pui-Kwan Mikayla

Department of Sociology

Dr. Man reshapes classroom learning through experiential methods, taking students on field trips to historic sites like Central Market and PMQ to analyze real-world social impacts. She develops case studies where Sociology, Chinese, and Journalism students collaborate, integrating perspectives in tutorial discussions to assess cultural preservation and policy effects. Her courses emphasize practical projects, requiring students to collect field data and submit reflective group reports via Moodle. By replacing traditional lectures with site visits and cross-departmental collaboration, students connect theories to Hong Kong’s social context. Dr. Man’s approach extends learning beyond the classroom, leveraging the city’s urban environment as a living textbook and laboratory to build professional analytical skills.

Dr. TONG, Ka-Ho Adrian

Department of Counselling and Psychology

Dr. Tong enhances counselling education through interactive methods that foster professional identity. He uses a bottom-up approach, encouraging students to brainstorm answers collaboratively rather than relying on lectures. He utilizes ChatGPT-generated therapy dialogues, prompting students to analyze these AI-created counselling sessions by identifying strengths, weaknesses, and strategies for improvement. This encourages students to evaluate communication techniques and reflect on their emotional responses.

Through movie scene reenactments, students practice interpreting verbal and non-verbal cues. By modeling counselling psychologist behaviors during lectures, Dr. Tong guides students to view themselves as professionals. Students also engage in role-playing exercises and request extra consultations to refine their skills. Feedback indicates increased career motivation, with learners developing resilience and self-awareness regarding their counselling abilities. These methods help students connect theory to practice while cultivating professional confidence.

Dr. LEE Tin Yun, Philip

Department of Economics and Finance

Dr. Lee advances interdisciplinary research training in his Financial Technology Honours Project course by integrating AI-assisted methods. He teaches students to use ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas that connect FinTech with fields such as crisis communication. Students practice crafting prompts to uncover new research perspectives, like examining the roles of social media influencers in financial scandals. By blending AI tools with traditional mentoring, Dr. Lee enables students to identify research gaps efficiently while maintaining academic standards. His approach addresses the challenge of developing interdisciplinary honours projects, leading to both strong grades and notable research outcomes. This strategy demonstrates how targeted technology use can elevate undergraduate research beyond standard curricula, preparing students for complex challenges at the intersection of technology and society.

Dr. Yang Yike

Department of Chinese Language and Literature

The award-winning course 'Digital Technologies in Teaching' was developed as an elective for the education concentrations in Chinese, English, and history at Hong Kong Shue Yan University (SYU). The primary objective of this course is to introduce students to new technologies used in education and provide them with the opportunity to explore how to incorporate these technologies into their teaching practices. The course covers various areas such as learning management systems, extended reality (XR), geographic information systems (GIS), and 3D printing.

Led by Dr. Yang Yike, the course places a strong emphasis on training students to integrate digital technology into pedagogy effectively. Dr. Yang employs innovative teaching methods that encourage hands-on learning experiences for the students. One notable aspect of the course is that students are given the opportunity to create their own Open Educational Resources (OERs), allowing them to apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired throughout the course.