26 Nov, 2018 (Mon)

Teaching Vivid and Academically-Challenging General Education Courses in Chemistry

Venue: Rm 701, Hui Yeung Sing Building

Language: Cantonese

Speaker: Dr. Wong Fai George (Department of Chemistry)

Speaker(s)

Dr. Wong Fai George is a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Dr. Wong teaches several general education courses including UGEB2380 Chemistry of Life, UGEB2410 Chemistry in Action and GECC1131 Idea of a University: Student-oriented Teaching. Dr. Wong is good at expressing abstract ideas. In his courses, he makes great effort to link chemistry knowledge with everyday life experiences. He also uses different teaching aids, such as animations, videos, experiment models and games which aim at engaging students and stimulating their appreciation towards Chemistry. Besides teaching, Dr. Wong takes an active role in developing teaching materials. He is the principle investigator of several teaching-related projects receiving grants. His recent project is the development of an interactive laboratory safety e-Learning platform called LabSafe. It employs virtual reality, narrated lectures, animations and quizzes to teach laboratory safety.