Time  
8:45am-9:15am Registration
9:15am-9:20am Welcome message by Mr Michael V Stone, JP, Secretary-General, University Grants Committee, Hong Kong SAR
9:20am-9:30am Opening remarks by Professor Mounir Hamdi, Co-convenor of Tasks Force on Outcome-based Approaches in Student Learning (OBATF)
9:30am-10:05am Building Academic Cultures of Evidence: A Perspective on Learning Outcomes in Higher Education by Dr. Peter Ewell, Vice President, the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
10:05am-10:55am Outcomes-Based Accreditation of Engineering Programmesby Dr. Skip Fletcher, President of Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology ABET
10:55am-11:10am Coffee break
11:10am-12:00noon The Assessment Imperative: A Work in Progress by Dr. Ricky W. Griffin, Interim Dean of Mays Business School, Texas A&M University
12:00noon-12:50pm Outcomes and the Humanities: Issues and Perspectives by Prof. Ian Saunders, Head, School of Social and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Western Australia
12:50pm-2:15pm Buffet lunch
2:15pm-3:05pm Promoting High-Quality Learning through Outcome-based Approaches: Guidelines from Research and Good Practiceby Dr. Thomas A. Angelo, Professor of Higher Education and Director, The Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum, La Trobe University
3:05pm-3:20pm Coffee break
3:20pm-4:50pm

Panel Discussion

 Moderator
Prof. Edmond Ko, Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Participants

Speakers:

  • Dr Peter Ewell, Dr Ricky W. Griffin, Dr Skip Fletcher, Prof Ian Saunders and Dr Tom Angelo

Respondents:

  • Prof Martha Cheung, Associate Vice-President (Designate) and Chair Professor in Translation, Hong Kong Baptist University
  • Prof Ali F. Farhoomand, Professor of Information Systems and Director of Asia Case Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong
  • Mr Steve Frankland, Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Prof Lilian Vrijmoed, Dean of Student Learning, City University of Hong Kong
4:50pm-5:00pm Closing remarks by Professor Howard Davies, Co-convenor of OBATF

 

Date: Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Time: 9:15am - 5:00pm
Venue: Jockey Club Auditorium, The
Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hung Hom, Kowloon