UM’s first massive open online course (MOOC), titled \u2018Creativity\u2019, has\nbeen recognised by the Ministry of Education of China as a national first-class\nundergraduate course. Of the 3,560 courses across the country that made the\nlist, 717 are online courses. UM\u2019s \u2018Creativity\u2019 course is the only online\ncourse from Macao to receive the recognition. <\/p>
Prof Michael Hui, vice rector of UM, believes that online teaching is\ngaining popularity, adding that UM adopts a hybrid approach to teaching, which\nis a mix of traditional and online teaching, in order to increase classroom\ninteraction, stimulate students\u2019 interest in learning, and improve the quality\nof teaching at UM.<\/p>
Prof Katrine Wong, the person in charge of the course, who is also the director\nof UM\u2019s Centre for Teaching and Learning Enhancement and an associate professor\nin the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, says that the Ministry of Education\u2019s list\nof national first-class undergraduate courses includes courses from leading\nuniversities in China, and UM\u2019s inclusion on the list shows recognition of the\nefforts of the teaching team. She adds that the team will continue to adopt a learner-centred\napproach, enhance teaching and learning on campus, and move beyond the traditional\nmodes of teaching, in order to help students become more active and creative participants\nin the learning process.<\/p>
The MOOC \u2018Creativity\u2019 team is comprised of Prof Katrine Wong, Assistant\nProfessor Davood Gozli in the Faculty of Social Sciences, and Prof Michael Li,\na former assistant professor in the Faculty of Education. The course aims to\nhelp learners explore creativity through a series of instructional videos,\nmultiple-choice questions, and interactive learning activities. Since its\nlaunch on the XuetangX platform in September 2018, the course has run four\ntimes and has attracted more than 24,000 learners from around the world.<\/p>
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In addition, the instructional videos in the course have been\nincorporated into a general education course at UM, titled \u2018Creativity for the\n21st<\/sup> Century\u2019. Teachers can upload videos to the UM Moodle platform before\nclass for students to watch in advance. Using pre-recorded instructional videos\ncan facilitate self-learning and improve classroom interaction.<\/p> <\/p> Source: Centre for Teaching and Learning Enhancement<\/p> <\/p> Media Contact Information:Communications Office, University of Macau<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Albee Lei Tel\uff1a(853) 88228004Judite Lam Tel\uff1a(853) 88228022Email\uff1aprs.media@um.edu.mo<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> UM Website\uff1awww.um.edu.mo <\/p> <\/p>\n \n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UM’s first massive open online course (MOOC), titled \u2018Creativity\u2019, has been recognised by the Ministry of Education of China as a national first-class undergraduate course. Of the 3,560 courses across…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n