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Teaching
Excellence Award
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Teaching Excellence Awards 2002/2003 (Click to Enlarge)
Since 1994,
the University has sponsored excellence in teaching by recognizing and
rewarding distinguished teachers with the
Teaching Excellence Award. In
determining excellence, the Selection Panel identifies outstanding
teachers who are able to show, over a sustained period of time, evidence
of their performance under some, or all, of the following criteria: a
high level of competency in the skills necessary to motivate and assist
student learning; a constructive contribution to the University's
teaching culture' the ability to provide students with up-to-date
knowledge and expertise in the subject area; and an interest in the
improvement of teaching and the development of teaching innovation. Four
awards are presented this year. All award winners have their names added
to a permanently displayed register, in recognition of their excellent
teaching.
Receiving
the Teaching Excellence Award from the President
Dr Lim Kai, Associate Professor
Department of
Information Systems
Dr Lim
adopts a strategy of partnership with students. ¡§That gives students a
role to play and empowers them to learn more,¡¨ he says.
Dr Lim's
ways of empowering students includes making lectures interactive,
interesting, and insightful, belying how well structured and prepared
they really are. Students say Dr Lim has a knack for explaining
complicated theories and technology information in layman's term. His
warm and encouraging smile words wonders on students, too, making a hard
subject much less stressful.
That, of
course, doesn't mean that Dr Lim is easy-going when it comes to
coursework and case studies. He maintains stringent standards on
assignments and classroom discussions. He maintains transparency on
grades and performance rating, so that students know how they are doing
and they feel motivated to do their best.
In his few
years at CityU, Dr Lim has helped re-design existing course in his
department, and developed some new courses for the CityU-Shanghai Jiao
Tong University Joint MBA programme, not to mention serving as external
assessor for the Open University on its information and e-commerce
strategy course. His imprint can be found in the curriculum not only of
CityU, but of other local tertiary institutions as well.
Before
joining CityU, Dr Lim was a faculty member of the Weatherhead School of
Management, Case Western Reserve University, and the College of
Business, University of Hawaii. In both institutions, he was known for
his outstanding teaching, particularly at the University of Hawaii,
where he won the College of Business Administration Teaching Excellence
Award in 1998.
Photos
Prof. H K
Chang, President and University Professor, City University of Hong Kong
Dr. Henry
Tang, Financial Secretary, HKSAR
Prof. L K
Chan, Dean, Faculty of Business, City University of Hong Kong
Newspaper Cuttings
Ming Pao 15th Oct 2003 (Click to Enlarge)
Singpao Daily News 15th Oct 2003 (kkClick to Enlarge)
Oriental Daily 15th Oct 2003 (Click to Enlarge) |
