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Sat,
14 Jun 2003 00:00:00 HKT
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Welcome
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I
AM DELIGHTED to welcome you to the first on-line conference
of The Hong Kong Web Symposium Consortium. It has been designed as a forum
for sharing reflections on recent events in Hong Kong and
elsewhere in order to learn what we can from the crisis that
SARS has brought to our community in the area of education.
I welcome contributions from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Singapore,
places most affected by the outbreak to understand the similarities,
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The Conference
comprises four rooms with these themes:
- Narratives
A room where we can articulate our emotional responses to SARS.
How has it affected us as teachers? What has been the effect
on our students and their families?
- Triumphs
A room where we can discuss how we managed to give support to
students. Here we want discussions about uses of IT or ICT which
worked and which appeared to have educational benefit.
- Setbacks
A room where we can discuss innovations which were not successful.
It is important that we work out why some ideas that "seemed
good at the time" did not really work
- Policies
This is the room where we think about the implications that
this SARS crisis has for policy making and planning for all
levels of education, particularly in Hong Kong. Let's make sure
that the crisis could result in a more robust educational system
for Hong Kong.
I wish to
introduce the following colleagues who will be helping me in this
undertaking:
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Dr.
David Murphy is from the Open
University of Hong Kong, an Australian academic who
has done a tremendous amount of research on the teaching
and learning strategies in professional and continuing education.
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Sister
Margaret Wong is the dynamic head of St.
Paul's Convent School, renowned for its innovative IT
applications. The school continued to run during official
suspension of classes. The "flying nun" will tell
you how she got ahead of everyone else!
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Dr.
Tony Ferguson is the Chief Librarian cum Acting Director
of IT in Learning at the University
of Hong Kong, and President of the HK Libraries Association.
He is particularly interested in a seamless integration
of an e-learning environment.
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Dr.
Glenn Shive is Director of the Hong
Kong America Center located in the Chinese University
of Hong Kong. A sinologist with a global understanding of
the many issues confronting ICT educators. He will be participating
from the US during this on-line conference.
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Mr.
Chris Smith is the former Head of J.C.Sarah Roe Centre and
ESF ICT Co-ordinator in Hong Kong. He is now based in Thailand
and runs 'Education
Project Asia (TEPA)' , a consultancy established in
2002 with the aim of offering support to the international
schools in 17 countries in South East Asia.
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The
views expressed in this Conference are those of the contributors
and may not reflect the views of
The Hong Kong Web Symposium Consortium.
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