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 Dr. Simon K.S. Cheung Hong Kong Metropolitan University, China |
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| Title: Recent Changes in Students’ Perception of Open Educational Resources | |
| Abstract: Open educational resources or OER have been widely used by students for learning purposes. In recent years, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, learning practices have undergone various degrees of transformation in order to live with different social distancing requirements. This presentation reports a study on university students’ use of OER, based on a series of surveys conducted in a university in Hong Kong. It is revealed that OER are often used by students for learning purposes, and are generally perceived to be useful, especially for supplementing the learning materials, and doing assignments and projects. Over the past several years, there is an increasing trend in the frequency of use and the level of perceived usefulness. While the transformation of learning practices continues in this new normal era, OER have gradually evolved as an indispensable source of learning materials, and their usefulness has been more recognized than ever before. All these will be reported and discussed.
Key References
1. K.S. Cheung, et al., “Learning in the New Normal Era : Students’ Perception on the use of Open Educational Resources”, Blended Learning : Engaging Students in the New Normal Era, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 13357, pp. 348-357, Springer, 2022
2. K.S. Cheung, “Implication on Perceived Usefulness of Open Educational Resources after a Rapid Switch to Online Learning Mode”, Blended Learning : Re-thinking and Re-defining the Learning Process, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 12830, pp. 298-308, Springer, 2021
3. K.S. Cheung, "A Survey on the Students’ Use of Open Educational Resources for Learning Purposes", Technology in Education, Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 1048, pp. 146-155, Springer, 2019.
4. K.S. Cheung, "Perceived Usefulness of Open Educational Resources between Full-time and Distance-learning Students", Blended Learning : Enhancing Learning Success, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10949, pp. 357-367, Springer, 2018.
5. K.S. Cheung, "Distance-Learning Students’ Perception on the Usefulness of Open Educational Resources", Blended learning : New Challenges and Innovative Practices, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10309, pp. 389-399, Springer, 2017.
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| Biography:
Dr. Simon K.S. Cheung obtained his BSc and PhD in Computer Science from the City University of Hong Kong, and his Master of Public Administration with Distinction from the University of Hong Kong. A Chartered Engineer and Chartered Scientist by profession, Dr. Cheung has been admitted as a Chartered IT Professional Fellow of the British Computer Society, Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Fellow of the Hong Kong Computer Society, and also Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Dr. Cheung is currently the Director of IT in the Hong Kong Metropolitan University, overseeing the university IT services for teaching, learning, research and administration. He has been working in the higher education sector (with the Hong Kong Metropolitan University, the Open University of Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Baptist University, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong) for over 30 years in various administrative capacities, mainly in IT and educational technology, while also assuming some academic duties such as course development, teaching and research. He has successfully led a number of key initiatives and projects, pertaining to enterprise systems, business process reengineering, campus IT infrastructure, electronic library, learning commons, blended learning, academic analytics and student advising. He played a pivotal role in implementing ERP systems in the Open University of Hong Kong, and deploying blended learning in SPACE, the University of Hong Kong, which won prestigious awards such as the Hong Kong ICT Award (Best Business Solutions) Special Award.
Dr. Cheung is active in research, with over 200 publications in the form of books, book chapters, journal articles and conference papers in two distinct areas, namely, innovation and technology in education, and software and systems engineering, and has been serving in the advisory board and editorial board for a number of international journals. He received the Outstanding Research Publication Award from the Hong Kong Metropolitan University, the 1st Class Achievement in Computer Science and IT Award from the Shenzhen Science and Technology Association, the Outstanding CIO Award from the Hong Kong IT Joint Council, and the Honouree for IT Excellence, the CIO Award from the CIO Asia.
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