Teachings

• Spring 2026, CMAA5022: Social Media for Creatives, HKUST-GZ* & HKUST* & University of Helsinki*, Teaching Assistant

• Fall 2025, UCUG1000 CTDL: Basics of Critical Thinking and Data Literacy (UG), HKUST-GZ, Teaching Assistant
Syllabus: This course is taught by a teaching team of a group of faculties from four Hubs to introduce the basics of critical thinking and data literacy. The course will be delivered using the problem-solving approach with interdisciplinary applications. The contents include barriers to critical thinking, characteristics of a critical thinker, argument, cognitive bias, logical fallacies, inductive reasoning, and simple probability and statistical models. Students will be equipped with critical thinking and data analyzing skills to analyze problems of reasoning, evaluate the truthfulness of evidence, examine the fallacies of thinking, construct valid arguments, and make better decisions in personal and professional life.

• Fall 2024, UCMP6030: Cross-disciplinary Design Thinking (PG), HKUST-GZ, Teaching Assistant
Syllabus: This course focuses on user-collaborative design methods for generating inclusive product solutions that integrate stakeholder and product functionality perspectives. Students will create specified product/process/policy/protocol/plan (5P) concept models through the use of recursive user feedback engagement methods, experimental prototyping, and divergent and convergent ideation strategies. Featured topics include design thinking; stakeholder research; concept development, screening, and selection; and interaction design.

• Sept. 2024, PDEV6800: Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (PG), Instructional Deliver
Syllabus: The course is designed to strengthen students’ competence in teaching. It comprises 2 parts: Part 1 aims to equip all full-time research postgraduate (RPg) students with basic teaching skills before assuming teaching assistant duties for the department. Good teaching skills can be acquired through learning and practice. This 10-hour mandatory training course provides all graduate teaching assistants (GTA) with the necessary theoretical knowledge with practical opportunities to apply and build up their knowledge, skills and confidence in taking up their teaching duties. At the end of the course, GTAs should be able to (1) facilitate teaching in tutorials and laboratory settings; (2) provide meaningful feedback to their students; and (3) design an active learning environment to engage their students. In Part 2, students are required to perform instructional delivery assigned by their respective departments to complete this course.