Learning & Teaching Expo (LTE) Online: Futures of Education in the Post-Pandemic World

Unveil LTE Online for Actualising Future Ready Education

HONG
KONG SAR – Media
OutReach – 20
July 2021 – To
the education community, the global pandemic has brought both challenges and
opportunities to accelerate educational transformation and innovation. In the OECD’s
(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) research conducted at
the end of last year, teachers reported an increased desire for more professional
development via both online and face-to-face training, citing the need to equip
themselves with the skills to embrace the new normal in education and the new
opportunities for 21^st century learning and teaching.

The
organisers of the Learning
& Teaching Expo (LTE), Bailey Communications HK and Hong Kong
Education City (EdCity), have previously announced that in addition to the 11^th edition
of the LTE taking place from 8 to 10 December 2021, ‘LTE Online‘ will be
held from 20 to 23 July 2021. This brand new virtual event aims to
address the demand for more teacher professional development, giving momentum
for all stakeholders to keep abreast of the latest educational trends.

Brand
new contents specially produced for teaching professionals

LTE
Online will feature 13 live Main Stage Presentations and 40+
pre-recorded seminar programmes by leading academics and scholars from Hong
Kong and overseas, including Professor Cheng Kai Ming, SBS, JP (Emeritus
Professor, The University of Hong Kong), Professor Chiu Chi Yue (Dean,
Social Science; Choh-Ming Li Professor of Psychology, The Chinese University of
Hong Kong), Dr Ho Yuk Fan, Esther (Project Convenor, Jockey Club Project Well-being),
Dr Eyal Doron (Researcher; Best-Selling Author; Corporate Lecturer), Mr
Larry Nelson (Asia Regional Business Leader, Education; General Manager,
Microsoft Asia), Professor Meng Mei Ling, Helen (Co-Principal
Investigator and Head of Curriculum Development Team, CUHK Jockey Club AI for
the Future Project), Professor Hau Kit Tai, BBS, MH, JP (Choh-Ming Li
Professor of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong), and
many more.

Mr Victor
Cheng, Executive Director of EdCity, said, ‘The pandemic has brought
forward unprecedented challenges and opportunities to the education community,
and teachers’ demand for professional development (PD) has subsequently surged,
especially in the field of information technology, as school management and teachers
increasingly realise its importance in supporting digital transformation and paving
the way for blended learning so as to keep education going in any situations. Throughout its 10 editions, LTE has
developed hundreds of rich, high-quality PD resources.
This year, the brand new ‘LTE Online’ is launched, offering convenient
means for teachers to explore different PD areas and gain insights from renowned
education experts and experienced educators through its online platform before
the summer holidays. Teachers can not only gain insights timely and easily to
better their teaching in the coming school year and claim CPD hours, but also empower
themselves for actualising future ready education.’

The presentations
and seminar programmes will cover diverse issues – from transformation in
education triggered by the pandemic to reshaping 21^st century
education. Topics include New Normal in Education during and after
COVID-19, Computational Thinking, STEM / Maker, Flipped Learning, Special
Educational Needs, Blended Learning, Early Childhood Education, Assessment and Data,
AI Education, Reading Literacy, Gamified Learning, as well as Well-Being and Social
Emotional Learning.

In
response to the ongoing pandemic and technology-driven transformation in global
education, the virtual expo will also feature more than 300 booths, showcasing
a wide range of selected innovative educational resources which echo the themes
of LTE Online.