At the winter graduations, the Vice Principal presented Dr Kelum Gamage with a Teaching Excellence Award for his outstanding contribution to teaching and student support

Some key points were noted about the achievements of Dr Gamage: 

  • Dr Gamage works hard to support students in Glasgow College UESTC - our collaboration with the University of Electronics Science and Technology China, based in Chengdu, Sichuan province. 
  • As co-director for the CEDI Dr Gamage now manages learning and teaching initiatives valued at 420k of over the last 2 years. 
  • He co-founded and co-leads the University of Glasgow Community of Practice for sustainability in learning and teaching.
  • He leads the Advance HE network considering sustainability across the whole higher education sector.

https://youtu.be/nmjX9zcjVek

At the winter graduations, the Vice Principle presented Dr Guodong Zhao with a Teaching Excellence Award for his outstanding contribution to teaching and student support

Some key points were noted about the achievements of Dr Zhao:

  • Dr Zhao has been cited many times in student feedback for the excellence of his course materials and the quality of his course delivery.
  • He obtained funding for robotic arms to be placed in labs in Glasgow and Chengdu and with his students created a set of practical laboratory sessions to give students, who had to be taught remotely due to Covid 19, the opportunity to interact with real hardware as part of their course. 
  • This success has been adopted by other universities to improve remote teaching and resulted in a large funded project with the University of Hong Kong, Super Reality for Hands Off Online Education.  
  • He obtained UK government funding along with a local Glasgow VR E Learning company to further develop and commercialise the robotics technology in education in the UK and internationally.

Dr Zhao said: "I strongly believe new technologies, such as robotics, AR/VR, etc., will significantly enhance the student learning experience and I am honoured to have received this award".

https://youtu.be/DdgwkhfwSa4

Congratulations to both!

First published: 1 February 2022

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