Presentation Skills for Postgraduate Students

Instructor: Dr. Paula Hodgson

This workshop covers the essential strategies that will help you plan and deliver presentations that effectively convey your message at a conference, research group meeting, or any other research-related events. You will discuss the key steps of preparing a presentation, including how to best present data using visual aids. You will practise effective presentation skills and also explore various ways of preparing for and dealing with questions.

Dr Hodgson was one of the pioneers in advocating technology-mediated learning in Hong Kong. She has been working in higher education since 1997, and served The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of Auckland, University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and University of Wollongong College Hong Kong.

Her research areas included technology-enriched teaching and learning, assessment in higher education, and massive open online courses. Serving in the Centre for Learning Enhancement and Research in CUHK between 2015 and 2019, she led a variety of institutional projects as a principal investigator and a co-principal investigator in UGC funded projects.

She was invited to present in universities in Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Russia and share exemplary practices with visitors from Germany, China and many tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. She presented papers in conferences in Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Information of her published work can be viewed at https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2186-4284