Recently, the 9th Contest on Innovative Teaching and Learning at Peking University was held. The event was jointly organized by the Academic Dean’s Office, the Department of Educational Affairs, the Graduate School, the Office of Human Resources, the PKU Trade Union, the Office of Cyberspace Affairs, and the Center for Excellent Teaching and Learning. The entries of the contest were divided into four groups, i.e., the courseware group, the micro-course group, the online course group, and the case group. A total of 48 works were submitted, and 39 of them were short-listed for the final. Each participating team was given a total of 10 minutes, with 8 minutes for presentation and 2 minutes for Q&A. The contest was live streamed on ClassIn to all faculty and students at PKU.

After fierce competition, “Curved Spine” by the School of Basic Medical Sciences won the first prize in the micro-course group; “Charming Robot” by the College of Engineering, “Online Teaching Design of Computational Chemistry Module in Organic Chemistry Experiment” by the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, and “Teaching Design and Practical Research on Blended Learning Based on Canvas - Taking Basic Russian (IV) as an Example” by the College of Foreign Languages won the first prize in the online course group; “Application of Physical Exercise Intelligent Evaluation System in Physical Education” by the Department of Physical Education, “Cases of Teaching under Simulated Scenarios - Incomplete Fracture of Lower Left Tibia” by the School of Nursing, and “Exploration into Blended Teaching on Organic Chemistry Experiment - Taking Chromatographic Technology Teaching as an Example” by the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering won the first prize in the case group.

Zhang Weiguang, School of Basic Medical Sciences

Liu Miao, Department of Russian Language and Literature, College of Foreign Studies

He Zhonghui, Department of Physical Education

Li Tian, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering

In addition, “2㎡ Yoga Exercise” won the second prize in the courseware group; “Software Crisis” and “Nursing of Infertile Patients with Varicocele” won the second prize in the micro-course group; “Nursing of Patients with Nervous System Diseases”, “Behavioral Statistics of PKU Curriculum Groups and Teaching Practices in ‘Introduction to Computing B’” won the second prize in the online course group; “Probationary Course on Clinical Skills and Thinking Training for Neonatal Nursing”, “Research on the Establishment and Application of Scenario-based AI Question Generation System for Medical Immunology”, “Simulated Teaching Design of Mossbauer Experiment”, “Occupational Safety Protection Training at Infectious Disease Hospitals”, “Design and Practical Research on Blended Teaching Based on Canvas - Case Presentation”, “Course Design and Practices of Innovative Blended Teaching of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Centered on Student Development”, “Application of Virtual Reality Technology in the Training of Joint Cavity Puncture Skills”, “Exploration and Practices of Utilizing Media Resource Service Platforms for Online Teaching”, “Three-dimensional Case Development for Cross-cultural Communication and Management Courses” and “Design of Data Science Courses combining Online Learning Platforms” won the second prize of the case group.

Winners of the third prize included “Basic Rules of Chess”, “Multimedia Courseware of ‘Introduction to Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization’”, “Lectures on Russian Society and Culture - Story of Russian Alphabet”, “Tissue Fluid”, “Culture and Nonverbal Communication”, “Experiment of Plant Slice in Situ Hybridization Technology”, “Micro-Course Series”, “Collection of Case Information”, “Micro-Course on Infant Food Conversion”, “Analysis of Questionnaire Reliability”, “The Origin and Development of Pediatric Hernia”, “Dopamine-mediated Learning Model: Why the Brain Is Obsessed with Drugs”, “Exploration into Japanese Culture and Society based on PBL Model”, “Course Development and Interactive Teaching of ‘Appreciation of English Prose’ based on Canvas”, “Precise Application of Protein Integration Database BioGRID”, “An Exploration of Gamification of ‘New Media Sociology’ Courses - Taking Interactive Adventure Games as Examples”, and “Application of VR Technology in Gastroscope Teaching”.

“Curved Spine” and “Teaching Design and Practical Research on Blended Learning Based on Canvas - Taking Basic Russian (IV) as an Example” won the Award for Best Course Design.

The College of Foreign Languages, School of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Nursing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, School of Software and Microelectronics, and School of Public Health won the Award for Excellent Organization.

In this contest, principles from the Department of Educational Affairs, the Graduate School and Health Science Center, as well as experts and scholars in discipline development and educational technology from different faculties were invited as evaluation panellists for the contest. This contest was organized by CETL.

Experts’ comments

The Contest on Innovative Teaching and Learning at Peking University, formerly known as the Multimedia Courseware and Online Course Contest, has been held for eight years in a row. In 2019, the contest was included as an important part of the newly launched educational reform program “New Thoughts on Teaching 2.0”, representing the continuation and a transformed version of the previous courseware contest. In addition to the approved entry projects, a campus-wide call was launched for entries on courseware, micro-courses, online courses, and case studies.

The aim of the contest is to promote teaching development, research and innovation, set exemplary models of disciplinary application and encourage innovative practices.

The outstanding entries will be recommended to the National Teaching Innovation Contest for College Teachers, the National Innovation Contest of Blended Teaching Design for Colleges, the Micro-Course Contest of Foreign Languages in China, and the National Universities Micro-Teaching Competition (for medical sciences). The contest achieved the expected results and concluded with complete success.

For more information, please visit http://coursecontest.pku.edu.cn/

New Thoughts on Teaching 2.0：http://jpk.pku.edu.cn/xinsilu2/

Annex: List of Winning Entries at the 9th Contest on Innovative Teaching and Learning at Peking University

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