Lily Min Zeng

Teaching responsibilities

Lily Min Zeng has over 15-year teaching experience in higher education institutions in Hong Kong, New Zealand and Mainland China. She earned her PhD degree in the area of educational psychology. She provides consultations to faculty regarding learning diversity, student feedback, peer review of teaching, teaching portfolio, and assessment. She played leading role in coordinating and delivering an effective tertiary-level professional development programme. Her current roles at CETL majorly involve teaching required programme for new academic staff, supervising required programme for graduate teaching assistants, and pedagogical support for technology enhanced learning.

Areas

• Professional development of university teachers
• Teaching and learning in higher education
• Learning experience of research students
• Adaptive learning

Projects

• Zeng. L. M.,Fryer, L. K., Lei, C-U., Kwok, T., Lee, A., and Donn, D. (2020). HK$231,110. Enhancing learner engagement in asynchronous online learning through adaptive learning (AL). Teaching Development Grant, University of Hong Kong.
• King, R. B., Hall N. Halse, C. Zeng, L. M (2019). HK$ 693,000. The Psychological Well-being of PhD Students in Hong Kong: A Territory-Wide Study and an International Comparison. General Research Fund (18612119). University Grant Committee, Hong Kong.
• Fryer, L. K., Zeng, L. M, Aramatas, C. Luo, Y. Tang, G. Y., Zhao, M. Y. (2018). HK$ 561,460. Diversity of University Engagement across Greater China. General Research Fund (17615218). University Grant Committee, Hong Kong.
• Zeng, M., Fryer, L., Zhao, Y., Wong, A., Chiu, P., B. K. C., Tanner, J., Law, K. H. (2017). Are We Doing Enough for Students in Lecture Halls? Enhancing Student Engagement in Large Lecture Halls at HKU. HK$ 250,000. Teaching Development Grant, University of Hong Kong
• Fryer, L. K., Jeffery, S., Bovee, N., Gijbels, D., Kwok, T., Ginns, P. Oga-Baldwin, W. Zeng, M. (2017). HK$150,000. Measuring and supporting student engagement in large scale university lectures. Seed Funding for Basic Research, University of Hong Kong.
• Zeng. M. (2016). HK$150,000. Non-local early career academics’ conceptions and experience of teaching at Hong Kong universities. Seed Funding for Basic Research, University of Hong Kong.

Publications

• Zeng, L. M., Fryer, L. K., & Zhao, Y. (2021). A comparison of three major instruments used for the assessment of university student experience: Toward a comprehensive and distributed approach. Higher education Quarterly.https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12363
• Fryer, L. K., Zeng, L. M., & Zhao, Y. (2021). Assessing University and Programme Experiences: Towards an Integrated Asia Pacific Approach. Frontiers in Education, 6(439). https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.748590
• Zeng, L. M. (2021).How much does it differ? How much does it matter? The research experience of Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong students in a Hong Kong University. Studies in Higher Education, 46(3), 606-623. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1647412
• Zeng, L. M. (2020). Peer review of teaching in higher education: A systematic review of its impact on the professional development of university teachers from the teaching expertise perspective. Educational Research Review, 31, 100333. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2020.100333
• Zeng, L. M. (2016). Mainland Chinese students' responses to the cognitive conflicts in their adaptation to a Hong Kong university: a developmental perspective. In R. B. King & A. B. I. Bernardo (Eds.), The psychology of Asian learners: A festschrift in honor of David Watkins (pp. 421-440). Singapore: Springer.
• Chan, C. K. Y., Luk, L. Y. Y., & Zeng, M. (2014). Teachers’ perceptions of student evaluations of teaching. Educational Research & Evaluation, 20(4), 275-289. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2014.932698
• Zeng, M., Webster, J. B., & Ginns, P. (2013). Measuring the research experience of research postgraduate students in Hong Kong. Higher Education Research and Development, 32(4), 672-686. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2012.754410
• Zeng, M., & Watkins, D. (2010). Adaptation of Mainland Postgraduate Students to the Hong Kong’s universities. In D. W. Chapman, W. K. Cummings & G. A. Postiglione (Eds.), Crossing borders in East Asian higher education (pp. 343-373). Netherlands: Springer.