Assistant Lecturer
- BA&BEd(LangEd)-English (First Class Honours), The University of Hong Kong
- MSc (IT in Education) (Distinction), The University of Hong Kong
Nicholas is a Hong Kong-based English teacher and an all-rounded technology advocate who enjoys applying and experimenting with technology in his daily life. He started out as a freelance web developer and student videographer at HKU but soon realised the potential of digital technology in leveraging language teaching and learning under the influence of former CAES Senior Lecturer Patrick Desloge. His dual expertise in language education and technology has placed him in UGC-funded campus-wide projects such as The Development of an Online Interactive Learning Resources – Digital CV and Digital & Information Literacy Learning Experience, where he offered insights on language-technology integration for education.
Projects aside, Nicholas is actively involved in promoting digital literacy among teaching staff and students. He has delivered a few presentations on the future of teaching and learning at HKU’s Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre (TALIC, formerly TELI) and the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi). In the age of AI, Nicholas is eager to explore its applications in language education while teaching EAP to undergraduate students alongside. His academic interests include digital/ AI literacy acquisition and computer-assisted language learning.
Selected Publications / Presentations:
- Mo, N. Y. C., & Tse, A. W. C. (2024). The impact of digital storytelling on grade 10 students’ digital literacy in Hong Kong: A case study. In ICEEL 2023: Proceedings of the 2023 7th international conference on education and e-learning (pp. 168-176). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3637989.3638003 [Best Presentation Award]
- Desloge, P., Liang, C. X. Y., & Mo, N. Y. C. (2022, June). Programming our own learning spaces: Making sense of emerging no-code tools in online teaching and learning spaces. In Professional development symposium: Futures of teaching and learning [Online Symposium]. Technological and Higher Education Institute, Hong Kong.
Grants / Awards / Other Achievements:
- Plano de Financiamento de Bolsas de Estudo para o Ensino Superior (Bolsas de Mérito) [Scholarship for Higher Education (Scholarship of Merit)] (Education and Youth Development Bureau, Macao SAR)
- Tse Family Scholarship (Faculty of Education, HKU)
- Hong Kong International Institute of Education Leadership Scholarship