June Chan is the Head of Technology-enhanced Teaching at the Center for Education Innovation of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). June has been working in the eLearning field for decades. At HKUST, she leads a team of eLearning experts including instructional designers, online interactive content developers, learning technology specialists to support the institution-wise eLearning initiatives. The team leverages learning technologies to improve faculty and teaching staff’s pedagogical needs. Key initiatives include Blended Learning, Massive Open Online Courses, asynchronous and synchronous online teaching, Mixed Mode Teaching, etc. Prior to joining the University, June worked in Hong Kong’s flagship carrier managing a team of eLearning experts to support the corporation’s worldwide eLearning strategy. The team worked closely with subject matter experts from different operational departments/units to design, develop and deliver AICC- or SCORM-compliant multimedia-based courseware for the corporation’s internal training needs.

Mellissa Withers, PhD, MHSis Associate Professor at the Keck School of Medicine in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences. She is based at the University of Southern California Institute on Inequalities in Global Health. She is director of the Online MPH Program. Dr Withers is also Director of the Global Health Program of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, a non-profit network of 55 universities. She received a PhD from the Department of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health with a minor in cultural anthropology. She also holds a Master’s in International Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a BA in international development from UC Berkeley. Her research interests lie in community participatory research, mental health, gender-based violence, immigrant health, and global sexual and reproductive health. Dr Withers is the editor of two books: Global Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health Across the Lifecourse, and Global Health Leadership: Case Studies from the Asia-Pacific (in press).

Catherine Zhou, PhD is a Teaching Associate at the Office of the Dean of Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Prior to this she worked at the Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has a PhD degree in computer science and engineering and currently focuses on research postgraduate student education. Her teaching and research interests include research integrity, emotional resilience and intelligence, and mentorship. She is in charge of the research postgraduate student professional development program within the School of Engineering. Catherine is interested in student-centered teaching and learning strategies, such as e-learning, blended learning, flipped classroom, and experiential learning.