Sean McMinn | Director of Center for Education Innovation
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Dr Sean McMinn is the Director of the Center for Education Innovation at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Prior to this role, he was an Associate Professor and the Director of the English Language Centre at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 2020-2022. He was an Associate Professor of Language Education and an Associate Director in the Center for Language Education at HKUST and the Co-Academic Director for the Master of Arts in International Language Education (MA-ILE) program. He won the 2016 Sschool of Humanities and Social Science (SHSS) Teaching Excellence Award and the 2007 Teaching Innovation Award for his work with podcasts and education at HKUST. He has also taken a visible role as an early-adopter of new technologies for teaching and learning purposes. This includes leading the various centers in developing AI in education initiatives, blended learning, and fully-online mode for teaching and learning.