Construct a mid-semester survey to involve students in module-designing

I have been running a mid-semester survey at recess week 1) to understand how students are doing, 2) to provoke students to reflect their learning process, 3) to explain pedagogical background of the module design, 4) to evaluate the new initiatives, and 5) to find-tune the activities if I can. Usually I limit to three…Read more Construct a mid-semester survey to involve students in module-designing

[Topic4] Blended learning: Changes in my role as faculty

Firstly, I must admit that it was so unexpected to hear the webinar about Community of Inquiry (CoI) as a framework for designing flexible, networked and community-based learning, under ‘Blended learning’. I thought I would hear more directly relevant issues regarding blended learning. But very soon, I realised that it IS important to understand the…Read more [Topic4] Blended learning: Changes in my role as faculty

Career Advancement for FASS Educators

There is a new blog for faculties of Educator track (ET) at NUS.
We conduct;

Welcome for new ET colleagues
Career mentoring for FASS educators
Discussion on Career development as educator

 
Career Advancement for FASS Educators
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Zoom Lecture Reflection

Due to this world-affecting COVIC-19 situation, I converted my lectures online, as many of our colleagues do. Since language learning is believed to be best in face-to-face mode, I tried to accommodate our online learning experience to maximise its particular benefits (e.g. using multimedia and easier sharing). Here I wrote my reflection to share with…Read more Zoom Lecture Reflection

The first session of 2020

Dear colleagues, Happy New Year! Hope you are having a great holiday season with your beloved ones. We had a great session with Nina before Christmas holiday (please check out Nina’s presentation here, https://blog.nus.edu.sg/mihi/), and I am happy to have another colleague, Li Neng for the first session of 2020. This informative session will feed…Read more The first session of 2020