Construct a mid-semester survey to involve students in module-designing Posted on March 2, 2021March 3, 2021 by mihi park 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 Posted on November 30, 2020 by mihi park 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
[Topic3] What do I learn from collaboration? Posted on November 17, 2020 by mihi park ‘Learning community’ became one of the major topics that I am pondering as a research and as an educator. Last year, I started a learning community in my faculty for the colleagues who might want to share thoughts on any practices and challenges that we are doing as an educator. Surprisingly, it attracted quite number…Read more [Topic3] What do I learn from collaboration?
Attitude toward online mode of learning Korean Posted on August 22, 2020 by mihi park As a part of my research project to study the impact of reflections in learning, I did my pre-survey at the first of this semester. The survey is consisted with; 1) self-rated proficiency of Korean (general and each skills), 2) attitude toward online mode of learning Korean, and 3) Strategy inventory of language learning. Here,…Read more Attitude toward online mode of learning Korean
Virtual Language Course Design for Reflective Learning Posted on July 22, 2020 by mihi park I will present another work for CLS colleagues to help preparing for a course online in coming semester. This session is specially for the faculties who are teaching foreign languages in higher education. Synopsis A virtual course becomes a new normal mode of learning in higher education due to the Pandemic. In this talk, I…Read more Virtual Language Course Design for Reflective Learning
Who Needs To Get Prepared for Online Courses? Posted on July 22, 2020 by mihi park My new reflection, titled ‘Who Needs To Get Prepared for Online Courses?’ on online teaching during the Pandemic 2020, March to April is published here. Who Needs To Get Prepared for Online Courses? There are many more useful posts found i…
Career Advancement for FASS Educators Posted on July 22, 2020 by mihi park 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 Please visit the …
Why (And How) We Need to Improve Faculty Mentoring in Higher Education Posted on May 21, 2020 by mihi park Inspiring reading to understand the importance of Faculty Mentoring, particularly, ‘4. Adding more non-tenure-track faculty also increases the need for mentoring programs‘ is the point that we are trying to fill the gap in Committee on Care…
Zoom Lecture Reflection Posted on March 25, 2020 by mihi park 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 Posted on December 30, 2019 by mihi park 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
