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October 2004

Spotlight

Bringing documents to you on the Internet: Acrobat and FlashPaper 2

Adobe's well-established Portable Document Format (PDF) has a new rival - Flash (.swf) document files created by Macromedia FlashPaper 2. FlashPaper documents promise viewing on the fly in web browsers. Will this signal the end of PDF?

IVLE

IVLE 2004 usage statistics

The Centre for Instructional Technology actively monitors the usage trends of IVLE and other e-learning services. We present the usage figures for IVLE and webcast this year thus far.

E-Learning

Visualize your calculations

Mathematical software helps students visualize mathematical concepts, helping them to grasp and internalize theories. This issue's E-learning article reviews three of the more widely used mathematics software - Maple, MATLAB and LiveMath.

Faculty Voice

Dr Lee Kim Seng

Dr Lee Kim Seng is a multiple award-winning Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is a firm believer in the use of IT in teaching. A/P Lee constantly innovates to ensure students enjoy learning and learn effectively. He fervently supports IVLE usage and has been utilizing it since its inception.

News

Macromedia Studio MX 2004 for an unbelievable price

Own your personal copy of Macromedia Studio MX 2004 for only $65!

News

Digital Media Centre meets NUS students and staffs’ multimedia needs

Looking for a place to edit, scan and print photos? Or edit audio-visual materials? Look no further than the Digital Media Centre, located at Yusof Ishak House.

News

Collaborative research through video conferencing

With the help of CIT, NUS Department of Mathematics and the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science (AMSS), China have been conducting an ongoing series of weekly seminars. These seminars, webcast to audiences at both ends, are a boon to researchers and graduate students alike.