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May 2004


Media Mentions

AMTEC 2004 - Award of Merit given to "SIM Furnace" a courseware developed by NUS ,

in Faculty of Engineering (NUS), May 2004

SimFurnace, the web-based simulator for process control education, developed jointly with NUS' Center for Development of Teaching and Learning & Center for Instructional Technology won an Award of Merit in the online category at the Annual Media Festival of the Association for Media Technology in Education in Canada.

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Media Mentions

NUS e-learning module on SARS

in Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine (NUS), May 2004

The Department [of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine] and the Centre for Instructional (CIT) succeeded in developing this multidisciplinary module within a short period of two months by getting technical expertise from CIT and mobilising the department's team of academic staff.

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Papers & Presentations

E-portfolio Systems: Challenges in Implementation and Design

by Ravi CHANDRAN, LEONG Miew Cheng & Ivy TAN

Paper presented at Global Conference on Excellence in Education Training in Singapore, 20-22 May 2004.

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Updates

Special Commendation Award for The Nation's Health: Lessons from SARS

CIT and the Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine (COFM) were given a Special Commendation Award at the NUS University Awards 2004 on 12 May for developing the University's first completely online module - The Nation's Health: Lessons from SARS. More than 29,000 NUS students completed this module via IVLE as part of their compulsory Graduation Requirement.

Papers & Presentations

Helping Students Relate Classroom Theory to Practice in Industry: Design Considerations for Web-based Simulations

by Rajagopalan SRINIVASAN (Faculty of Engineering), Gilles DOIRON (CDTL) & Melvyn SONG (CIT)

Paper published in CDTL Brief May 2004 Vol 7, No. 5.

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Updates

NUS Commencement 2004

CIT will be webcasting all NUS Commencement 2004 ceremonies live.

Updates

Learn@Quest 2004 - Using IT to Bridge Theory and Practice

CIT participated in Learn@Quest 2004 - Using IT to Bridge Theory and Practice in Science Education. CIT showcased three courseware projects to schools at this event, organized by the Ministry of Education.