in Access, June 2008 Number 65
It’s never been easier to copy somebody’s work and pass it off as your own. This is especially true in academia. Students, researchers and staff have fast access to billions of pages on the public web. A growing number can also access subscription databases including countless pages of full text journal articles and eBook texts.
in Knowledge Enterprise Online, March 2008
by Kenneth Gerard Pinto
..the Communications & New Media Department, Office of Safety, Health & Environment and the Centre for Instructional Technology carried out the University’s inaugural eLearning Week. Held from 18 to 22 February, this pioneering project involved the staff and students taking CNM modules.
in The Ridge Online, February 2008
by Fabius Chen
From Feb. 18 to 22, the Communication and New Media Programme conducted their lessons virtually as part of the inaugural e-learning week.The initiative is headed by the Office of Safety, Health and Environment (OSHE) and the Centre for Instructional Technology (CIT) to test the readiness of faculty staff in handling emergencies where on-campus teaching is not available.
in Knowledge Enterprise, Vol 7 No 7, February 2008
by Kenneth Gerard Pinto
If Singapore wins the bid to hold the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2010, NUS would have played an unseen yet vital role in securing the hosting rights.
in CHECKpoint eLearning (Special Edition ONLINE EDUCA 2007)
Interview with Dr Joe PETERS | Synopsis
With the rapid development of technology and the mergine of audio visual and IT in education, it is time to think about major issues brewing from the confluence of the professional practice in these two areas. Dr. Joe Peters from the National University of Singapore speaks about major implications for pedagogy, facility design and staff re-training in these areas.
in Streaming Media Europe
The university is using the Osprey devices for NUScast, an award-winning program for streaming video of university lectures and other events over the NUS Web site. In addition, as a participant in the Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) educational consortium, NUS is using the streaming technology in a joint distance learning program with MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
in Brunei Times, 24 May 2007
by Wani Abdul Gapar
"It's a space to share real-life applications and examples," said Singaporean presenter Kenneth Gerard Pinto on the merits of using blogs (weblogs) as learning tools.
in Computer Times, 10 April 2007
by Leslie Goh
Installing a secure network for undergraduates to access resources and the Internet at the National University of Singapore (NUS) not only saved printing and invigilation costs but resulted in a crucial side benefit.The new network also allowed the NUS to roll out a new online exam system for undergrads.
in Research on Teaching with Technology
by Ashley Deal, Carnegie Mellon University
This paper explores webcast lectures, examining student use and of webcast and learning outcomes, drawing on findings from various universities including NUS.
The goal of this paper is to provide an overview of lecture webcasting, and to summarize findings from several formal evaluations of the technology. We focus on questions of attendance, learning outcomes, student behavior with regard to access of archived webcasts, and effects on instructor behavior and quality of teaching.Studies indicate that the use of lecture webcasting for the purposes of archive and review is pedagogically neutral. While lecture webcasts do not affect student performance, there is some evidence that their availability improves the student's educational experience by reducing stress and providing an additional study resource.
To improve learning outcomes, instructors must think creatively about using webcasting technology to free up valuable classroom time for more interactive discussions and activities.
Read the article, available from here.
in Managing Information Strategies (MIS) Asia, 14-16, 1 June 2006
by Jonathan Hopfner
With a bare minimum of resources, the Centre for Instructional Technology at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has managed to create the best kind of monster.Its NUScast project, an innovative system that allows students and lecturers to harness the learning power of the internet, has blossomed from humble beginnings into one of the most comprehensive online educational tools in the region, testifying to the potential of collaborative solutions for any enterprise in the process. It even won last year's MIS IT Excellence Award in the Best Business Enabler - Education category.
in IT@NUS, February 2006
With lecture audio recordings now downloadable via the Integrated Virtual Learning Environment (IVLE), students now have little reason not to download these nuggets of wisdom for themselves.Whether it was a lecture that you missed, or an important point you didn't quite grasp during the lecture - it's easy to refresh your memory by revisiting the podcast.
in Channel NewsAsia, 11 February 2006
by Margaret Perry
Mr Chaturon Chaisang met NUS management and visited its Centre for Instructional Technology to learn about e-learning strategies.The university is considered a world's leading institution in implementing e-learning.
Its spin-off company, ASKnLearn, provides internet based e-learning solutions, content and services to over 120 institutions in Singapore, China, Japan and Kuwait.
in NUSSU ASPIREzine, December 2005
in Knowledge Enterprise, 7, November/December 2005
by Office of Corporate Relations
in Managing Information Strategies (MIS) Asia, MIS100: Annual Special - 9th Edition, 97, October 2005
Read the article [article courtesy of MIS Asia, for NUS users only]
in The Ridge, August 2005
by Wilson Loo
in Eduscape, June 2005
in Berita Harian (Malaysia), Komputer, C9:
in CDTLink, March 2005
by S Farooq, S Lakshminarayanan, GP Rangaiah, AK Ray, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Prasad Iyer, Centre for Instructional Technology
The idea of integrated teaching of chemical engineering modules by interactive process visualisation presented here provides a supporting pedagogical approach to actively engage students in the learning process. Though the software presented in this paper has limited capabilities, it allows instructors of different modules to take students beyond the scope of textbook problems, help students explore a wide range of operating conditions and inculcate a deeper understanding of principles of the process.
in Business Times, 14, 21 March 2005
A survey conducted by NUS of 200 of its students revealed that 70 per cent of them are in favour of electronic course syllabus conducted away from campus. The implementation of Macromedia Breeze by NUS has enabled the compression of online materials to speed up downloads to increase accessibility for students on slower internet connections.
in Post Today (Thai, translated to English), B5, 16 March 2005
in Positioning Magazine (Thai, no translation), 14 March 2005
Also published in:
Thailand4.com, 14 March 2005
InfoQuest, 14 March 2005
in The Straits Times, H18, 8 January 2005
by Sandra Davie
In NUS, lecturers such as Assistant Professor Adrian Cheok from the department of electrical and computer engineering and Prof John Holbo use blogs to supplement their lectures and tutorials, as well as to check on the progress of their students' work.
in doctorjob.com.my, July 2004
Melvyn Song, systems engineer at the Centre for Instructional Technology in NUS, said: "The introduction of Macromedia Breeze has allowed staff and students to create rich, interactive training content by allowing them to design, manage, deliver and track their presentations without the need for extensive training. The advantage of Macromedia Breeze is that it allows the staff to reach out to more students through delivery on multiple platforms."
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.
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.
in ComputerWorld, March 2004
in LINUS, November 2003
by Teo-Phoon Moi Ying ~ Head, Media Resources Dept, Central Library and Wong Kah Wei ~ Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library
At the start of the new semester in August 2003, some students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the School of Business obtained their course readings directly from the Integrated Virtual Learning Environment (IVLE). Instead of going to the library’s RBR collection to borrow the printed copies of the articles and book chapters, the students were able to retrieve the readings digitally over the campus network. This quiet introduction of the Library E-Reserves met with an overwhelming response from our students.
in Knowledge Enterprise, July 2003
by Office of Corporate Relations
The Special Presidents’ Meeting was unique in a second way – it was the first time the Presidents’ Meeting was conducted via Internet video-conferencing. History was made when the screens lit up and the lines went live to connect in real-time 28 university presidents, each in their respective locations across the Pacific Rim. In addition to 28 APRU Presidents, 2 universities participated as observers, making it a record-breaking video-conference linking 30 sites.
in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, July 2003
by Yun Ping Lim, Jan Olov Hoog, Phyllis Gardner, Shoba Ranganathan, Siv Andersson, Subramanian Subbiah, Tin Wee Tan, Winston Hide and Anthony S.Weiss.
in Knowledge Enterprise, May/June 2003
by Office of Corporate Relations
CIT received the ISO certification after the team put in place a management infrastructure for quality that ensures consistency, and provides means for continual improvement...In keeping with the improved management system, the team conducted implementation and awareness training for CIT staff on the importance of ISO certification, and how it would help them. It took a year of toiling on the project before CIT was awarded the certification.
Orginally from http://newshub.nus.edu.sg/ke/0210/articles/pg12_quality.htm
The article has since been removed.
* For the sake of accuracy, the title has been quoted verbatim. However, it should read "ISO 9001:2000 certified". The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) merely defines the standards; the organization does not perform audits leading to certification.
in Computer Times, 7 December 2002
in Computer World
in Knowledge Enterprise, September 2002
by Office of Corporate Relations
Integrated Virtual Learning Environment (IVLE) technology has been awarded a Certificate of Interoperability by the Information Technology Standards Committee (ITSC) PlugFest 2002. This was after the IVLE passed the ITSC’s interoperability and compatibility test to operate as an open platform based on global specifications.
in Computer Times, 7 August 2002
Hundreds of PocketPC device owners at the National University of Singapore (NUS) can now watch network television wirelessly anywhere on the campus. Programmes from 14 current affairs and educational TV channels, including BBC, CNN, Discovery and MediaWorks channels U and i, are being streamed live to the handheld devices as well as to desktops and notebooks across the campus. About half of the university's total student strength of 30,000 use notebooks......Mr Soh Hock Heng, senior systems engineer at CIT, said: "With the service available on PocketPC-based devices, our students can enjoy the programmes anywhere, anytime." That's exactly what Ms Ma Seow Lin, 23, a student at the School of Computing, has been doing. "We often have breaks between our various classes, lasting between one and three hours," she said. "Watching TV on my iPaq handheld is an ideal way for me to spend the time." Ms Ma felt that students would benefit if class lectures could be beamed to their PDAs (personal digital assistants). The university says videos of class lectures will be available on the PDAs soon.
in Knowledge Enterprise, March 2002
by Office of Corporate Relations
As Communicator Award winners, the creators of Reflections -- Dr Joe Peters (Executive Producer & Script), Mr Manuel R Gamboa (Producer), Ms Goh Sze Yin (Production Crew), Mr Eric Lim You Wey and Mr Rosely Othman (Camera) -- join an exclusive group of video professionals who are recognized as the best in the industry. Mr Gamboa said jubilantly, "It's gratifying to know that your work is being certified as outstanding by your peers and will be used as a benchmark for the industry."
in Innovation - The Magazine of Research & Technology, Volume 3 Number 1.
by Tan Lay Leng
The NUS Centre for Instructional Technology helps to provide online additions that allow students to enrol in order to attend publicly available lectures and to take formal class instruction spanning several months. Its Integrated Virtual Learning Environment (IVLE) offers an almost seamless transition back and forth between local and international contacts. The latest IVLE software (version 7) can even communicate with students via the short message service (SMS) on their mobile phones.
in Technological Horizons in Education Journal
by Melinda G. Cerny, M.A. and Jesse M. Heines, Ed.D.
SMA is a unique and ambitious program for many reasons, one of which is that it brings graduate students from opposite sides of the globe together in one virtual classroom by crossing 12 time zones through an Internet2 connection. Through research and development from the MIT Center for Advanced Educational Services, the NUS Centre for Instructional Technology and the NTU Centre for Educational Development, the SMA program blends the use of state-of-the-art asynchronous and synchronous technology to create a dynamic, virtual learning environment.
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