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The academy members have embarked on projects that are of importance to the NUS community. Work has started on many fronts and we will be providing updates of our progress periodically in this space. If you have constructive ideas or comments related to our projects or on any matter related to Teaching and Learning, just drop us an email
and we will be happy to explore it further with you.
Presently, the projects being pursued are:
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Student Feedback:
One of the project teams is looking into ways of enhancing the utility of the student feedback system which is so vital for maintaining the high standard of NUS education. Among other things, the team recognizes that: (i) the modes of teaching are changing in response to external factors such as information & communication technology and globalization and (ii) educational practices (teaching and learning) and the expected outcomes of education can vary significantly across the faculties and schools in a comprehensive university like ours. The team hopes to come up with a student feedback instrument that recognizes the above issues and ask the right questions of the students to elicit more meaningful quantitative and qualitative feedback data on the Teaching/Learning process. For more SF project updates, please see the June 2012 Academy Matters.
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Peer Review of Teaching:
In addition to student feedback, the peer review conducted for faculty members has been widely accepted as an additional instrument for evaluating the quality of teaching and learning. However, the conceptualization and implementation of an effective peer review system can be a real challenge. To evolve a more valuable peer review system for faculty members at NUS, a team of Academy Fellows is examining the problems faced by existing systems, the different possible peer review models, the expected end use(s) of the instrument, the composition of the review team, the frequency with which it has to be done for different groups of faculty members etc. – all in the NUS context. For more PR project updates, please see the June 2012 Academy Matters.
- IT in Education:
Information and communication technologies (ICT) are changing the way we work, live, play and learn. Worldwide, educational systems are increasingly leveraging on ICT to bring changes to classroom teaching and learning. The deployment of ICT into universities clearly changes the way education is conducted. Not only is it possible to work through distance learning and achieve a closer collaboration, but also to pave the way for a new pedagogical approach. The proliferation of increasingly sophisticated mobile devices offers feature-rich means for students, faculty, and staff to communicate and to access information. Hence the IT in Education subcommittee, comprising Academy Fellows and other NUS colleagues, is looking at the use of mobile devices (“smart” telephones and tablets) in education at NUS. For more IT in Education updates, please see the June 2012 Academy Matters.
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