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July 2008

Dr Chua Ai Lin shares her mindmapping methods

Dr Chua Ai Lin uses mindmaps extensively for note taking, brainstorming and teaching. Find out how she makes use of mindmaps - paper and electronic - in the classroom.

April 2008

Ms Mary Lee on creating a podcast lecture for eLearning Week

One of the more unusual formats during eLearning Week at Communications and New Media was a podcast lecture. IDEAS talks to Mary Lee Ching Ling to find out more about this method of delivering lectures.

November 2007

Dr Ismail Talib gets his students clicking with the Classroom Response System

Dr Ismail Talib is one of the early adopters of the Classroom Response System. In this issue's Faculty Voice, find out how he uses what is popularly known as clickers in the classroom.

July 2007

Mr Shawn Yeo's Bilingual Blog

Lecturer Shawn Yeo ran the most active module blog in the previous Academic Year. In this edition's Faculty Voice, he shares at length about how he employed the blog in his classroom.

April 2007

Call for Your Stories

Are you using technology in the classroom? Do you use IT to teach in an innovative way? Does your use of audio-visual/multimedia in the classroom help to engage your students? If you have answered 'Yes!' to any of these questions, you may be the academic we are looking to feature here in Faculty Voice.

January 2007

Mr Alex Mitchell works with Wikis

Last semester, Mr Alex Mitchell experimented with wikis - collaborative websites which can be edited by anyone or to a defined group - for the NM4209 Game Design II module. He shares with IDEAS his experiences with using wikis in the classroom.

October 2006

Module Blog Voices

It has been almost a semester since the NUS Module Blogs service was launched. IDEAS asks Associate Professor Martin Henz, Associate Professor Victor Tan and Assistant Professor Wong Wei Kang about their use of NUS Module Blogs.

July 2006

Mr Alex Mitchell: Yes, I make them blog for homework

As far as tutorials go, Alex Mitchell's classes are quite unorthodox. His students can often be found playing games... and blogging about it.

April 2006

Dr Seow Teck Keong

In this issue of Faculty Voice, we interview Dr Seow Teck Keong from the Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science.

January 2006

Mr Aaron Tan Tuck Choy

In this edition of Faculty Voice, Mr Aaron Tan Tuck Choy, Department of Computer Science, winner of the Students' Choice Award 04/05 & 05/06, shares his tips for an effective and engaging module website.

October 2005

Mrs Helena Whalen-Bridge

Mrs Helena Whalen-Bridge is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law and the Deputy Director of the Faculty's Legal Writing Programme. Mrs Whalen-Bridge sheds light on how she and her colleagues use IT tools in teaching at the Faculty of Law.

July 2005

Dr Lim Kwang Hui

Dr Lim Kwang Hui is an Assistant Professor in the Business Policy Department of the NUS Business School. Dr Lim is a receipient of the Annual Teaching Excellence Awards 2003/2004. He uses IVLE, the Plagiarism Detection Service and other technologies to enhance teaching and learning in the NUS Business School.

April 2005

Dr Panagiotis Kalnis favours the Forums

Dr Panagiotis Kalnis creates forums and participates in them to create a collaborative learning environment for students. Read on to find out about Dr Kalnis' use of this enabling IVLE feature.

January 2005

Dr Andy Chiang shares his Camtasia experience

Dr Andy Chiang uses Camtasia, a software that produces video clips of computer monitor output. In this issue's Faculty Voice, Asst Prof Chiang tells IDEAS about his experience with and application of Camtasia.

October 2004

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.

July 2004

Dr. Victor Tan

Dr. Victor Tan, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics began using IVLE since it was “born” in early 1998. An early adopter of educational technology, he has actively used most of the tools and resources on IVLE to engage and interact with his students.

April 2004

Dr Elizabeth Nair

Dr Elizabeth Nair first discovered the Integrated Virtual Learning Environment (IVLE) as an information technology novice. She now uses it to help manage and deliver the courses she teaches. Each semester, she engages a variety of tools in IVLE to enhance classroom teaching and communication amongst her students. As Faculty Voice turns on Dr Nair, who teaches research on personality and individual differences at the Department of Social Work & Psychology, she tells us more on her experience with the use of IVLE.