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July 2008

Connect, live and learn with Nexus

Opening too many browser and application windows to access many different sites? Nexus is the space that allows you to view all the things you need in a glance.

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April 2008

Flexible Learning Spaces

The upcoming University Town will be a tremendous boost for student life on campus. IDEAS explores the possibilities that the campus extension holds for new learning spaces.

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November 2007

AV IT-LAN streamlines video production in NUS

AV IT-LAN promises to usher in a more streamlined and efficient video production workflow at CIT as well as provide comprehensive archival capability.

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July 2007

IVLE 8 - Reasons for upgrade and measures being taken

IVLE 8 has launched to mixed reactions. In this issue's Spotlight, the IVLE Team explains the reasons for the overhaul and the steps being taken to assuage your concerns.

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April 2007

Web 2.0 & Personal Learning Environments

Web 2.0 is here. What is it exactly, and what are the implications of Web 2.0 for education? This article introduces you to the read/write web revolution, the concept of the Personal Learning Environment and what Web 2.0 services are available in NUS.

January 2007

SmartSight & Apreso

In the never-ceasing quest for productivity gains, CIT has deployed SmartSight and Apreso to enable more webcasts to be conducted with less manpower. CIT will also be upgrading the webcast cameras around campus.

October 2006

NUS Galleria

CIT, Computer Centre and NUS Libraries present the NUS Galleria, a multimedia repository containing video, audio and image files relating to the University.

July 2006

CIT introduces CPSrf Audience Response System

CIT has acquired a set of eInstruction's CPSrf interactive response system. CPSrf promotes audience participation and provides instant and accurate feedback from students during lessons. Read on to learn more.

April 2006

Module Blogs coming soon

The Centre for Instructional Technology will launch Module Blogs in time for AY2006/2007. Find out why you should start academic blogging!

January 2006

Telemedicine through High-Speed Broadband

Many students. Three cities. One surgery. A bariatric surgical procedure to help a patient to reduce weight at Flinders Medical Centre in South Australia was beamed live via Internet2 to Kyushu University Hospital staff in Fukuoka, Japan and NUS staff in the CIT Auditorium. This was the first time that the three countries were connected for teleconferencing by high-speed broadband instead of ISDN lines.

October 2005

Engage your students with KEEpad

If you have watched Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and wished for a similar 'Ask the audience' system in education, you will want to know more about KEEpad, a group and audience response system for lecture theatres and classrooms.

July 2005

Video Conferencing 1-2-3

The Centre for Instructional Technology provides video conferencing solutions for NUS. In this issue's Spotlight, we demystify the various video conferencing modes so that you can select the most appropriate mode for your needs.

April 2005

Search and you will find

Without search engines, trawling the web would be nearly impossible. There are billions of web pages amounting to a veritable information overload. Used effectively, search engines help reduce this mountain of information into a molehill of relevance.

Dr Ang Kok Keng prescribes the Tablet

Dr Ang Kok Keng uses the Tablet PC to enhance PowerPoint presentations for lectures. Associate Professor Ang describes why and how he uses this technology to help him overcome some of the problems with large class teaching.

January 2005

Dr Yeo Gee Kin - A choir, a broken foot and Breeze

When A/P Yeo Gee Kin embarked on a tour with the Baihe Ladies Singers, she would not have foreseen that it would lead her to using Breeze, a multimedia enhancement for PowerPoint.

October 2004

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?

July 2004

Using Weblogs in Teaching - Dr John Holbo

I am the proud winner of the CIT-sponsored NUS Students' Choice Award for best module website, 2003/4. Strength in numbers: I maintain six sites for the module in question, PH1101EGEM1004 "Reason and Persuasion". There is a main site, a site for online readings, and four associated weblogs. In this article, by way of telling you what I did right (near as I can figure), I'm mostly going to tell you about 'blogs', as they are called.

April 2004

Going Online the Weblog Way!

Welcome to the latest issue of IDEAS where we transit from being a paper-based newsletter to one that is totally online. What is also unique about the new version of IDEAS is that we are utilizing a Weblog publishing system to generate, manage and publish our newsletter.