Mobile Services & Initiatives

Services

Smartphones and tablets are commonplace. CIT's services have kept pace with developments in the consumer market. The following services are mobile optimised or accessible:

• IVLE Course Management System and other apps
  • IVLE iOS app and IVLE Windows Phone 7 app.
  • IVLE Communities iOS app.
  • NUS Bulletin iOS app.
• Webcasts & Podcasts
  • Webcasts can be viewed in the IVLE mobile app.
  • Public Events on NUScast can be viewed in most mobile browsers.
• NUS on iTunes U
  • NUS on iTunes U can be accessed on iPhones and iPads.
• NUS on YouTube
  • NUS on YouTube can be accessed on mobile devices.
• Blog.nus
  • Create blog posts and manage blogs using the WordPress app for various platforms.

Initiatives

iCreate Mobility Challenge

The iCreate Mobility Challenge is a competition for NUS students to develop working ideas to enhance student's education experience and campus life on the following mobile platforms - Android, iPhone/iPad, Mobile Web and Windows Phone 7. These ideas may include eLearning, student/library services or geo-location related apps - anything related to enriching the students' experience at NUS.

NUS Teaching Staff iPad Loan Scheme

This scheme aims to get iPads into the hands of educators on campus. CIT wants the NUS teaching community to experiment with the use of the iPad in teaching and wants to encourage new, interesting and mobile uses of technology for teaching.

Chosen teaching staff will receive an iPad, several peripherals and applications as well as a data plan for one semester. The participants will report on their use of the iPad in teaching, and these results will be shared with the wider teaching community. Their collective experience may become the basis of best practices for mobile teaching.