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Blog.nus and Wiki.nus - Web 2.0 tools for you
CIT introduces two new Web 2.0 services - Blog.nus and Wiki.nus - for staff and students this new Academic Year. Read on to find out more about these exciting developments in NUS.
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.
eLearning Week wrap up
While the inaugural eLearning Week has passed, the lessons remain. CIT shares its main take-aways from the venture which involved the Communications and New Media Programme and was supported by the Office of Safety, Health and Environment.
Power tips - 10 things you can do with IVLE (which you might not have known)
IVLE has a number of features which are not immediately apparent. Discover the features you may have been missing out on in this article.
CIT online publications revamped
The CIT website and our quarterly newsletter, IDEAS, have gone through major revamps. We also add a new publication which will track the latest developments in educational technology. Learn more about these changes and how you can subscribe to updates from all our publications.
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.
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.
Get ready for IVLE 8!
IVLE 8 will be launched soon. This big step forward requires some action on your part. Please read this as it contains important information to prepare you for changes before IVLE 8 goes live.
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.
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.
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.
CIT Auditorium 2.0
The CIT Auditorium, located at Computer Centre, has undergone a major revamp. Take a peek at our state-of-the-art videoconferencing and webcasting venue.
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.
IVLE 7.8 upgrade & Module Blogs
IVLE was upgraded to version 7.8 on Saturday, 1 July. Find out more about the new and enhanced features, as well as a major new addition - NUS Module Blogs.
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.
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!
Using blogs to teach philosophy
Professor Linda E. Patrik from Union College, New York, shares her insights about the effectiveness of blogs as a teaching tool. While her article focuses on philosophy, some of pedagogical aspects are applicable to educational technology efforts in other areas of study.
E-Learning Snippets
Wiki. Podcasting. Furl. These may sound like terms out of a science-fiction movie, but they are actually three recent technological developments with promising e-learning applications. Along with these, we highlight MindManager software, Desktop Search tools and PhDblogs.net, a blog of interest.
RSS - up close and personal
What is RSS? RSS is defined by some as Rich Site Summary, others as RDF (Resource Description Framework) Site Summary, while a few call it Really Simple Syndication. Whatever it may be called, RSS is a means of delivering content directly from the author to its recipient automatically, instantaneously and without viruses, spam and other electronic nuisance.
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.
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.
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