The National University of Singapore (NUS), ranked among top global institutions in the world, took up a video channel on YouTube last year.

The channel showcases some of its popular campus discussions – on subjects ranging from Asia vs Europe and the Rwandan civil war to the turnaround story of the Indian Railways and the rise of political Islam in Indonesia.

PAVE Systems installed the Centre’s integrated AV and communications systems… One attractive solution from the company’s continuing efforts at NUS was the complete AV solution integrated into the SMART Lecture Theatre, which provided a seamless and fully efficient AV System, complete with control system and video-conferencing setup, for Distance Learning, Presentation and Teaching.

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INNOVATION was the catchphrase at the 9th Distance Learning and the Internet (DLI) Conference (19-22 Nov 2008) organised by the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). Two NUS teams from the University’s Computer Centre and the Centre for Instructional Technology were among the 60 participants comprising technologists, teachers and researchers from 14 APRU member institutions attending the conference.

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..CIT’s new service — Nexus — serves to plug the gap between private and public accessible learning systems. It encompasses personal services beyond just a tool for learning. It Connects, Live, and Learn.

Nexus allows you to access IVLE, NUS Libraries services, Network TV and webcast lectures directly from a single presentation dashboard. You can also view external services like Facebook, Flickr, YouTube and games from the same tabbed interface. For your convenience, we have made available some predefined services in Nexus.

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Jointly launched in 2007 with CIT, the NUS Online Community may not be as attractive and features-rich as Facebook or mySpace, but, it serves to bring community value to our students, staff and alumni, congregating in the online space…

So far, 13 Alumni Chapter sites, 13 Alumni Reunion sites, 1514 personal websites, 250 community sites and 15 hosted sites have been established since its launch. Why not give it a go at this downturn period where every dollar matters.

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The NUS Global Classroom is a flexible learning space which is used primarily by the Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA), an engineering and life science educational and research collaboration between NUS, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). SMA programmes are conducted through distance learning, facilitated by video conferencing between Singapore and the United States of America.

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It’s never been easier to copy somebody’s work and pass it off as your own. This is especially true in academia. Students, researchers and staff have fast access to billions of pages on the public web. A growing number can also access subscription databases including countless pages of full text journal articles and eBook texts.

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..the Communications & New Media Department, Office of Safety, Health & Environment and the Centre for Instructional Technology carried out the University’s inaugural eLearning Week. Held from 18 to 22 February, this pioneering project involved the staff and students taking CNM modules.

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From Feb. 18 to 22, the Communication and New Media Programme conducted their lessons virtually as part of the inaugural e-learning week.

The initiative is headed by the Office of Safety, Health and Environment (OSHE) and the Centre for Instructional Technology (CIT) to test the readiness of faculty staff in handling emergencies where on-campus teaching is not available.

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If Singapore wins the bid to hold the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2010, NUS would have played an unseen yet vital role in securing the hosting rights.

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