A presentation of case studies at National University of Singapore  at the EduTech Seminar, Singapore Management University – School of Economics And Social Sciences, Classroom 5.4, Singapore on 19 April 2012.

Abstract
The advent of the knowledge-based economy has been transforming writing instruction. In the second language classroom, the integration of computer-mediated writing on Web 2.0 platforms into language learning has generated new pedagogies on processing texts, authoring texts of differing styles (Canagarajah, 2002; Warschauer, 2000), and practising academic integrity. The realities of such departure from conventional procedures often require ongoing professional development accompanied by expectations of institutional technical support. It is often the case that such technology-based practices, which are adopted for their recency or perceived novelty, are disembodied from institutional rationale or devoid of a reasoned basis. This paper presents stages of course design, in-service teacher training, and classroom practices in an L2 English for academic purposes writing course. It focuses on the impact of a digitized orientation of processing and authoring texts on teacher choices and decisions at the stages of designing in-class writing tasks and classroom teaching, as well as training teachers to implement computer-mediated writing tasks.

Paper presentation at RELC Seminar 2012 – Multiliteracies in Language Education in Singapore. 16-18 April 2012.

Collaborative workspace in University Town

A new collaborative workspace has just been launched at University Town. Located at the Collaborative Commons of the Education Resource Centre, this workspace supports active collaboration for about 8 to 10 students in a comfortable sofa style seating arrangement.

CIT staff supporting our award winners at NUS Excellence Day 2012

The Centre for Instructional Technology continues its tradition of service excellence. At NUS Excellence Day 2012, five CIT staff received individual awards. NEO Say Wei, Jum’main MOHD WAHID and Nik Azizi BIN MAT ZIN received the Service Achiever award. LEONG Miew Cheng and WU Haixin received the Service Advocate award.

The IVLE IQ Team – Jeffery TAY, LEONG Miew Cheng, WU Haixin, Yasmin MUSTHAFA, XIANG Junjie and LIN Kay Thwe Oo – received a Merit Award for the IVLE eLearning Mobile Developer Challenge 2011 project.

NEO Say Wei, Nik Azizi BIN MAT ZIN and WU Haixin receiving the individual service awards from Assoc Prof TAN Kay Chuan, OQM Director

1. Access to Class Roster, Class Groups, Project Groups and Sign Up for Groups
2. Access to IVLE Gradebook
3. Post new Announcement (for Staff only)
4. View your module and exam Timetable
5. Participate in Poll
6. Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Consultation
7. View and email your module facilitators
8. iOS 5 compatibility

Video conference presentation at the Redefine Your Telepresence Seminar, hosted at Cisco Systems Inc., Hitachi Tower, Singapore. 11 January 2012.