The following major events in 2022 gave NUS colleagues the opportunity to initiate and sustain conversations on teaching and learning both within and beyond the campus community: Higher Education Campus Conference (HECC) 2022 Educator-in-Residence Programme (EiRP) 2022 NUS Teaching Awards
Author: Charina Ong
Charina Ong obtained an M.A. degree in Learning and Teaching (MaLT) from De La Salle University-Manila; and an undergraduate degree in Business Administration, major in Computer Applications (BSBA-CA) from De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde. She is also a certified Master Level Microsoft Office Specialist. She currently works as an Educational Technologist at NUS under Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning. Her main responsibility includes conducting workshops on e-learning that promotes teaching and learning, conceptualizing projects on e-learning, and researching on educational trends.
4.0 Supporting Colleagues in Teaching and Learning
CDTL develops and runs programmes, series, and sessions which enable NUS academics to explore and critically reflect on their teaching practice in order to enhance their students’ learning. Programmes Series Sessions
4.1 Programmes
Professional Development Programme-Teaching (PDP-T) The Professional Development Programme-Teaching (PDP-T) is offered to NUS early-career academics with fewer than 3 years of higher education teaching experience. Conducted twice annually, the PDP-T provides a collegial environment to help new faculty explore and critically reflect on their teaching practice, in order to improve their students’ learning. The programme…
4.3 Sessions
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) CDTL offers Continuing Professional Development (CPD) sessions to support a wide range of teaching and learning needs. CDTL moved all its academic development work online in 2021, and this continued for most of our CPD sessions in 2022. Moving our work online allowed us to model the kind of practices that…
5. Supporting NUS-Wide Initiatives
CANVAS Migration NUS conducted a review of the available learning management systems (LMS) last year and recommended the adoption of Instructure Canvas as a replacement for the current LMS, LumiNUS. CDTL is managing the transition to Canvas and will be the system owner going forward. The transition is expected to allow for more intuitive engagement…
6. Teaching Enhancement Grants (TEG)
The Teaching Enhancement Grants (TEG) provides monetary support for scholarly projects that investigate and aim to improve instructional, pedagogical, curriculum, and assessment practices so as to advance students’ understanding. The grant is intended to promote a reflective approach to university teaching and student learning. It is further expected that the results from these projects will be…
8. CDTL 2023
On behalf of the CDTL team, we thank NUS colleagues and students who have contributed to CDTL’s programmes, events, and initiatives in one way or another. Your contributions and insights are much appreciated, and we look forward to engaging with you in 2023 to enhance teaching and learning. Thank you all!