The I&E Webinar Series is a platform to discuss and share with the members of the I&E teaching team our thoughts and reflections on teaching scholarly writing in the University Town Writing Programme. The UTWP celebrates its 10th year in AY2020-21 and it is but fitting for us to take stock and talk about (1) […]
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Towards Facilitating the Transfer of Academic Communication Skills, Radhika Jaidev
Radhika Jaidev is the Director of the Centre for Communication Skills (CCS) at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). She manages the centre and teaches academic and technical writing as well as presentation skills to undergraduate students. She also drives the university’s Communication Across the Curriculum (CAC) instruction, consultation and assessment. In keeping with […]
Evidence-based and Evidence-Informed Teaching and Learning, Henk Huijser
Exploring the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Henk Huijser, Senior Lecturer, Curriculum and Learning Design, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Video Streaming Link PowerPoint Presentation Download Link
Dialogue Session: The Faculty Development Committee
The Faculty Development Committee hosted a dialogue session on Wednesday, March 23rd from 12pm to 1.30pm. The session aimed to encourage discussion in key areas of SoTL. The following questions were brought up for the conversation: What makes SoTL different to scholarly teaching? What ethical issues have you encountered in your own practice as […]
Review of Ian Bruce’s talk by CELC’s Nina Venkataraman
CELC Speaker Series 08: Expressing Critical Thinking Through Academic Writing If we step back from the talk “Expressing Critical Thinking Through Academic Writing” and understand what Ian Bruce gave us as EAP facilitators, it can be encompassed into two concepts: Meaning and Methodology. Let me explain this. In the first part of the talk Ian […]
Expressing Critical Thinking Through Academic Writing, Ian Bruce
Ian Bruce Convenor Applied Linguistics Programme, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of Waikato Video Streaming Link
Engaging Learners: Flipped classroom approach, Kumaran Rajaram
Before the webinar on the 16th Feb, we interviewed Kumaran about elements of his book. Chapter 2 is on the flipped classroom approach, the topic of his talk. (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-33-6804-0) More of Kumaran’s work can be found on his website: Learning Innovations | Kumaran Rajaram (ntu.edu.sg) Engaging Learners – Flipped classroom approach: Webinar Video Presentation […]
Embedded Instruction at CELC: Approaches, Challenges and Options, Patrick Gallo
Patrick Gallo Senior Lecturer Centre for English Language Communication, NUS Speaker Series 07: Embedded Instruction at CELC: Approaches, Challenges and Options Video Streaming Link PowerPoint Presentation Download Link
Review by CELC’s Jodie Luu: Humanizing Corporate Communications with Storytelling – Tips from Anjali Sharma
by Jodie Luu As of January 2021, Statista reports that more than half of the global population are active Internet users, and most of them access the Internet via mobile devices. Such hyperconnectivity has paradoxically resulted in a world where people have too much information yet too little time to process. This forms an appealing […]
Importance of Narratives in Business and Professional Communication, Anjali Sharma
Anjali Sharma Founder of Narrative: The Business of Stories Speaker Series 06: Importance of Narratives in Business and Professional Communication Video Streaming Link PDF Story Structure