Author Archives: Kenneth PINTO

About Kenneth PINTO

Educational Technologist NUS Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology

by Ravi CHANDRAN

Abstract
This   article   provides   an   overview   of   the   rationale   for   conducting   a   large   scale  University-­wide  e-­learning  week,  the  preparations  done  by  the  National   University   of   Singapore   (NUS)   to   get   its   staff   and   students   ready,   the   key   IT   tools   used;;   the   usage   statistics   of   the   University’s   information   and   communications   technology   (ICT)   infrastructure   during   e-­learning   week,   and   the   lessons   learnt   from   successfully   implementing   this   campus-­wide   exercise.

Paper in Technology in Higher Education: The State of The Art, CDTL, 2011.

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by Jeffery TAY

Abstract

With increased focus on end user experience, it is extremely important to understand their usage behaviour and tune our systems to enhance their experience. Capturing usage information not only helps us understand their behaviour, it benefits other areas as well such as audits, investigation and capacity sizing. In 2009, NUS built a user behaviour monitoring module into its own home grown Virtual Learning Management System (LMS), which allowed us to track the user's movement within the LMS and understand their usage pattern. The results gathered busted a fair number of assumptions which we had over students' behaviour. and when we shared this information with other Institutes of Higher Learning, they were surprised as well.
The paper will showcase the expected as well as unexpected findings from this behaviour module as well as how we adapted our LMS to be more student centric.

Paper Presentation at INTED 2011 in Valencia, Spain. 7-9 March 2011.

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U@live was the first live event to be made available via webcast streaming on mobile at NUS

U@live was the first live event to be made available via webcast streaming on mobile at NUS

CIT launched live event streaming on mobile devices. This was in conjunction with the U@live series. Previously, live event webcasts could only be viewed on desktop or laptop computers. With the launch of live event webcast streaming on mobile devices, the NUS community is truly untethered. Users can watch live event webcasts on iOS and Android mobile devices.

(L to R) Neo Say Wei (Service Advocate), Leow Sin Lak (Service Achiever), Kong Hui Yi (Quality Service Administrator), Nik Azizi Bin Mat Zin (Service Achiever), Jum'main Mohd Wahid (Service Advocate)

(L to R) NEO Say Wei (Service Advocate), LEOW Sin Lak (Service Achiever), KONG Hui Yi (Quality Service Administrator), Nik Azizi BIN MAT ZIN (Service Achiever), Jum'main MOHD WAHID (Service Advocate)

Four CIT staff have demonstrated quality service in 2010, and they have been duly recognized at qAwards on Tuesday 18 January 2011. Nik Azizi BIN MAT ZIN and LEOW Sin Lak obtained the Service Achiever award. They have each received at least three customer compliments in 2010. Jum'main MOHD WAHID and NEO Say Wei received the Service Advocate award. They have each received at least two customer compliments in 2010. All four staff also met other qualifying criteria for the respective awards.

Congratulations Nik, Sin Lak, Jum'main and Neo!

BuzzEd is back in 2011! This seminar aims to shine a light on the possibilities of technology in the classroom. Hear from fellow faculty as they share their successes (and setbacks) using online services to advance teaching and learning in NUS.

Date: Tuesday 4 January 2011 from 8.30 a.m.

Venue: CIT Auditorium, Level 2, Computer Centre Building (map)

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