Collaboration Studio at Chatterbox, USP
CIT has loaned a Collaboration Studio system to the University Scholars Programme (USP). The system, installed at USP's Chatterbox, enables students to conduct small group face-to-face discussions while collaborating from their individual laptops. A large shared screen puts an end to huddling around one person's computer. Students can contribute resources from their laptops and work together on the shared Collaboration Studio space.
CIT will host a talk titled Upholding Academic and Research Integrity. The presenter, Dr John Barrie, is the creator of Turnitin, a leading plagiarism prevention tool. The event will take place on Thursday 18 November at 2.30 p.m. in the CIT Auditorium, Level 2 of Computer Centre. More details and registration information available here.
The Centre for Instructional Technology combined to sponsor one tree in the Plant-A-Tree project, part of NUSSU SAVE's Campus in a Tropical Rainforest program. The project aims to plant trees on-and-off-campus.
Gopi, Hock Heng, Haixin and her daughter
The Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences participated in eLearning Week from 04 to 08 October 2010. During the week, more than 291 academic staff conducted over 255 modules online. This amounted to 1,545 lectures, tutorials and seminars in total.
Video Production Workshop
The Centre for Instructional Technology conducted a video production workshop for students of SW3202 Communication and Public Education. This workshop, conducted on Thu 16 and 23 September 2010, covered basic video production skills. It equips students to use video competently and effectively as these skills are required in the course of their work. The workshop is a regular feature in this module, of which Senior Fellow John Ang says:
The reason for the success and popularity of the module is due, in large measure, to [CIT's] input and partnership.
Students getting hands-on experience with video production equipment