[Invitation] NUS Webinar on "Teaching and Learning in Challenging Situations: How can we support each other?"

NUS warmly invites you and your colleagues to a special online seminar on “Teaching and Learning in Challenging Situations: How can we support each other?”.

Having explored the areas of Alternative assessments and good Teaching practices, NUS Regional Webinar Series will shift to explore how we at Institutes of Higher Learning (IHL) can support one another in various areas of Teaching and Learning (T&L). This online discussion gathers a panel of Directors in-charge of the respective T&L units from leading ASEAN universities to share their knowledge on how we can support each other in this endeavour.  NUS hope that the knowledge shared during this webinar will enable further collaboration and re-imagination of T&L across the region.

For more information on past webinars please visit this website on the NUS GRO-CDTL Regional Webinar Series.

More details can be found in the poster appended below.

Date: 24 September 2020 (Thursday)

Time: 10:00AM to 12:00PM (GMT +8)

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Please forward this to colleagues who may be interested. 

About NUS Panel members

Manneke Budiman (Indonesia) is currently Director of Academic Development and Learning Resources, Universitas Indonesia. Prior to this appointment, he was the Vice-Dean for Academic, Research, and Student Affairs, at the Faculty of Humanities UI. He teaches literature and cultural studies in the Literature Department, the Humanities UI. 

Farrah Dina Yusop (Malaysia) is the Director of the University of Malaya’s Academic Enhancement and Leadership Development Centre (ADeC), a center dedicated to enhance the professional development of the University’s academic staffs. Under the #UMTeachOnline program, the Centre is actively administering various activities to assist UM academics in online teaching and learning. She holds a PhD in two fields: Curriculum and Instructional Technology (CIT) and Human Computer Interaction (HCI) from Iowa State University, USA. Dr. Farrah is an active scholar-researcher-practitioner in the areas of higher education, Web 2.0, social media, educational games and mobile learning. She is interested in the design and development of technology-enhanced teaching and learning solutions to improve people’s personal and professional development.

Chen Chwen Jen (Malaysia) is a Professor in Learning Technology attached to the Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). Currently, she also serves as the Senior Director of the Centre for Applied Learning and Multimedia (CALM) in the university. As the Senior Director of CALM, she spearheads the use of various learning technologies in the university teaching, takes charge of the faculty development programmes related to teaching delivery and works closely with other academics to advance the teaching and learning practices of the university. She received her M.Sc. in Computer Graphics and Virtual Environments from The University of Hull, U.K. and was awarded a Ph.D. in Instructional Design and Technology from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2006. Much of her research and publication work is devoted to areas such as learning design, development of technology-based learning environments, usability issues in learning environments and emerging learning technologies.

Chailerd Pichitpornchai (Thailand) has been appointed as the Director of Institute for Innovative Learning since 2018, as the Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University since 1986. He earned a Medical Degree from Mahidol University, and a Ph.D. (Medicine) and a postdoctoral research fellow (Medical Informatics) from Monash University, Australia. His expertise is in cognitive neuroscience investigating learning and memory. He has implemented Physiology e-Learning System, online e-Book system at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (as the President of the university in 2013-2016), and i-Learning Clinic in 2018. He can program 15 computer languages and speak 9 languages.

Chaired by

Johan Geertsema (Singapore) is is currently Director of CDTL. His research revolves around the importance of values for higher education, academic cultures and identities, educational leadership, and evaluation of teaching achievement. He is on the editorial board of the International Journal for Academic Development and a member of the Universitas 21 Educational Innovation Steering Group.