Teaching Connections

Part 2 of a special episode in which Educator-in-Residence (EiR) for 2023 Professor Kathy Takayama shares her thoughts on issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in higher education.

Part 1 of a special episode with Educator-in-Residence (EiR) for 2023 Professor Kathy Takayama, who shares her thoughts on peer mentorship.

A special episode of Teaching Connections Podcast in which Educator-in-Residence (EiR) for 2023 Professor Kathy Takayama shares her thoughts on peer mentorship as well as issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in higher education.

In this episode, we are pleased to have Assoc Professor Lee Kooi Cheng, recipient of the 2023 Outstanding Educator Award, share more about her perspectives on relationships in teaching and learning In particular, we learn about why relationships matter in teaching and learning, what such relationships look like, and how they can be sustained.

In this episode, NUS Deputy President (Academic Affairs) and Provost Professor Aaron Thean shares his thoughts on how colleagues and students have responded to the shift to interdisciplinary learning in NUS and the corresponding changes to the learning environment.

In the third and concluding part of this episode, our guests share 1-2 key things they found helpful to their mental well-being as students and enabled them to have an enriched university learning experience.

This episode is chaired by Dr Lee Li Neng, Associate Director of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL).

In Part 2 of this episode, our guests talk about recognising and addressing burnout. They also discuss the importance of setting healthy boundaries and the wisdom of recognising and accepting one’s strengths and limits.

This episode is chaired by Dr Lee Li Neng, Associate Director of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL).

In Part 1 of this episode, we meet our three guests who share their respective mental well-being journeys, and how it has informed and enriched their student experiences in NUS.

This episode is chaired by Dr Lee Li Neng, Associate Director of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL).

In episode 12 of the Teaching Connections Podcast, we are pleased to speak with Assoc Prof Heng Cheng Suang, recipient of the 2022 Outstanding Educator Award (OEA).

This episode is chaired by Assoc Prof Aaron Danner, Deputy Director of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning.

In this episode, we speak with Mr Donn Koh, recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Educator Award (OEA), where he share about fostering a culture of reflection and authentic dialogue in his design courses to enable authentic learning to take place.

Part 2 includes:

• On maintaining healthy boundaries and work-life balance as an educator (19:53)
• On the benefits and challenges of incorporating subjectivity and uncertainty in assessment (25:51)
• On maintaining work-life balance as an effective industry practitioner and educator (33:45).

This episode is chaired by Dr Lee Li Neng, Associate Director of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL).

In this episode, we speak with Mr Donn Koh, recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Educator Award (OEA), where he share about fostering a culture of reflection and authentic dialogue in his design courses to enable authentic learning to take place.

Part 1 includes

• On what prompted Donn to focus on authentic learning as an outcome for his students (00:25)
• Strategies Donn develops and implements to enable effective authentic dialogue to take place in his classes (08:29)
• On the challenges of implementing authentic learning activities in large classes (11:41)

This episode is chaired by Dr Lee Li Neng, Associate Director of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL).

In this episode, we are pleased to speak with Assoc Prof Alfred Kow Wei Chieh, recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Educator Award (OEA).

This episode is chaired by Assoc Prof Aaron Danner, Deputy Director of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning.

In this episode, we are pleased to have Professor Wong Lim Soon, Kwan-Im-Thong-Hood-Cho-Temple Professor in the School of Computing (SoC) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Deputy Dean of the NUS Graduate School, talk about recognising and building a culture of teaching excellence in NUS.

This episode is chaired by Assoc Prof Soo Yuen Jien, Director of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning.

In our first podcast episode for 2022,
Vice Provost (Academic Affairs) and

Provost's Chair Professor of Computer Science, Professor Tulika Mitra shares with us the various promotion pathways for academics in NUS.

This episode is chaired by Assoc Prof Soo Yuen Jien, Director of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning.

In this episode, NUS Vice Provost (Masters' Programmes & Lifelong Education) and Dean of the School of Continuing & Lifelong Education (SCALE) Professor Susanna Leong takes us through some of the postgraduate and lifelong learning initiatives offered by NUS.

In our fifth installment of Teaching Connections Podcasts, NUS Senior Vice Provost (Undergraduate Education)
Professor Bernard Tan takes us through the upcoming changes being implemented to enhance the NUS General Education (GE) curriculum. 

This episode is chaired by Dr Dujeepa Samarasekera, Director of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL).

In our fourth installment of Teaching Connections Podcasts, we are pleased to have Assoc Prof Loy Hui Chieh share more about using technology to ensure his students are effectively engaged during their online sessions. During the discussion, he takes us through how he incorporates technology in the learning activities conducted during his online sessions, including the strategies and tools used. He also talks about the response he has received from students and faculty colleagues about these technology-oriented strategies, and also offers advice to those keen to incorporate technology into their online courses but are unsure where to start.

This episode is chaired by Assoc Prof Lee Kooi Cheng, Deputy Director of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL).

In this episode, we feature a conversation with Professor Manu Kapur, in which he shares about the concept of productive failure and how it informs effective learning design. During the discussion, Prof Kapur will take us through what the productive failure is, share examples in which this theory is applied in teaching and learning design, and how educators can evaluate the effectiveness of strategies informed by the concept of productive failure.

This episode is chaired by Assoc Prof Lee Kooi Cheng, Deputy Director of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL).

In the second episode of this podcast series, NUS Vice Provost (Teaching Innovation & Quality) Assoc Prof Erle Lim introduces a new initiative at NUS, geNiUS World which comprises geNiUSchannel and geNiUSbooks.

This episode is chaired by Dr Dujeepa Samarasekera, Director of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning.

In the inaugural episode of this podcast series, NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye shares his thoughts on interdisciplinary education and in particular, how NUS will deliver interdisciplinary education to its students through the establishing of colleges such as the College of Humanities and Sciences.

This episode is chaired by Dr Dujeepa Samarasekera, Director of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning.