Create mind maps that help you think visually – even if you can’t draw. Make notes with your personal set of visual tools. Get tips on how to maximise your memory.

Take a peek at a typical seminar at UniSIM, and acquire the requisite skills to excel at UniSIM. Learn to plan your study schedule and track your progress. Discover the functions of the iStudyGuide and eTextbook, and how to harness these in your learning.

What is academic writing? How is it different from other genres of writing that you’ve done? This three-hour session covers the purpose and strategy of academic writing, organisation and flow of ideas, and referencing.

Create mind maps that help you think visually – even if you can’t draw. Make notes with your personal set of visual tools. Get tips on how to maximise your memory.

Take a peek at a typical seminar at UniSIM, and acquire the requisite skills to excel at UniSIM. Learn to plan your study schedule and track your progress. Discover the functions of the iStudyGuide and eTextbook, and how to harness these in your learning.

What is academic writing? How is it different from other genres of writing that you’ve done? This three-hour session covers the purpose and strategy of academic writing, organisation and flow of ideas, and referencing.

Date: 17 January 2015 (Saturday)

Venue: SIM HQ, Blk A, Level 4, Room 4.01 A & B

Time: 11.00 a.m.* – 12.00 p.m. (*Registration starts at 10.45 a.m.)

Date: 17 January 2015 (Saturday)

Time: 12.00pm – 1.30pm

Venue: SIM, Blk A, Level 4, Hall Foyer B

Date: 17 January 2015 (Saturday)

Time: 1.30pm – 2.45pm (Registration starts at 1.15pm)

Venue: SIM BLK A, Level 4, LT A.4.04

Date: 17 January 2015 (Saturday)

Time: 3.00pm – 4.30pm

Venue: SIM HQ Lab A.5.20A and A.5.20B

Date: 7 March 2015 (Saturday)

Venue: Orchard Hotel Singapore
Orchard Grand Ballroom Level 3
442 Orchard Road Singapore 238879

Time: 6.15pm

Dress Code: Formal

Conducting Semi-structured interview. This workshop provides a brief overview of the interview process, with a particular focus on the semi-structured interview. Semi-structured interview is commonly used in Social Science evaluation and educational research. This workshop is geared towards Associates and Faculty members who intend to use interview to gather feedback student feedback or research purposes. The workshop will also be particularly useful for participants who are working on their Seed Innovation Grant projects or for those thinking about applying for the Seed Innovation Grant. This workshop will cover common issues facing participants and these include:

1. How do I choose my interview method and which method is appropriate?
2. How do I structure my interview questions?
3. How do I set up an interview meeting for success?
4. How do I manage difficult interviewees?

Taking part in the workshop will provide the participants with:

1. An understanding of the basic principles of the interview process;
2. Information on how to structure a semi-structured interview;
3. Information on how to formulate effective questions for semi-structured interviews
4. Information on how to manage difficult interviewees

This workshop addresses common problems faced in semi-structured interviews. It will also provide participants with practical examples and exercises. There will be role plays.

Please refer to the event details below:

Date: 25 May 2015 (Monday)

Time: 07:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Venue: SR C 2.07

About the Workshop Facilitators: Dr Ivy Chia and Dr Yeung Sze Kiu. Both are lecturers and researchers at the Teaching & Learning Centre, UniSIM. They are keen users of the interview method for research and have used this approach for a number of their studies.

This workshop provides a brief overview of questionnaire design and the administering of questionnaire.This workshop is geared towards Associates and Faculty members who intend to use questionnaires for their projects. The workshop will also be particularly useful for participants who are working on their Seed Innovation Grant projects or are thinking of applying for Seed Innovation Grant. This workshop will cover common issues facing participants and these include:

1. How do I choose my survey method and which method is appropriate?
2. How do I structure my questionnaire and write effective questions?
3. How do I administer survey?

Taking part in the workshop will provide the participants with:

1. An overview of the survey method
2. An understanding of the basic principles of questionnaire design
3. An understanding on how to formulate effective questions for questionnaires.#
4. An understanding on how to administer a survey

This workshop addresses common problems faced in questionnaire design and implementation. It will also provide participants with practical examples and exercises.

Please refer to the event details below:

Date: 02 June 2015 (Tuesday)

Time: 07:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Venue: SR C 3.14

About the Workshop Facilitator: Dr Ivy Chia is an academic staff member at the Teaching & Learning Centre, UniSIM. She is interested in educational research and has used questionnaires for her previous research studies.

Theme: Innovations in education: Responding intelligently to diverse learning needs

Date: 17-19 June 2015

Venue: SIM HQ Blk D Performing Arts Theater

Innovations in education have transformed the higher education landscape over the past decade. Recent advances in technology have extended the reach of education to previously under-served populations, making learning more inclusive (e.g., with assistive technology and MOOCs) and personalised (e.g., through the use of learning analytics).

At the same time, learning is now more thoughtfully designed to be student-centred, incorporating appropriate uses of technology that enhance, enrich, and lead to more satisfying and personalised learning experiences. Educators have also actively experimented with innovative teaching practices that tap technology and incorporate it in active and collaborative learning.

The theme for eLFA2015 – Innovations in education: Responding intelligently to diverse learning needs – takes a close look at recent developments and innovations in the education ecosystem, with a view to identify emerging technologies and innovative pedagogical practices that will become the mainstay of the educational landscape in the next decade.

Together, participants and delegates will identify and share novel ideas, pedagogical approaches, and educational technology that they have successfully incorporated in their teaching, learning design, and assessment of students’ learning in both formal and informal contexts.

Click HERE to learn more about the event.

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Date: 4 July 2015 (Saturday)

Time: 10.00am – 1.30pm (inclusive of lunch)

Venue: SIM HQ*, Blk A, Level 4, Room 4.01 A & B,

Date: 4 July 2015 (Saturday)

Time: 12.00pm – 1.30pm

Venue: SIM, Blk A, Level 4, Hall Foyer B

Date: 4 July 2015 (Saturday)

Venue: Blk A, Level 4, LT A.4.19

Time: 1.30pm

In this session, Dr Tony Halim and Ms Ang Sin Sing, two of the 2014 Associate Faculty Champions, will give brief presentations on their classroom-based research projects. We hope you will join us for these interesting and informative presentations.

Date: 14 November 2015 (Saturday)

Teaching & Learning Centre warmly invites you to join us for the screening of "SPECTRE" (Rating to be advised) – this November! Register early to avoid disappointment!

Title:	SPECTRE
Date:	14 November 2015 (Saturday)
Time:	10.30am
Venue:	Golden Village @ Plaza Singapura 68 Orchard Road, #07-01, Plaza Singapura, Singapore 238839
Synopsis:	After receiving a cryptic message from an unknown source, Bond is set to uncover the layers of a sinister organisation known as SPECTRE. While Bond`s superior M fights political forces in order to keep M16 alive, Bond discovers the hidden, ugly truth behind SPECTRE.
Trailer
Registration	Registration starts on 5th October 2015, 12am. Please log in to Associates Portal via www.suss.edu.sg , and click on eServices/Event Registration to register for the event. (you may refer HERE on steps for registration) Closing date – 25th October 2015, 2359hrs

Date: 21 November 2015 (Saturday)

Time: 9.30am – 11.30am

Venue: SIM BLK B, Level 2, SR B.2.11

Synopsis:
Do you have a need analyse basic statistics ? Are you concerned that you are not able to afford the SPSS software for statistically calculations? Are you keen on professionally developing your knowledge in Excel for basic statistical calculation? If so, this workshop is for you.

Conducted by TLC faculty member, this workshop introduces the ways in which you do basic statistical calculations. It will present you with basic examples to work on as well as provide you with tips to facilitate the process and pitfalls to avoid. This workshop is not intended to cover all the possible statistical procedures or techniques that can be performed within Excel. The intention is that it will be an introduction to statistics which will facilitate readers to acquire the knowledge to understand the basics and to progress further if he or she so wishes. By the end of this workshop, participants would be:

1. Have a better understand how of the statistical calculations Excel is able to do
2. Perform statistical calculations on Excel

Date: 28 November 2015 (Saturday)

Time: 9.30am – 11.30am

Venue: SIM BLK B, Level 2, SR B.2.11

Synopsis:
The successful management of a research project depends upon the researchers’ ability to plan, coordinate and perform the research. Many researchers do not formally manage their research and whilst this does not necessarily mean that the research will not be completed successfully this approach has impacts on the staff whom are involved in the project. Conducted by TLC faculty member, his workshop covers the basics of project management, and will provide guidance and tips on how to manage your research project.

After this course, the participants are able to::

1. structure, plan, control and document a project
2. identify project risks and develop measures for managing them
3. apply selected project management methods and tools effectively to their own research project