This document summarizes a conference on blended learning in Asia from June 14-17, 2016 in Singapore. The main conference will take place on June 15-16 and will focus on creating institutions of learning excellence through blended learning. It will also discuss fostering a culture of learning excellence by developing teaching talent and evolving curriculum through blended learning. There will be workshops on June 14 and 17 on topics like learning analytics, visual thinking, mobile technology, and flipping the classroom. Speakers will share best practices from leading universities in blended learning.
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1. Main Conference: 15-16 June 2016
Post Conference Workshop: 17 June 2016
Pre Conference Workshop: 14 June 2016
Venue: Grand Copthorne Waterfront, Singapore
Blending Digital Technologies with Innovative Teaching Methods
to Improve Student Experiences and Learning Outcomes
Blended Learning Asia 2016 shares best practice
examples from leading universities who are collaborating
to create institutions of excellence in blended learning.
By attending you will learn from leaders on:
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Creating institutions of learning excellence with blended learning
Fostering a culture of learning excellence by developing digitally savvy
teaching talent within your staffing teams
Evolving curriculum practice by designing innovative courses that
incorporate blended learning
Moving beyond content delivery to interactivity in the classroom to create
effective and engaging learning experiences for students
Improving teaching and learning spaces by creating tomorrow’s digitally
savvy campuses today
Developing a student centred blended learning community for improved
academic outcomes
Deepen your blended learning
understanding with 4
interactive workshops:
Enhancing learning and teaching
using learning analytics
Visual thinking: creatively
disrupting the primacy of text
based teaching and learning
Mobile technology in
blended learning
Flipping the classroom
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BOOK AND PAY BY
25 March 2016
AND SAVE UP TO
$800
www.blendedlearningasia.com
Professor Thomas Menkhoff
Professor of Organisational
Behaviour & Human
Resource Development
(Education), Lee Kong
Chian School of Business,
Singapore Management
University
Professor Lim Cher Ping
Department of Curriculum
& Instruction, Faculty
of Education & Human
Development, The Hong Kong
Institute of Education & Editor-
in-chief, The Internet and
Higher Education, Hong Kong
Professor Bob Fox
Deputy Director Learning
& Teaching Unit, Adjunct
Professor of Innovation in
Higher Education, School
of Education, University of
New South Wales, Australia
& Honorary Professor,
Faculty of Education, The
University of Hong Kong
Dr Lim Tick Meng
Director-Institute for
Teaching & Learning
Advancement, Open
University Malaysia
Professor Claire O’Malley
Dean of Science, School
of Psychology, Faculty of
Science, The University of
Nottingham, UK, Malaysian
Campus
Dr Nachamma Sockalingham
Assistant Director Online
Blended Learning, School of
Teaching, Centre for Teaching
Excellence, Singapore
Management University
Professor Dr John
Arul Phillips
Dean, School of Education
& Cognitive Science, Asia
e University, Malaysia
Dr Malini Eliatamby
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
(Academic Innovations) INTI
International University &
Vice President of Teaching,
Learning and Innovation,
INTI Education Group,
Malaysia
Dr Peter Looker
Head of Teaching, Learning
& Pedagogy Division &
Centre for Excellence in
Learning & Teaching (CELT)
Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore
2. Dear Educators,
Digital transformation is enabling Asia to adopt more
interactive, student centered blended learning approaches in
education, with traditional concepts of pedagogy and learning
approaches shifting in order to improve engagement and
student outcomes. This transformation and ongoing evolution
in teaching presents new challenges including: How can
successful models of learning be adapted to work in more
collaborative and interactive blended learning environments?
What is the best way to inspire cultural change across faculties
and campus to support them in implementing pedagogical
shifts to blended learning? How can existing classrooms and
campuses be repurposed into active blended learning spaces,
and what role does the purposeful application of technology
play in such development?
With this in mind and following the success of our education
events globally, IQPC is delighted to put together Asia’s first
event focused on Blended Learning to be held from 15-16 June,
2016 in Singapore.
This event will deliver strategies on how to achieve excellence
in collaborative learning by integrating pedagogy and new
technologies to create the next generation of blended learning
environments to ultimately improve student experiences
and learning outcomes.
We hope you will join us in this unique opportunity to share,
engage and brainstorm with your colleagues on how to inspire
learners and support instructional outcomes with innovative
campus spaces and digital environments.
I look forward to seeing you in June 2016.
Best Regards,
Connie Kirk MEd
(Educational Leadership)
Blended Learning Asia Project Director
Featuring
expert
educational
speakers
25+
From
institutions
20
representing
countries
throughout
the globe
5
Sharing
blended
learning case
studies and
presentations
21
interactive
workshops
4
WHO YOU WILL MEET AT BLENDED
LEARNING ASIA 2016?
Blended Learning Advisors
Head, Director of Dean of Learning and Teaching
Head of Curriculum, Centre for Learning and Teaching
E-Learning Director
Head of Teaching, Learning & Pedagogy
Senior Manager, Educational Development
Manager Online Education
Senior Lecturer, Blended Learning
Digital Learning Advisor
Research Fellow Education ICT & Technologies
Education Designer
Deputy-Vice Chancellor
Online Education Developer
Associate Director, Learning Environments
Associate Dean, Digital and Innovation
Deputy-Vice Chancellor, Academic Innovations
Associate Dean, Learning and Development/Associate
Dean Pedagogical Development and Innovations
Director, Centre for Teaching Excellence
Director of E-learning/Blended Learning
Senior Faculty Manager, e-learning
Senior Manager, Department of Information and Digital
Technology Services
Head of e-Learning Research and Development
Director of IT/Director of Educational Technology
& Production
Head of Online Learning
Senior Manager Technology, Innovation and Enterprise
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
Join thought leaders representing top global
institutions to share how they are integrating
pedagogy and new technologies to create
next generation student-centered blended
learning environments.
Examine the latest international research and
evidence-based pedagogy on blended learning
and how it’s raising student performance
through more accessible and functional
learning spaces, including the creation of
learning hubs, multi-campus redesigns, flipped
classrooms, virtual laboratories, and Massive
online open courses (MOOCS).
Learn how to move beyond content delivery
to greater student interactivity in the
classroom by adapting learning technologies
to contemporary blended learning pedagogy,
which includes incorporating learning analytics,
e-learning, mobile learning and gamification.
Hear academic institutions sharing best
practices in fostering an institutional
culture of learning excellence by upskilling
academic talent and improving multi-faculty
collaboration through blended learning.
“The interactive session was engaging
as there are participants who are very
spontaneous and willing to share their
experience at work. Great to meet
different people from different segments
of the industry.”
Assistant Manager, Singapore Management University
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3. EXPERTS SPEAKERS INCLUDE
Hamid Khattak
Associate Director,
Diplomas, Monash
College Australia
Dr Nachamma
Sockalingham
Assistant Director Online
Blended Learning, School
of Teaching, Centre for
Teaching Excellence,
Singapore Management
University
Chee Leong Lim
Associate Director,
E-learning Academy,
Taylor’s University,
Malaysia
Dr Cecilia KY Chan
Head of Professional
Development & Associate
Professor, Centre for the
Enhancement of Teaching &
Learning, The University
of Hong Kong
Dr Juergen Rudolph
Senior Lecturer
& Academic Partner Liaison,
Kaplan Higher Education,
Singapore
Dr Koh Noi Keng
Senior Lecturer in
Humanities & Social
Studies Education, National
Institute of Education,
Singapore
Christopher Harris
Head, Diploma School and
Senior Director, Industrial
Relations, Kaplan Higher
Education, Singapore
Barbara Macfarlan
Educational Designer,
Office of the Vice-Provost
(Learning and Teaching),
Faculty of Science, Monash
University, Australia
Dr Lim See Yew
Senior Director, School of
Electronics & Info-Comm
Technology, Institute
of Technical Education,
Singapore
Dr Lim Tick Meng
Director-Institute for
Teaching & Learning
Advancement, Open
University Malaysia
Professor Bob Fox
Deputy Director Learning
& Teaching Unit, Adjunct
Professor of Innovation in
Higher Education, School
of Education, University of
New South Wales, Australia
& Honorary Professor,
Faculty of Education, The
University of Hong Kong
Professor Claire O’Malley
Dean of Science, School
of Psychology, Faculty of
Science, The University of
Nottingham, UK, Malaysian
Campus
Professor Dr John
Arul Phillips
Dean, School of Education
& Cognitive Science, Asia e
University, Malaysia
Professor Eric Tsui
Associate Director –
Knowledge Management
& Innovation Research
Centre, Hong Kong
Polytechnic University,
Hong Kong
Dr Kathleen Quigley
Associate Professor &
Academic Officer, Embry-
Riddle Aeronautical
University,Singapore
Professor Howard Thomas
LKCSB, Distinguished
Term Professor of
Strategic Management &
Management Education,
Director Academic
Strategy & Consulting Unit,
Singapore Management
University (invited)
Professor Lam Lai Chuen
Paul
Associate Professor, Centre
for Learning Enhancement
& Research, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong
Professor Thomas
Menkhoff
Professor of Organisational
Behaviour & Human
Resource Development
(Education), Lee Kong
Chian School of Business,
Singapore Management
University
Dr Malini Eliatamby
Deputy Vie-Chancellor
(Academic Innovations) INTI
International University &
Vice President of Teaching,
Learning & Innovation, INTI
Education Group, Malaysia
Dr Mun Kew Leong
Deputy Director, Institute of
Systems, Science & Deputy
Director & Chief, Graduate
Programmes, National
University of Technology,
Singapore
Dr Peter Looker
Head of Teaching & Learning
& Pedagogy Division,
Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore
Professor Lim Cher Ping
Department of Curriculum
& Instruction, Faculty
of Education & Human
Development, The
Hong Kong Institute of
Education & Editor-in-chief,
The Internet and Higher
Education, Hong Kong
Dr Catherine Khaw
Chief of Analytics &
Intelligent Systems
Practice, Institute of
Systems Science, National
University of Singapore
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4. MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 1
WEDNESDAY, 15 JUNE 2016
CREATING INSTITUTIONS
OF LEARNING EXCELLENCE WITH BLENDED LEARNING
07:30 Registration & coffee
08:30 Chairman opening & welcome
Dr Peter Looker
Head of Teaching Learning Pedagogy Division,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
08:40 Key Address: Developing a strategic vision for
blended learning and the future of education in
Asia: Transformation through digital enablement
Implementing your organisation’s blended
learning vision through greater digital
engagement with staff and students
Understanding the crucial role of leadership
during transformation
Enhancing your blended learning strategy with
new learning analytics data
Benchmarking your organisation’s readiness for
technology enhanced learning against Asia-
Pacific’s leading universities
Professor Howard Thomas
LKCSB, Distinguished Term Professor of Strategic
Management Management Education, Director
Academic Strategy Consulting Unit, Singapore
Management University (invited)
09:10 Taking an holistic approach towards blended
learning in higher education institutions
Blended learning – What, Why and How?
A proposed framework for blended learning in
higher education institutions:
Vision and underlying philosophy;
Curriculum and assessment;
Professional development of leaders and teachers;
Learning support;
Infrastructure, hardware and resources;
Policy and institutional structure;
Internal and external partnerships; and
Research and evaluation.
The components of the framework will be discussed
with university examples from leading Asia-
Pacific countries such as Tsinghua University, Seoul
National University and Nanyang Technological
University.
Professor Lim Cher Ping
Department of Curriculum Instruction, Faculty of
Education Human Development, The Hong Kong
Institute of Education Editor-in-chief, The Internet
and Higher Education, Hong Kong
FOSTERING A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE
IN LEARNING BY DEVELOPING YOUR TALENT
9:40 Instilling a culture of blended learning excellence
in staff and students for effective teaching
and learning
How can universities and institutions enable
academic staff to deliver sound blended learning
courses? This can be achieved by upskilling staff,
improving retention initiatives and sourcing key skill
gaps from an international talent pool. This session
will discuss all of these areas in detail:
Creating an appealing environment for teaching
and learning through skills development, staff
collaboration and talent acquisition
Learning from experience: Improving
collaboration between departments and staff to
foster a culture of blended learning excellence
Designing and implementing baseline operating
standards across departments/faculties for
today’s blended environment to ensure high
quality service delivery
Dr Cecelia KY Chan
Head of Professional Development Associate
Professor, Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching
Learning, The University of Hong Kong
10:20 Panel: Fostering teacher innovation to create a
culture of blended learning in the Asia
Ensuring staff have the right skill sets to utilise
technology and understand the pedagogy that
supports it
Using the affordances of technology to change
staff mind-sets and create higher adaption and
adoption rates
Allowing for individual teaching styles to achieve
buy-in of academics
Fostering an understanding of student and
academic expectations from technology use
and challenges in today’s continuously evolving
online learning environments
Moderator:
Professor Howard Thomas
LKCSB, Distinguished Term Professor of Strategic
Management Management Education, Director
Academic Strategy Consulting Unit, Singapore
Management University (invited)
Panelists:
Professor Lim Cher Ping
Department of Curriculum Instruction, Faculty of
Education Human Development, The Hong Kong
Institute of Education Editor-in-chief, The Internet
and Higher Education, Hong Kong
Dr Juergen Rudolph
Senior Lecturer Academic Partner Liaison, Kaplan
Higher Education, Singapore
Hamid Khattak
Associate Director, Diplomas, Monash College
Australia
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5. Dr Mun Kew Leong
Deputy Director, Institute of Systems, Science
Deputy Director Chief, Graduate Programmes,
National University of Technology, Singapore
Dr Lim Tick Meng
Director-Institute for Teaching Learning
Advancement, Open University Malaysia
Dr Cecilia KY Chan
Head of Professional Development Associate
Professor, Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching
Learning, The University of Hong Kong
Professor Claire O’Malley
Dean of Science, School of Psychology, Faculty
of Science, The University of Nottingham, UK,
Malaysian Campus
10:40 Morning tea coffee
EVOLVING CURRICULUM PRACTICE
TO INCORPORATE BLENDED LEARNING
11:10 Taking a blended approach to faculty development
by preparing adjunct faculties with online and on
campus options for blended training
Meeting academic requirements by introducing
a low-high intensity learning scale for teaching
staff to increase comfort levels in the classroom
and improve student experiences
Taking your staff to the next level with online
learning and teaching certifications
Improving teacher understanding of what
students expect and experience from interactive
technology
Dr Juergen Rudolph
Senior Lecturer Academic Partner Liaison, Kaplan
Higher Education, Singapore
Christopher Harris, Head, Diploma School and
Senior Director, Industrial Relations, Kaplan Higher
Education, Singapore
11:50 Implementing blended learning across an entire
curriculum to enhance student engagement
In Asia, diverse and changing demographics fit
well with the ‘no one size fits all’ approach of
blended learning where flexibility and the ability
to incorporate all forms of learning is crucial
in facilitating the productive co-existence and
development of a multi-generational student body
and workforce. This session will highlight key areas
to focus on when implementing a blended learning
curriculum. Key areas to be addressed include:
Ensuring security of your blended learning courses
Incorporating effective pedagogy for learning
excellence across the curriculum
Monitoring and assessing the level of student
engagement and implementing incremental
improvements
Changing practice: introducing scaffolding for
staff and students to foster their ability to adopt
and use blended learning technologies
Evolving curriculum practice to incorporate
effective use of technology
Professor Dr John Arul Phillips
Dean, School of Education Cognitive Science, Asia
e University, Malaysia
DESIGNING INNOVATIVE COURSES
12:30 Developing hybrid courses to promote continuous
learning and effective curriculum practice –
Singapore case study
Ensuring e-learning is a complementary and
integral part of face to face learning and
curriculum practice
Understanding different course formats for
different learning demands
Using multiple digital learning platforms to
enhance learning
Introducing the right enabling technology mix to
support learning outcomes
Creating learning hubs across multiple platforms
and campuses
Dr Peter Looker
Head of Teaching and Learning Pedagogy
Division, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore
13:10 Lunch
14:10 Developing engaging course sites to promote
continuous learning and effective curriculum
practice – Malaysian case study
Ensuring e-learning is a complementary but
an integral part of face to face learning and
curriculum practice
Understanding different course sites for different
learning demands
Diversified digital learning objects and platforms
to enhance learning
Introducing the right enabling technology mix to
support learning outcomes
Chee Leong Lim
Associate Director, E-learning Academy, Taylor’s
University, Malaysia
MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 1
WEDNESDAY, 15 JUNE 2016
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6. BEYOND CONTENT DELIVERY
TO INTERACTIVITY IN THE CLASSROOM
14:50 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
experimentations leading to improved student
experiences in blended learning
MOOCs are the latest in a long line of fully online
and blended initiatives introduced predominantly
into higher education in recent years. MOOCs
provide opportunities for institutions to experiment
with new learning designs and new technology
solutions and the learning analytics from the
big numbers of students taking MOOCs offers
evidence for rich experiences that can be
transferred to mainstream teaching and learning.
This presentation explores these learnings
and technology solutions and outlines how
new learning designs used in MOOCs has been
mainstreamed into award bearing programs and
courses in a research intensive university.
Professor Bob Fox
Deputy Director Learning Teaching Unit, Adjunct
Professor of Innovation in Higher Education,
School of Education, University of New South
Wales, Australia Honorary Professor, Faculty of
Education, The University of Hong Kong
15:30 Afternoon tea coffee
16:00 Twitter, WhatsApp or Telegram? Lifting student
engagement with greater use of ‘messages’
The hybrid student enjoys learning on their mobile
phones or online so what role can smart phones
play in and out of the classroom environment? The
speaker will share his experiences with approaches
utilising ‘smart phone technology’ in a blended
learning context to enhance learning and teaching.
Using smart phone technology to enhance your
blended learning environment and enable
continuous learning
Examining the pedagogical experiences with
using mobiles phones, wikis, and other mobile
learning approaches such as podcasts and
walking tours as educational tools
Enriching learners’ experiences and producing
valuable learning outcomes using mobile learning
options in blended learning environments
Easily and effectively integrating mobile learning
usage into instructional classroom strategies for
greater learning outcomes.
Professor Thomas Menkhoff
Professor of Organisational Behaviour Human
Resource Development (Education), Lee Kong
Chian School of Business, Singapore Management
University
16:40 Learning Analytics: Can algorithms help to learn,
teach and measure student outcomes in blended
learning environments?
The increasing presence of technology mediating
the interactions that occur in a blended learning
environment provides unprecedented potential to
increase the insight of instructors and students.
However, there is a significant gap to transform
data into actionable knowledge for these
stakeholders. Can algorithmic results and statistical
analysis be effectively integrated in a blended
learning environment? What are the benefits? The
talk will explore ideas from the point of view of
instructors and students and describe some of the
barriers that institutions need to address to deploy
data-supported decisions.
Dr Catherine Khaw
Chief of Analytics Intelligent Systems Practice,
Institute of Systems Science, National University of
Singapore
17:20 Chairman Closing Remarks and End of Day One
MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 1
WEDNESDAY, 15 JUNE 2016
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7. 07:30 Registration coffee
08:30 Chairman’s Opening and Welcome Day Two
Dr Peter Looker
Head of Teaching Learning Pedagogy Division,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
IMPROVING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
AND TEACHING SPACES WITH BLENDED LEARNING
08:40 Creating campuses that support a blended learning
culture for hybrid and face to face courses
Building a culture that is sustainable to support the
implementation of blended learning
Change management
Faculty development
Student readiness
Learning spaces
Measuring success
Using an LMS to create a digital and online learning
environment that supports student engagement
Using analytics to manage and support student
learning
Dr Malini Eliatamby
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Innovations) INTI
International University Vice President of Teaching,
Learning Innovation, INTI Education Group, Malaysia
09:20 Selecting the appropriate technology and levels of
innovation in a new era of multi-platform blended
learning environments to improve learning outcomes
Understanding the successes and pitfalls in the
choice and use of technology for improving student
outcomes is challenging in a new era of multi-
platform blended learning environments. Selecting
the appropriate blend of technology and protecting
such innovations while collaborating in teaching
and learning with new approaches such as flipped
classrooms, learning analytics, mobile learning and
Massive Open and Online Courses (MOOCs) are
discussed. Examine new research and development
of the use of applications for improving open, online
and flexible learning environments to see what
works, where, why and how, particularly for students
and faculties that use media and technology, including
Open Educational Resources (OER).
Dr Lim Tick Meng
Director-Institute for Teaching Learning
Advancement, Open University Malaysia
10:00 Conducting student surveys and using learning
analytics to gauge the success of new teaching
spaces
Universities across Asia are introducing a number
of new teaching spaces and conducting an array of
in-depth student and academic surveys to gauge
engagement and measure the most effective
methods of blended learning in improving student
outcomes. Key areas to be addressed include:
Using data to measure efficient systems
and student engagement
Implementing new teaching spaces and courses
Effective student surveys and utilizing the results
Sharing successful teaching mechanisms
Utilising data and feedback to make improvements
Dr Lim See Yew
Senior Director, School of Electronics Info-Comm
Technology, Institute of Technical Education,
Singapore
10:40 Morning tea coffee
DEVELOPING MEASURING
THE SUCCESS OF BLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
11:10 Creating an engaging and effective student
learning experience in a digitally blended learning
environment
Understanding different student generational
motivations and outcomes across blended
and traditional course delivery to guide changes
and improve student experiences
Meeting the needs of different generational
learning patterns and fostering an e-learning
mindset across the diverse student populations to
achieve greater engagement
Ensuring student performance and engagement by
understanding the processes involved in effective
collaborative learning and designing computer
supported collaborative learning environments that
support such learning
Examining the psychology of learning
and how it can shape the design and delivery of
your blended learning programmes in a rapidly
evolving digital environment to ensure successful
higher student engagement.
Leveraging the role that electronic devices
and social media can play in lifting your student
engagement and improving the effectiveness of
your student learning experiences.
Professor Claire O’Malley
Dean of Science, School of Psychology, Faculty of
Science, The University of Nottingham, UK, Malaysian
Campus
11:50 How online competency-based learning can improve
the ways we assess skills and measure individual
progress in a blended learning environment
How should new competency-based assessment
criteria be standardised in a global higher education
market?
How well does the “badge” system work for
assessing online competency- based learning
In which areas does online-competency based
learning trump traditional offline competency-
based models?
How can technology enable greater competencies
in students than traditional offline competency
based learning?
Choosing measuring non-cognitive indicators
to measure student success
Dr Mun Kew Leong
Deputy Director, Institute of Systems, Science
Deputy Director Chief, Graduate Programmes,
National University of Technology, Singapore
MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 2
THURSDAY, 16 JUNE 2016
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8. 12:30 Lunch
DEVELOPING A STUDENT CENTRED LEARNING COMMUNITY
FOR HIGHER LEARNING OUTCOMES
13:30 Framing learning: Developing students’ core
proficiencies and attributes via blended learning and
digital technologies
Monash University supports 67,000 students across
Australia, Malaysia, South Africa and Italy. The
presentation will focus on the University’s Better
Teaching Better Learning agenda which challenges
current approaches to teaching and learning by
developing a fit-for-purpose, outward-looking
curriculum. It is supported by a multifaceted mode
of delivery; flexible and purposeful learning spaces;
and an innovative array of blended learning
technologies in order to create an exemplary student
centred learning experience. The paper will also
provide insights into Monash’s College campus
pathway programmes for international students
which has embedded technology and employability
skills into its blended learning programs. For the
Diplomas, English language proficiency is also
embedded. The joint presentation case study will
focus on:
Student experiences: creating blended learning
environments to promote active learning
Curriculum design and delivery: embedding
practices and strategies
Pedagogy, learning and teaching practice: mapping
for reflection, goal setting and innovation
Attaining English language proficiency
Professional learning: sharing skillsets and blended
learning techniques
Hamid Khattak
Associate Director, Diplomas,
Monash College Australia
Barbara McFarlan
Educational Designer, Office of the Vice-Provost
(Learning and Teaching), Faculty of Science,
Monash University, Australia
14:10 Managing blended learning in the cloud: How to use
social media, open educational resources (OER and
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) to transform
classrooms into ubiquitous learning environments
Learning in the knowledge economy
Cloud computing for learning and innovation
MOOCs
Personal learning environments networks
Professor Eric Tsui
Associate Director – Knowledge Management
Innovation Research Centre, Hong Kong, Polytechnic
University, Hong Kong
14:50 Afternoon tea coffee
15:20 Adapting learning technologies to support blended
learning and contemporary pedagogy
What is adaptive learning technology and what
benefit does the technology deliver to academics?
Using adaptive learning technology in the
contemporary learning ecosystem
Drawing on student learning experiences to
implement continuous changes in technology use
and enable greater academic performance for
student cohorts.
Incorporating the use of tablets in your blended
learning environment
Dr Kathleen Quigley
Associate Professor Academic Officer, Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University,Singapore
16:00 Blending gamification into classes and online
websites for more effective learning and greater
student engagement
As teachers promote a more constructive approach
to learning focusing on innovation and online
collaboration, gamification, 3D printing and coding
are finding their way into Singapore classrooms.
Singapore continues to push the boundaries of
blending learning by seamlessly incorporating
technology into the classroom.
Today, teachers are giving students more freedom
to use new online platforms to create interesting
content; gamification is now a popular learning
medium, whereby students design, curate and build
games to support their learning; and some students
are now being taught to use 3D design software and
3D printers to create prototypes.
Dr Koh Noi Keng
Senior Lecturer in Humanities Social Studies
Education, National Institute of Education, Singapore
16:40 The future: Institutional capacity building for blended
learning
Inspiring cultural change across faculties to support
them in implementing pedagogical shifts to blended
learning is not an easy task. A mix of both top-down
envisioning and support, and innovative teaching
approaches ground-up are necessary to bring about
effective changes. This session will provide concrete
ideas on how to advance blended learning at
institutions.
Challenges in institutional capacity building for
blended learning
Strategies in institutional capacity building for
blended learning
Harnessing the potential of ground up technological
innovations in pedagogy for blended learning
Dr Nachamma Sockalingham
Assistant Director Online Blended Learning, School of
Teaching, Centre for Teaching Excellence, Singapore
Management University
17:20 Closing Remarks From the Chairman
17:30 Close of Conference
MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 2
THURSDAY, 16 JUNE 2016
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9. PRE – CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
TUESDAY, 14 JUNE 2016
WORKSHOP A § 9:00-12:00
Enhancing learning and teaching
using learning analytics
The emerging field of learning analytics seeks to provide
approaches and techniques using student data to
improve learning environments. In this workshop the aim
is to explore ways in which learning analytics can be used
to enhance learning and teaching, both from a curriculum
design perspective as well as to support students in
individual learning tasks and assessment. Participants
will take part in practical activities which will consider the
types of questions we might ask for which learning data
could inform answers. The role of theory and learning
design will be considered in facilitating interpretation
of learning analytics outputs. The workshop will also
showcase recent research from the international learning
analytics community.
Dr Catherine Khaw
Chief of Analytics Intelligent Systems Practice, Institute
of Systems Science, National University of Singapore
Building a learning community exploring ways ideation
(processes for generating ideas) and visual techniques
can support the design and delivery of teaching
material and help students effectively think through and
communicate their work. Creating learning resources and
establishing networks for the dissemination of ideas and
techniques can simplify the communication of complex
ideas and enhance critical understandings. In building on
the research and teaching expertise of its core members
in relation to visual ideation, creativity and mobile
technologies, this workshop can help in crafting learning
that is research-inspired, trans disciplinary and integrated
both in terms of student learning and staff development.
In this hands-on workshop you will:
Engage in some visual thinking exercises
Share experiences of visual thinking and doing
Explore some lo-tech, hi-impact techniques that can be
modified to suit a range of teaching contexts
Consider ways to enhance one of your own text-
based activities by tapping into more visual modes of
engagement
WORKSHOP B § 13:00-16:00
Visual thinking: creatively
disrupting the primacy of text-
based teaching learning
“I was empowered with the wealth of information and insights shared and
exchanged among the participants at the conference. While we listened to
presentations from the speakers, the group discussion sessions provided us
with very current and relevant ideas drawn from individual experiences of the
participants.”
Architectural Design Thesis Track Head,
De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde School of Design and Arts
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10. POST – CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
FRIDAY, 17 JUNE 2016
M-learning or mobile learning is often described as
learning across multiple contexts, through social and
content interactions, using personal electronic devices.
M-learning technologies focus on the mobility of the
learner, interacting with portable technologies, ranging
from MP3 players to tablets. Mobile devices in a blended
context allow students to engage, participate, collaborate
and share using devices that most of them already have
in their pockets and that are familiar and comfortable for
them.
The challenge facing many universities and educational
institutions is now devising BYOD policies to facilitate
students using their own devices for studying and
equipping academics with the knowledge to utilize
mobile technologies in their teaching.
Professor Lam Lai Chuen Paul
Associate Professor, Centre for Learning Enhancement
Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
About your Workshop Leader:
Paul Lam joined the Centre for Learning Enhancement
Research in 2003. He has an interest and extensive
experience in teaching and learning principles, case-
based teaching and learning, web-assist teaching and
learning, and evaluation of eLearning and mLearning.
He also has experience in designing educational tools.
(http://web.ureply.mobi) is a classroom student response
system developed under his supervision.
Formerly he was the Language Programme Design and
Materials Development Officer in the Neuro-Cognitive
Science for the Language Education Project, CUHK,
where he wrote the English teaching materials for
several English enhancement courses with a focus on a
cognitive response. He was a Senior Research Assistant
in the Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and
Teaching at the City University of Hong Kong from 2000
to 2002. Before working in the university sector he was a
secondary school teacher in a number of schools.
Two large-scale (1200 students) Flipped Classrooms have
been run at The University of Queensland for the past
two years. They have generated significant attention
both nationally and internationally due to their unique
pedagogical design. The Australian Government Office
of Learning and Teaching (OLT) have funded a Global
Learning Partnership to analyse, develop and fast track
dissemination of the Flipped Classroom as a mechanism
for systemic transformational change in engineering
education. Associate Professor Carl Reidsema has been
working in collaboration with the Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore to explore flipping the classroom in
Singapore’s academic environments at NTU.
WORKSHOP C § 9:00-12:00
Mobile technology in
blended learning
WORKSHOP D § 13:00-16:00
Flipping the classroom
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