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Reading Beyond the Surface: Why Critical Visual Literacy Matters in Higher Education

21 Jan 2026, Wed Leave a comment

Dr Alexius Chia is Principal Lecturer, English Language & Literature Department, at the National Institute of Education (NIE), NTU. His work focuses on multiliteracies, multimodal and critical literacy, and teacher professional learning in classroom and teacher education contexts. Images are everywhere in our lives. In lectures and tutorials, they appear on seminar slides, infographics, diagrams, charts and scientific

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A School For Humans: Cultivating Wisdom, Moral Judgement, Curiosity, And Purpose In An Age Of Machines

8 Jan 2026, Thu Leave a comment

Dr Lynda Wee is an Adjunct Associate Professor specialising in Retail Management and Value Creation at Nanyang Technological University. Concurrently, she serves as a Facilitator at Growth Mindset Pte Ltd’s weekly classes for primary school learners. She was bestowed the TEC Champion Award (2003) from the Singapore Prime Minister’s Office for her innovation in piloting Problem-Based Learning in Tertiary Education.

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How a River, Four Nations, and a Bit of Drama Changed My Classroom

6 Jan 2026, Tue Leave a comment

Dr Ricky Chua is a Lecturer at the School of Materials Science and School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Nanyang Technological University. He teaches the “CC0006 Sustainability: Society, Economy and Environment” course, where he employs innovative pedagogical methods like the one described here to connect sustainability concepts to real-world challenges. The Silent Classroom Not a single student was listening

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Letting Students Disagree: Innovations in Team-Based Learning Assessments

2 Nov 2025, Sun Leave a comment

NTU’s Interdisciplinary Collaborative Core (ICC) curriculum features an innovative team teaching approach through CC0007 Science & Technology for Humanity, where interdisciplinary excellence is cultivated through thoughtful collaborative instruction. Led by a diverse group of academics including Dr Jennifer Cash (History), Dr Felix Lena Stephanie (Engineering Management), Dr Fannie Yifan Zhang (Biomedical Engineering), Dr Pritpal Singh (Biology), and Dr Jeremy Sng

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Play Well, Speak Well: Building Speaking Skills… Brick by Brick

7 Oct 2025, Tue Leave a comment

Ms Estelle Bech is a Senior Lecturer in French and a course coordinator who has been teaching for nearly a decade at the Centre for Modern Languages at NTU. Her teaching journey began at Instituto Jean Piaget in Portugal and has since spanned across three continents and ten countries. As a strong believer in the power of play, Estelle integrates

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What Does Science Tell Us About How Adults Learn?

1 Oct 2025, Wed Leave a comment

As educators in higher education, we are witnessing a significant demographic shift in our classrooms. The student body is no longer composed solely of recent high school graduates; instead, we are welcoming a growing number of adult learners returning to upgrade their skills for a rapidly changing world. This evolution presents a vital question: Are our teaching methods designed to

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What Does ‘Age Appropriate’ AI Literacy Look Like in Higher Education?

1 Oct 2025, Wed Leave a comment

In this post, we feature Dr Lim Fun Siong, Head of the Centre for the Applications of Teaching & Learning Analytics for Students (ATLAS) at NTU’s Institute of Pedagogical Innovation Research and Excellence (InsPIRE). As a leader in learning analytics and AI-enhanced education, Dr Lim has been spearheading Project NALA (NTU AI Learning Assistants), which enables faculty to create customised

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Teaching Circuit Design, Not Just Analysis: How I Transformed My Electronics Course

16 Jun 2025, Mon Leave a comment

Dr Ji-Jon Sit is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nanyang Technological University. With a PhD from MIT’s Analog VLSI and Biological Systems Group, Dr. Sit brings extensive industry experience to his teaching, having worked at Advanced Bionics in California as a Senior RF and Systems Engineer (2007-2015) and at Nalu Medical developing neuromodulation

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Teaching What Machines Can’t: Designing A Human-Centred Curriculum For The Future

26 May 2025, Mon Leave a comment

Adjunct Associate Professor Lynda Wee brings a wealth of expertise to the Division of Marketing at Nanyang Business School, where her research focuses on retailing, mall management and workplace learning. A Certified Senior Practising Management Consultant and award-winning innovator who has led four national innovation grants advancing learning and technology, A/P Wee draws on her extensive industry experience developing corporate learning

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Team Teaching in CC0007: Theory, Practice, and Innovation

18 Apr 2025, Fri Leave a comment

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