Teaching, Learning and Research Colloquium (Mar 14')

Hello! The Colloquium is here again and will be featuring 'otai-otai' in e-learning. Teaching wont be the same anymore after you listen to their presentation! Here are some overview of what they going to talk about...

 

How the Brain Benefits from being Bilingual

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40 Inspirational Quotes Every Graduate Student Should Know

1. I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work – Thomas Edison
2. Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners – Robert T. Kiyosaki
3. Some people dream of great accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them – Anonymous
4. I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody. - Herbert B. Swope
5. If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong. - Charles Kettering
6. Being different is one of the most beautiful things on earth. - Anonymous
7. Creativity is intelligence having fun. – Albert Einsten
8. The expert in anything was once a beginner. – Helen Hayes

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An Easy Way to Learn Chinese

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Teaching Empathy (from Edutopia)

With classrooms operating more like grade factories, it's hard to make the case for school-driven empathy. Faced with an endless cycle of memorize, drill, spit back and test, teachers have become the wardens of a new educational reality that pits the head against the heart. Even if educators manage to skate past the dizzying array of standards and value-added evaluations, they must still contend with this fundamental divide: academic rigor, with its unflinching emphasis on measurable success, seems strangely at odds with emotional intelligence, a soufflé of moods and feelings. Which leaves many to wonder -- can empathy feel its way back into the classroom?

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KDU -E3Boosters

KDU University College is launching its E3- Boosters (E3 is pronounced  “ee-cube") for their students. This Boosters encompasses 3 elements which are English proficiency, EQ Development and Entrepreneurship. It aims to help our students develop good English,strong EQ and a spirit of Entrepreneurship.  

 

According to the Vice Chancellor Prof Khong Yoon Loong, the picture is one of the boosters affixed to rockets. Like rocket boosters, the E3-Boosters shall propel our students forward, faster and further.  

A report by Ministry of Higher Education National Graduate Employability Blueprint shows

 

1) 60% of employers have issues with poor command of English of graduates;

2) 40% or so thinks that the potential hires have poor character, attitude and personality.

3) 25% have issues with problem solving skills of graduates.

 

Entrepreneurship is about a mind-set of boldness, innovativeness and adaptability. It is very important to have entrepreneurial mind today as it is one key of solving problem.

In KDU, students are not only getting a good education, but we also bring them forward  with this 3 boosters.

 

 

 

 

 

California’s Experiment With Massive Online Courses Restricted To University Students

http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/18/californias-experiment-with-massive-online-courses-restricted-to-university-students/

Teaching Strategies

  Trainer- And Trainee-Centered Strategies by Alwyn Lau

Having a good routine is a key to success

4 students from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) have made the nation proud by winning the world's top speakers in three debate tournaments hosted by the Durham, Oxford and Cambridge universities. This tournament is among the toughest and most prestigious in the world. For me, the biggest challenge of this tournament is that the debaters have to prepare their case without having any help from outside resources. To do so, they must be all well informed about everything and the topics given ranged from politics, sociology, law, economics and religion.One of the debaters was also ranked in the top 10 best speakers.
Commenting on the secret of success, hard work is the key as they have to undergo training and read tonnes of articles, journals and news every day. Another added that having a good routine, and planning are important to create a balance between their life as a student and a debater.

Read their experience here:

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/11/21/IIUM-debate-teams.aspx