This is part of the New Faculty Professional Development Session, which was for junior faculty who have been at UST for 2 years or less. In the casual lunch and discussion session, common adjustment issues faced by new faculty were discussed and new faculty was expected to build a peer support network.
Formal teamwork is widely practiced in science, technology, engineering, and mathematical (STEM) disciplines through projects, capstones, hand-on exercises, field experiences, and other contexts. Currently there is increased interest in fostering innovation and creativity.
CELT provided a series of training workshops to all TAs every academic year. For Spring 2009, all Induction workshops, including Conducting Tutorials and Marking & Grading (INA/C), Conducting Laboratories (INB), Introduction to LMES (IND) and Effective Presentation Skills (EPS) have been successfully completed. Also, three Competency Enhancement workshops were offered to all TAs to enhance their skills in teaching.
CELT launched the first in a regular series of professional development workshops for research postgraduates related to career and research. From 13-15 January 2009, there were sessions on career management, PhD supervision policies and processes, avoiding plagiarism in thesis writing, presentation skills for research seminars and conferences, effective email for results and career management for lifelong employability.
School of Engineering organised an OBE workshop on 7 Jan 2009, which was delivered by Prof David A. Lange, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois. In the workshop, Prof Lange mentioned about the principles, implementation and assessment issues of OBE for engineering curriculum.
Mon, 2008-12-08 (All day) to Tue, 2008-12-09 (All day)
Speaker: Prof Harvey Brightman
Location: Executive Classroom 5 (Lift 31/32)
School of Business and Management organised a teaching workshop on 8-9 December 2008, which was taught by Prof Harvey Brightman, Regents' Professor Emeritus of Managerial Sciences at Georgia State University. In the workshop, Prof Brightman talked about the principles for effective teaching, developing and achieving learning outcomes, and various assessment methods.
In the launching, the purpose and expectations of the Pilot OBE Course Project were explained. Initial workshop for beginning the process of embedding intended learning outcomes (ILOs) into courses was conducted. Participants also exchanged some preliminary thinking through the implications of ILOs for teaching and learning activities and assessment.