Learning Innovation Festival 2021

Welcome and Introduction to LIFE

Dr. Yeo Wee Loon
Centre for Teaching Excellence
Singapore Management University

Digital Learning in SMU

Associate Professor Lieven Demeester
Associate Provost (Teaching and Learning Innovation)
Director, Centre for Teaching Excellence
Singapore Management University

Lieven is Associate Professor of Operations Management (Practice) at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business and has been at SMU since 2008.  He was Associate Dean for MBA programmes from 2015 to 2017 and he was founding academic director of the IE-SMU MBA programme, offered jointly by SMU and the IE Business School in Spain and delivered through a blended learning format.  Lieven has a passion for experiential learning courses in which students are guided by instructors to link theory with practice in challenging projects for external partners.  For the last eight years, he has been teaching a course on Managing Process Improvement that is now part of SMU-X and he also coordinates the capstone course in the IE-SMU MBA programme with partners such as Louis Vuitton, ABN-AMRO, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, and Decathlon.

The Future of Digital Learning in Singapore Management University

Professor Venky Shankararaman
Vice Provost (Education)
Singapore Management University

Prof Venky Shankararaman will discuss how SMU had to rapidly adapt to the challenges posed by the pandemic, the lessons learnt and present the implications of digital learning for the future delivery of SMU’s interactive pedagogy.

Academics as Effective Online Instructors: The Case of Universiti Malaya (UM)

Associate Professor Dr. Farrah Dina Binti Yusop
Director, Academic Enhancement and Leadership Development Centre
Universiti Malaya

Online teaching and learning is currently accepted and practiced as a new norm in the higher education setting. In this presentation, Associate Professor Dr. Farrah Dina Yusop will share University Malaya’s efforts to support its academics as effective online instructors, especially from the professional development perspective.

Mahidol University's Adaptation to Digital Learning Strategy

Assistant Professor Nopphol Pausawasdi
Director, Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center
Advisor, Division of Academic Affairs
Mahidol University

This presentation highlights how Mahidol University rapidly adapted to an university-wide strategy in the use of digital technology during the Covid-19 pandemic.  The presentation also covers how Mahidol University plans to adopt Flexible Education with the support of technology to further enhance students’ learning. 

Algorithmic Approaches to Augmenting Lesson Slides with Relevant Online Videos

Associate Professor Hady W. Lauw
School of Computing and
Information Systems
Singapore Management University

When reviewing lesson slides, students may benefit from additional learning resources in the form online videos relevant to the concepts discussed in the slides.  In this talk, the speaker will share his experiences in developing Slide++, which seeks to identify online videos and even segments within videos relevant to each presentation slide. 

Collaborative Online International Learning for Tackling Global Challenges

Associate Professor Ijlal Naqvi
School of Social Sciences
Singapore Management University

Dr Bodean Hedwards
Director of Enterprise and Immersion Initiatives
Faculty of Arts
Monash University

The class on Social Entrepreneurship in the Indo-Pacific brought together 200 students from five universities in Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, and India. This course takes advantage of its online structure to convene student teams across these locations. The theme of  international collaboration is reinforced by having students search for innovative responses to global challenges as framed by the sustainable development goals.