http://www.learnerstogether.net Learning to Learn at Ngee Ann Polytechnic Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:49:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Anna Yap and Simon Tan, School of Business and Accountancy. When I leave I told myself that I can't wait to leave But it seems My heart is saying I will be missing it. Composer: CHIFFON, Lyricist: Stephanie Are these the lyrics of a new pop song? No, it’s actually a song composed by ... http://www.learnerstogether.net/who-says-accountants-are-boring/251 Study of Street Children in Vietnam I would like to share some learner-centered learning approaches that were adopted in an overseas vacation module that I led in September 2007. This module involved taking a group of 12 second-year students to Vietnam for 10 days during their holiday period. The students can ... http://www.learnerstogether.net/enabling-learner-centred-learning-in-a-vacation-module-in-vietnam/244 From classrooms to corporate intranets and from barcamps to large technical projects, wikis are being utilized by people to help them to collaborate, share and build information. The best-known wiki is Wikipedia — but more on that later. In this article we find out what wikis are and how they are ... http://www.learnerstogether.net/wikis-in-business-and-education/143 This article shows you how to: Create a wiki in Blackboard Allow access and editing rights to the wiki for certain students only Check the participation level of each student in the wiki This tutorial assumes that your Blackboard installation includes Teams LX by Learning Objects, Inc. 1. Log into Blackboard 2. Select your Module. 3. On ... http://www.learnerstogether.net/how-to-create-a-wiki-in-blackboard/238 By Mariam Mathew Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin When I was asked to take up teaching of an Ecology module using a problem-based learning approach, I was truly looking forward to the experience. The Ecology module is part of the ... http://www.learnerstogether.net/learning-ecology-using-problem-based-learning/185 by Mr Matthew Pon, School of Business and Accountancy What are the factors that determine the value of a house? The typical answer is “Location! Location! Location!” How about the factors that influence the value of teaching? My response is an emphatic “Connection! Connection! Connection!” Important connections in teaching and learning Let’s consider some ... http://www.learnerstogether.net/teaching-connection-connection-connection/217 By Ismail Ahmed Fulu, School of ICT I believe that learning takes place best when learners take responsibly for their own learning. Competitions are an ideal environment for promoting such increased learner responsibility. ...As a result they are highly motivated. Students join a competition with the desire to win. As a result they ... http://www.learnerstogether.net/enhancing-learning-through-competitions/213 By Linus Low, Electronics and Computing Engineering I teach the Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits (VLSI) module to third-year students. VLSI is offered as an option within the Micro-electronics strand. I decided to replace some of those dry lecture topics and get the students involved in creating the learning ... http://www.learnerstogether.net/teaching-integrated-circuits-via-on-line-discussion/229 This engineering wiki has links to online resources on engineering topics. http://www.learnerstogether.net/engineering-wiki/190 The New Media Consortium is making live feeds available from the upcoming UNESCO eLearning Conference in their Second Life area. http://www.learnerstogether.net/unesco-elearning-conference-and-video-feeds/189