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Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching 

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Tools of systems thinking Applying these systems thinking tools and concepts students will be able to make connections between disciplines to achieve the intended learning outcomes through integrated learning and problem-solving skills. Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer at Residential College 4, NUS.

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Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching 

Faculty Focus

Tools of systems thinking Applying these systems thinking tools and concepts students will be able to make connections between disciplines to achieve the intended learning outcomes through integrated learning and problem-solving skills. Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer at Residential College 4, NUS.

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Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

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At times, however, that stone may feel like a boulder, especially to research faculty who are used to delivering lectures and to whom the switch to activity-based learning may seem like a daunting and demanding venture into unfamiliar territory. 2023; Hsu & Goldsmith, 2021; Venus & Sharma, 2024). Two birds with one stone.

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Will Hybrid Teaching Stick Around as the Pandemic Fades?

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Built for Flexibility The first known course that called itself HyFlex emerged in 2006 , at San Francisco State University, taught by Brian Beatty, a professor of instructional design and technology. Lectures, for example, are not holding up well in some studies.) What’s the ‘Gold Standard’?

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Want to Give Students More Voice and Choice? Start with Teachers

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Stop me if you’ve seen this one before: In an effort to encourage teachers to abandon traditional, lecture-style instruction in favor of next-generation learning models, we sit them down and ask them to listen for an hour or two. Or, in other words, we lecture teachers on the merits of ditching the lecture.

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Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive?

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Yet most of our energy has been focused on designing physical learning spaces, even as more teaching and learning shifts online. Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms.

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How Can Educators Tap Into Research To Increase Engagement During Remote Learning?

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When it comes to learning, engagement is influenced by a learner's level of motivation, focus and cognitive ability as well as online course design and a teacher's decisions regarding facilitation style. In its simplest form, engagement is a measure of how much we are attending to a purpose, task or activity.