“Each workshop takes at least three weeks to prepare,” says Multimedia Producer Eugene Hiew. “We read extensively for tips, search the Web for the latest information and experiment with the programmes. We aim to help both those who are and aren’t familiar with the Windows environment.”

The various applications are made easier for lecturers to use by templates designed by Eugene, Principal Educational Technologist J.A. GillesDoiron, Analyst Programmer Kiruthika Ragupathi and Graphic Artist Ma Lin Lin. Paced to suit the learners, our hands-on workshops are also conducted through a team effort. Besides the facilitator (usually Gilles or Eugene), at least two other CDTL staff members (e.g. Kiruthika and/or Technical Officer Azman Bin Johar) are there to personally attend to the participants who are limited to a maximum of twenty per workshop.

At each workshop’s end, feedback is collected and reviewed to improve subsequent courses. In addition, facilitators are happy to provide post-workshop assistance if required. Notes Gilles, “Conducting these workshops is personally challenging. I like to teach whenever I can as it is very satisfying to see lecturers gain a new perspective in
expressing their knowledge.”

More workshops, both basic and more advanced modules, are in the pipeline. So if you want to learn IT to help your teaching, do check http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/cdtlhome/workshop.htm regularly and register for one of our courses soon. You can be sure you will be in good hands.