From 23–25 July, CDTL organised another intensive course of the Professional Development Programme (Teaching), or PDP-T, for new academic staff with less than three years of experience. The seminars and workshops within this PDP-T covered areas such as demonstrations of classroom teaching; discussions on the NUS student, using IT in teaching and learning, how to conduct tutorial/lecture classes, assessment and lesson/curriculum design; and hands-on micro-teaching sessions for participants to try new methods of instruction and gain feedback from others.

Feedback from participants of this engaging and informative PDP-T include the following:

• Comprehensive coverage of ‘life-cycle’ of teaching—from planning to implementation.”
  
• “Useful in terms of food for thought for new methods of teaching, student expectations.”
  
• “The stimulating discussions with the speakers. Their innovative style of teaching was also very interesting.”
  
• “Importance and ways of communication with students.”
  
• “That it allowed participants to have fun while getting a chance to do things.”
  
• “The interactive sessions which make you think interactively & constructively.”
  
• “Active participation and sharing of ideas and problems encountered.”
  
• “Practical demonstrations of theoretical concepts.”
  
• “Useful. Could build in more flexibility as people from different disciplines have different needs. But I understand it is a different task. Thanks!”
  
• “Overall, I appreciate the commitment, on NUS’s part, in teaching excellence. There were many useful and interesting examples demonstrated. I feel re-energised.”