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CNM’s Alex Mitchell Emphasises Experiential Learning
When Assistant Professor Alex Mitchell first began teaching at the then-newly minted NUS Department of Communications and New Media (CNM) in 2005, he had to overcome traditional barriers to introduce a practice-based teaching approach within a “largely theory-based faculty.” “In the early days of CNM there was hesitation towards, for example, two-hour design-based tutorials and …
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“GE2020: Fair or Foul?” and the role of journalism education in successful societies
On 21 November 2020, CNM organised a webinar titled, ” ‘GE2020: Fair or Foul?’ and the role of journalism education in successful societies.” This webinar was held in celebration of A/P Bertha Henson’s latest book, “GE2020: Fair or Foul?” In addition to having A/P Henson introduce her book to the attendees we were delighted to …
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Emergency remote teaching and beyond: A media studies approach towards understanding student affect and emotional presence in online learning.
Congratulations to Dr Jinna Tay and Dr Shobha Avadhani for being awarded the FASS Staff Research Support Scheme FY2020 grant for their project “Emergency remote teaching and beyond: A media studies approach towards understanding student affect and emotional presence in online learning.” The pilot project joins a growing body of work that seeks to make …
Eminent NUS historian Professor Wang Gungwu receives prestigious Tang Prize
The 2020 Tang Prize in Sinology has been awarded to Professor Wang Gungwu, University Professor at NUS Arts and Social Sciences and one of the world’s foremost experts on the Chinese diaspora. Announced on 20 June 2020 by the Tang Prize Foundation, this prestigious award was conferred on Prof Wang in recognition of his trailblazing …
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Laptops for low-income families: Addressing digital inequity
As the COVID-19 situation escalated in Singapore, additional measures were introduced, including home-based learning (HBL) for all schools and working from home for all workplaces except for essential services. These circumstances threw a light on the difficulties that some families who may not have any laptops at home or only one laptop to share between …
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