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CNM in 2020: Year in Review
While we yearn for brighter days to come in 2021, CNM looks back on the year past, and the differences we have made.
Read MoreCommentary: WhatsApp’s new T&Cs could spark changes to how data and privacy are managed
What do the latest changes to Whatsapp’s data policy mean to us? CNM Senior Lecturer Dr Natalie Pang sees this episode as an opportunity to rethink privacy in an increasingly digital world.
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Beyond the classroom: Innovations that change the world
Sometimes, a bright idea is all it takes to spark a global transformation. Here are six outstanding proposals from recent graduates to the NUS Resilience and Growth Innovation Challenge.
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Dr Alex Mitchell: Emphasis on Experiential Learning is Essential
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 100% Continuous Assessment (CA) modules. But over time this has changed, and alternative approaches are now very much welcome,” explained Dr Mitchell, now an Assistant Professor specialising in Interactive Media Design education.
For him, it is essential to incorporate experiential learning by allowing students to apply theory through hands-on practice, as students only truly understand concepts such as interactivity when they see how and why something works or does not work.
Read More“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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Read MoreEmergency 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 …
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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 and dissecting insights on the history of the Chinese world order, overseas Chinese, and Chinese migratory experience.
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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 multiple children, are facing. These children are at risk of missing online lessons.
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Gratitude: The Emotion That Reduces Competitive Behaviour
The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought upon tremendous stress on millions of people worldwide. Health concerns, financial uncertainties, and a prolonged and potentially irreversible departure from one’s normal way of life all contribute to a trying experience. While some people react to these stressors with acts of generosity and kindness, others behave in a selfish and competitive manner: hoarding supplies, violating social distancing regulations, or posting others’ violations online for public ridicule and name calling.
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