Programme

Venue

0800-0900

Registration

Curtin LT Foyer

0900-0930

Opening Ceremony
(MC: Serina Ann Doss)

Harry Perkins LT

0930-1000

Tea Break

Curtin LT Foyer

1000-1100

Keynote Address 1 : (Chairperson: JC Malar Jayaprakash)

“Engaging the Emerging Learner in the 21st Century”
Professor Beverley Oliver, Director of Teaching and Learning, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

Harry Perkins LT

1100-1200

Session 1 (Harry Perkins Lecture Theatre)
Chairperson: JC Malar Jayaprakash

“Engaging Learners: A Story of Attila the Hun and Ms. Rogers”
(Shamsul K. Abdullah - Curtin Sarawak)

“A Framework for the Development of Mode of Delivery and Course Content in Course Design” (David H. Wong, Kenneth B. Yap & Claire Loh – Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia)

“Engaging Brains to Engage” (Terence Tan – Curtin Sarawak)

“Course Management System: The Relevance for Student Engagement and Retention”
(Cecilia Anthony Das & Chan Kwok Mow – Curtin Sarawak)

1200-1400

Lunch Break

LT Foyer

1400-1530

Session 2A (G2-101)
Chairperson: Charmele Ayadurai

“Development of Humanistic Skills among Engineering Students with Embedded Problem-Solving Projects”
(Chee-Ming Chan & Azeanita Suratkon – UTHM, Malaysia)

“Effective Learning Environments for Engineering First Year (EFY) Students”
(Zeya Oo – Curtin Sarawak)

“Teaching Earth Science in the Digital Era” (Eswaran Padmanabhan – Curtin Sarawak)

“Exploring POGIL as an Alternative to Lecture in Teaching Chemistry 101: Students’ Feedback & Performance”    
(Chua Han Bing – Curtin Sarawak)

Session 2B (G3-105)
Chairperson: Djwantoro Hardjito

“A Comparative Study between Traditional Learning and e-Learning”
(Ashutosh K. Singh, Mohd. Amaluddin Yusoff & Naing Win Oo – Curtin Sarawak)

“Engaging Learners in Group Work towards Achieving Outcome-based Education for Tertiary Education”
(Ahmad T. Kadir, Alexandre M. Ivanovich & D. Hardjito – Curtin Sarawak)

“How do Students Respond to CBL Material Based on VARK Learning Style?”
(Razali Hassan – UTHM, Malaysia)

“Role of Heart and Emotion in Learning” (Mohd. Amaluddin Yusoff – Curtin Sarawak)

1530-1545

Tea Break

Foyer

1545-1700

Workshop 1
Chairperson: Fidelia Hii

“Tertiary English for Academic Studies: The Three ‘I’s of Teaching Critical Thinking to International Students” (Michele Doray – Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia)

G3-105

1900

Forum Dinner at Imperial Hotel
MC: Serina Ann Doss)

(Only for presenters and invited guests)

Programme

Venue

0800-0900

Registration

LT Foyer

0900-1000

Keynote Address II: (Chairperson: Beena Giridharan)

“Engaging Learners”
Professor Joan Gribble, Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor, Curtin University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia

Harry Perkins LT

1000-1015

Tea Break

LT Foyer

1015-1200

Session 3A (G2-101)
Chairperson: Chua Han Bing

“Engaging Learners in Large Classes of Tertiary Education” (S. Rajalingam & M. Jayakumar – Curtin Sarawak)

“Reflection on the Use of Scaffolding Approach to Engage Students in Learning Structural Analysis”  (Djwantoro Hardjito – Curtin Sarawak)

“’Feedbacks’ in Experiential Learning for Continual Improvement in Teaching to Tertiary Education”
(M. Jayakumar & S. Rajalingam – Curtin Sarawak)

“Engineering First Year Students’ Performance in Mathematics” (Tang Fu Ee – Curtin Sarawak)

“Learning Styles versus Teaching styles: How to match them?” (Tan Yin Ling & Yudi Samyudia – Curtin Sarawak)

Session 3B (G3-105)
Chairperson: Rozaidah Saat

“Engaging Learners in their study via Feedback” (Nazatul Shima Abdul Rani & Azhar Yahya – Curtin Sarawak)

 “Engaging Learners in L2 Vocabulary Development”
(Beena Giridharan & Christopher Conlan – Curtin Sarawak)

 “Collaborative Learning: A Way to Engage Student Learning”
 (Fidelia Hii Hie Lieng, Linda Hii & Goi Chai Lee – Curtin Sarawak)

“Creating A Different Classroom”
(Charmele Ayadurai - Curtin Sarawak)

“Engaging Diversified Student Group”
(JC Malar Jayaprakash – Curtin Sarawak)

1200-1330

Lunch Break

LT Foyer

1330-1500

Workshop 2A (G2-101)
Chairperson:  Charmele Ayadurai

“The Art of (Super) Teaching”
(Shamsul K. Abdullah – Curtin Sarawak)

1500-1600

Panel Discussion
Chairperson: JC Malar Jayaprakash

Harry Perkins LT

1600-1630

Closing Ceremony and Awards Presentation
MC: Serina Ann Doss

Harry Perkins LT

1630-1700

Tea Break

LT Foyer