by Professor Robert Kamei | All Posts, Reflections
When I first started implementing TeamLEAD (our Duke-NUS version of TBL), as expected, I frequently encountered push-back on my proposal. I have arranged the most common objections by three categories, as described in the book “buy*in” by Kotter and Whitehead (Harvard...
by Professor Robert Kamei | All Posts, Reflections
I recently was asked to give the keynote address at the 3rd Annual Digital Campus Forum in Singapore on a seemingly common topic these days: What will be the “new normal for higher education” after this COVID-19 pandemic finally subsides? Instead of...
by Shi Qiao | All Posts, Learning Strategies
I first came across the term polyglot when I watched a Youtube video about Tim Doner, who at the young age of 17, can speak nearly 20 languages [1]. That’s more than what 2 hands can count ! But, what really caught my attention was when he claimed that watching TV...
by Professor Robert Kamei | All Posts, Learning Strategies
Does reading a book that is faded, printed using a harder-to-read font actually help you learn better? That doesn’t make sense. If you have taken our ALS1010 Course, Learning to Learn Better, you will know that one of the curious findings in the science of learning is...
by Yukta Tanvi Mahendran | All Posts, Health and Wellness
Have you been in a situation where you weren’t able to concentrate because you were hungry? Maybe there was a week when you didn’t eat properly due to the number of assignments that were nearing deadlines. Ever wonder why you just couldn’t focus on anything? This is...
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