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Rambling Librarian:: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian


READ! Singapore - READING MARATHON 2009

This was in-progress when I passed by the National Library event plaza this evening:The NLB was getting ready for this...

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PBL Symposium 11 - 12 Jun 09 (Part 10): PBL and Public Libraries

[From Part 9]OK, my final post regarding the Three-day PBL symposium. No substantial insights, I've to qualify.As I mentioned in Part 1, I didn't have any specific expectations of the symposium. My...

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PBL Symposium 11 - 12 Jun 09 (Part 8): A simulated PBL lesson

[From Part 7]On Day-2. 11 June 09."What happens if, in a student-led discussion, the entire group goes off track and doesn't grasp basic concepts that they are required to have?"I asked my friend Mr....

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PBL Symposium (Part 9): A greater appreciation of what "Student-focus" means

[From Part 8]I've heard the term "Student-centered Learning" being mentioned a few times during the three-day symposium. I've a better appreciation what the phrase means, now that I read articles...

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PBL Symposium (Part 7): Republic Polytechnic library

[From Part 6]Day 3, Jun 12, 2009.During the break, one of the RP librarian, Sharen, was kind enough to give me a tour of their library.It was my first visit.Their library opened in 2006; here's a LAS...

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PBL Symposium (Part 6): Technology implementation at Republic Polytechnic

[From Part 5]Day-3, 12 June 2009.Mr. Yow Hon Kong, Republic Polytechnic's (RP) Deputy Director, Office of Information Services. He shared about their IT implementation rationale.RP started with a...

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PBL Symposium (Part 4): Paper presentations on "Assessment"

Day-2, 11 Jun 09.i) Presenter Dr. P'ng Tean Hwa (co-author Irene Tan Ai Lian). UCSI University, Malaysia. "Assessing Learning through Reflective Essays in Music Education"Quick notes (italics are...

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PBL Symposium (Part 5): Quick walkabout in Republic Polytechnic

Day-2. A guided-walkabout of the campus just before we broke for lunch.Impressive place.I'd have loved to study there.We didn't get to tour the library though. Though I learned that the RP library is...

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PBL Symposium, Republic Polytechnic (Part 1): Day 1

I'd like to think that the future of librarianship isn't for librarians to attend only library-related conferences, but to step outside of our industry into other related ones.Which is why I signed...

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PBL Symposium (Part 2): "What do we know about PBL? Current & future prospects"

[From Part 1]10 Jun 09 - Keynote speaker A/P Cindy Hmelo-Silver from Rutgers University: What do we know about Problem-based Learning (PBL)? Current & future prospectsQuick notes (italics are...

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