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Personal goals and priorities teaching.

Being a self-confessed workaholic who enjoys her work The push for greater adoption of innovative
also played a part in Michelle’s teaching innovation pedagogical tools

journey. She is motivated by deep-seated desire to do
better, both personally and professionally. In her own Michelle feels that her current tools can be used to good
words, “If I have spare time and I don't know what to do, I effect in other courses. “I showcased the tools once
will look around to see what else I can do.” She also during the Teaching Innovation Week organised by CTE a
habitually sets goals for herself, each with attainment few years ago. Now, I feel that there is a push from the
timelines, which provide her with additional impetus as she Senior Management for technology-enhanced learning.”
goes about her day. Unsurprisingly, she feels that outlining Recently, an adjunct faculty member from the Lee Kong
specific goals for oneself would be very helpful for other Chian School of Business approached her to use her tool
instructors seeking to embark along similar paths in their for his undergraduate course. For her, that bodes well for
the potentially broader use of her tools and she hopes
that the momentum would continue to pick up.

When prompted for advice for instructors wishing to pick
up innovative teaching tools, she had three tips to share:
Firstly, instructors should start with the end in mind, by
thinking about what they want students to learn and
know. Secondly, instructors should reflect on how the
delivery of their content can be made more effective by
providing application contexts such as relatable case
scenarios. Lastly, instructors should invest effort to make
the learning process enjoyable and interesting, in order
for students to want to spend time on that module.

Although challenges are inevitable along the road to the development and adoption of innovative
teaching tools, Michelle’s experience amply illustrates that when instructors are student-centric and
committed to their teaching, the journey will ultimately be an extremely meaningful and fulfilling one.