Instructional Technology Program at UMC Draws Attendees from Singapore
Six faculty from the Institute of Technical Engineering in Singapore arrived on the campus of the University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) on Saturday, May 19, to attend courses in UMC's new Instructional Technology Certification Program.
UMC’s guests from Singapore will be staying on campus through June until they complete the program. A number of UMC faculty members have also enrolled in the program.
 Faculty
from the Institute of Technical
Engineering in Singapore attended technology training at the
University of Minnesota, Crookston.
They are pictured with Dan Lim, UMC’s ITC Director (left)
and UMC Chancellor Don Sargeant (right).
The group included (clockwise from back left):
Meng On Seetoh, Ruhazat Adnan, Irene Lee, Shing Haur Cheng,
Chee Wai Tang, and Chin Hock Ho. |
The Instructional Technology Certification Program, designed to train educators to be instructional technology professionals for higher education and K-12, will be in session from May 21-June 21, 2001. The main emphases in the certification program are instructional design modeling, hands-on technology training, interactive authoring, and intensive web development. After the month-long component is completed, ongoing training and mentoring in support of specific projects will occur for approximately one year.
Dan Lim, director of UMC’s Instructional Technology Center is teaching the courses. According to Lim, “This program features an interactive, paperless, hands-on, online, and laptop learning environment for educators who want to be transformed into learning designers and technologists. The program came about because of requests and suggestions by numerous educators from across the nation and around the world over the years. Many of these educators have followed UMC's trailblazing leadership in laptop learning environment and interactive technology integration. Our vision for a global technology integration into education is the drive behind the UMC's Instructional Technology Certification program.”
At this time three of the courses in UMC’s certificate program will also apply to a master’s degree in instructional technology offered by the University of St. Thomas.
For more information or to enroll in the courses, contact Jane Sims, director of UMC’s Center for Adult Learning, at 218-281-8679. Learn more about the instructional technology certification program at www.umcrookston.edu/cal/itc.
Posted 05/21/2001
Contact: Andrew Svec,
218-281-8435