Research Events

Knowledge sharing is the key to wealth in a knowledge economy. At U21Global, we organise regular seminars for the active discussion of new ideas and developments. Speakers and facilitators are typically faculty members from U21Global or other universities.

Virtual Conference on Business and Management 2009 (September 22-23)

In continuation with its endeavor to explore and spread new ways of technology based learning, U21Global hosted its first virtual conference on Business and Management (VCOBAM 2009) during Sept 22-23, 2009. Managing the technology constraints and participation from across time zone differences of up to 15 hours well, the conference witnessed 6 hours of rich interaction amongst students, practitioners and researchers.

Chaired by Dr. Kamna Malik, the conference opened a forum to delve on the theme – Organizations and the Interactive Web. Call for papers attracted very good response from researchers and practitioners. All submissions went through two – stage peer review process managed by the program chairs – Dr. Ken Wong, Dr. Evelyn Gullett and members of technical program committee. Acceptance rate for the conference was 17%.

An abstract of the invited talks as well as full text for presented papers can be accessed at http://www.u21global.com/vcobam/07proceedings.htm

Online eLearning Conference 2008 (September)

• Factors Affecting Instructor and Course Evaluations in an Online Graduate Programme, Dr Jason Fitzsimmons [WMV, 12.8MB]
• Impact of Quality eFeedback as an Element of Social Learning Theory Applied in the Context of eLearning Communities of Practice, Dr Evelyn Gullett [WMV, 11.9MB]
• Impact of Faculty Interaction in Online Education, Dr Kanishka Bedi [WMV, 13.4MB]
• Enriching eLearning Experience through Effective Feedback and Assessment, Dr Chinmoy Sahu [WMV, 12.8MB]
• Use of Blogs in Online Management Education, Dr Mamata Bhandar [WMV, 11MB]

Click here to find out more about the conference.

Online eLearning Conference 2008 (April) Recorded Session

• Development of soft skills in eLearning, Dr Helen Lange [WMV, 10.7MB]
• Pros and cons cf OBOW exams, Dr Habibullah Khan [WMV, 11.7MB]
• Closed book, invigilated exams vs OBOW exams, Dr Amy Wong [WMV, 10.8MB]
• The Design Of A Virtual Learning Programme In Managing Virtual Teams, Dr Wing Lam [WMV 13.6MB]
• Building Blogs, Ms Cecelia Lee [WMV, 7.8MB]
• Selecting a learning system, Ms Sarah Teo [WMV, 7.8MB]

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