AMIC conducts webinar on E-teaching in Times of Crisis

AMIC conducted its first ever webinar, E-teaching in Times of Crisis on 03 April 2020 at 1 pm SST (Singapore Standard Time). A total of 266 participants, mostly educators, from 13 countries, attended the virtual forum.

The webinar was moderated by Dr. Bradley Freeman, head of the Department of Communication of Sunway University in Malaysia. The panelists included Malissa Maria Mahmud, Senior Lecturer of Sunway University, Malaysia; Shai Reschef, President and Founder of University of the People, USA; Graham Glass, CEO & Founder of Cypher Learning and Marco Polo of De La Salle University-Dasmariñas (Philippines).

The session discussed diverse topics including managing online classes, best practices in online pedagogies, participatory and creative learning approaches, assessment methodologies and tools, and how to reach out to offline learners and teachers.

According to AMIC Secretary General Ramon R. Tuazon, the event is part of a series of activities planned in preparation for AMIC’s 50^th anniversary in 2021. The next webinar is on Getting Published in Peer-reviewed and Indexed Academic Journals.

Upstream Media PH was the event’s technology partner/webinar host. A full recording of the webinar can be accessed at https://youtu.be/xQ-6kNMIgB4.