Even as the world is emerging from the lockdowns and social distancing of the pandemic, things will not return to pre-pandemic normal. Remote learning will likely be replaced by a more flexible hybrid mode of teaching and learning, making the acquisition of its skills both essential and urgent. In July 2021, the United Board launched an online course titled ‘An …
An Encore to a Course Worth Taking – The United Board proudly presents ‘An Introduction to Hybrid Teaching’
Faculty Development Forum Part 2
The Faculty Development Forum 2022 focused on “Challenges and Practices of Integrated Scholarship in Asian Higher Education.” This edited video of Part 2 of the forum features the presentation by Dr. Gray Kochhar-Lindgren, Director of The Common Core at the University of Hong Kong, which highlights several innovative practices of integrated scholarship that have worked. Click here to watch …
Faculty Development Forum Part 1
The Faculty Development Forum 2022 focused on “Challenges and Practices of Integrated Scholarship in Asian Higher Education.” This edited video of Part 1 of the forum features the report on the Faculty Development survey presented by Dr. Enrique Oracion, Director of Research at Silliman University. Click here to watch the webinar video. This webinar is part of the “Faculty …
Another Year of Harvesting Academic Leadership – The United Board Fellows Program celebrates its 20th anniversary
Dr. Normandy Dujunco got his first taste of teaching as a sixth grader. It was Teachers’ Day at his school, and one activity was for the students to try running the school. He chose to lead the English class. “It was a complete disaster,” he recalls, “but it sparked something inside me.” The grandson of a supermarket chain proprietor and …
Scholars Symposium 2022 of the United Board
A professor’s work involves three demanding domains: research, teaching and service. In this interactive minds-on session we will look at what defines each domain, their challenges, and how to balance them. Click here to watch the webinar video.
Nurturing Resilient Mindsets
This webishop complements the in-person workshops on Promoting Whole Person Education at Maubin University. It introduces some frameworks to look at resilient mindsets through justificatory reasoning, the fixed and growth mindsets, and critical disability studies. Click here to watch the webinar video. This webinar is part of the “Promoting Whole Person Education at Maubin University” series. …
The Ministry of Teaching in View of Whole Person Education
In response to requests from Myanmar educators, this webishop complements the in-person workshops on Promoting Whole Person Education at Maubin University. Using a 5Cs framework in viewing teaching, the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy, and a video clip, this webishop invites educators to reflect on the ministry of teaching and whole person education. Click here to watch the webinar video. This webinar …
Lady Doak College Developed An Online Course with the support of United Board’s Whole Person Education Digital Content Development Grant 2021
Course Title Literature and Gerontology Introduction Ageing is an unavoidable part of human life and a proper perspective concerning old age is essential at an individual level and to society at large. This course attempts to view ageing using perspectives from biology, sociology, theology and literature. This course was funded by the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia under …
Criteria for Peace Effectiveness (Webishop Summary)
How do we know if we are really building peace? We make so much effort but does it add up to peace? In this session, we looked at the speed of our impact, the essential element which guarantees peace, and reflected on where we were in Myanmar’s current reality. Click here to watch the webinar video. This webinar is …
Theories of Change (Webishop Summary)
How does change happen? Through key people, mass mobilization, systemic change, or attitude change? What lessons have we learned about change making in the past 20 years? This session dived deeper into our own beliefs about change and analyzed how best we were currently positioned to make change happen. Click here to watch the webinar video. This webinar is …
The Moral Imagination – the Art and Soul of Peace Building (Webishop Summary)
How do peace educators work for peace and sustain their passion, energy and inspiration? This session included some time for personal reflection and heart sharing. Click here to watch the webinar video. This webinar is part of the “Nurturing Ourselves as Peace Builders” series.
Conflict Transformation (Webishop Summary)
Utilizing the work of John Paul Lederach, we explored the different elements of a conflict which must be addressed to build real and lasting peace – past, present and future. Click here to watch the webinar video. This webinar is part of the “Nurturing Ourselves as Peace Builders” series.