Figure 1. Welcome page to ICTRAPS

Are you tired of spending more time and effort to figure out a certain learning program or software than on your own course materials?

Many NUS departments are feeling the heat in the rush to submit proposals to the National Research Foundation (NRF) to develop their own Interactive Digital Media (IDM). Clearly, the impetus to increase IDM integration into education is being felt. However, with this exponential growth of IDM, educators need to consider how these digital and hardware appliances can facilitate metacognitive abilities and creative thinking skills effectively to achieve desired learning outcomes.

Even as we are witnessing an increased use of Information Communications Technologies (ICT) to introduce, reinforce, supplement and extend cognitive, affective or psychomotor skills, many instances of ICT integration only reflect facilitated transactions instead of extending students' metacognitive skills. Many educators utilise their institution's Learning Management System (LMS) or suite of office applications for use in different instructional settings. Some try to incorporate an electronic Classroom Response System but these disparate uses of different tools, because they are not immediately accessible, do not explain how they extend students' creative and problem-solving skills. Information Communications Technologies Reflection and Practice for Success (ICTRAPS) aspires to be a one-stop portal for ICT integration ideas. Please visit http://courseware.nus.edu.sg/ICTRAPS/web/index.htm to submit your experiences of using ICT in teaching and learning to inspire and lead ICT professional development in NUS.

Figure 2. A questionnaire posed on ICTRAPS