Enhancing Teaching and Learning Virtual Faculty Learning/Collaboration Space In support of Cave Hill’s Smart Campus Initiative, the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) has launched the CETL Virtual Faculty Learning/Collaboration Communities (VFLCC) initiative utilising the Microsoft 365 Teams programme. The goal of the VFLCC initiative was to provide professional development opportunities and build a Faculty Learning Community (FLC), primarily for adjunct faculty, via an easy-to-access online medium. Given that adjunct faculty comprised a considerable portion of the teaching staff, it was critical that adequate training opportunities were provided for them in an easily accessible and flexible modality. This was done to ensure that the learning experiences of students maintained a consistently high quality. Given its versatility, the virtual facility also provided a collaborative space to accommodate academic advisors and advisees who needed to utilise video and audio media for sharing of documents and for real-time collaboration and advising. Centre for Professional Development and Life Long Learning Academic year 2018/2019 saw the launch at the Cave Hill Campus of the Centre for Professional Development and Lifelong Learning (CPDLL). The CPDLL, which offers a variety of short courses on an open enrolment basis, represents a revolution under the strategic goal of Access to the Cave Hill Campus. It facilitates the participation of a wide range of persons at various stages in their careers and personal development, to access and participate in training programmes offered by the Campus.
Centre for English Language Learning (CEL) The contribution of the Centre for English Language Learning (CEL) to the Campus’ internationalisation agenda in academic year 2018/2019 is also acknowledged. During the review period, the CEL designed courses in English for the Medical Professional, English in the Caribbean for the Interpreter and The English Test for Pilots, which is awaiting International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) approval. The Centre continued to engage overseas clients through the mounting of its English in the Caribbean for Interpreters Programme which hosted 10 International Association for Conference Interpreters (AIIC) from various parts of the world including Lebanon, Cote D’Ivoire (Brazilian origin), Switzerland (Hungarian and French origin), France (Venezuelan and Spanish origin); Italy, The Netherlands, Martinique, Jamaica and Estonia. In March 2019, English as a Second Language (ESL) with Eco-tourism was delivered to 11 students from the Université des Antilles in Martinique, while 33 Martinique high-school students participated in the Intensive ESL for pre-university students programme hosted by CEL. In addition, 26 Martinique primary and secondary school teachers participated in the ESL/Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages (TESOL) Professional Development programme for teachers who wish to improve their linguistic proficiency in English while enhancing their pedagogical skills in the teaching of English, or, teaching content subject areas through English. 018/ 2019
which would provide first-hand cultural exposure to supplement the academic knowledge acquired in the Minor. BSc Software Engineering Since the last reporting period, the BSc Software Engineering programme, a 2+2 programme offered by The UWI China Institute (UWI-CIIT), in which the first two years are taught at the Cave Hill, Mona and St. Augustine Campuses, and the final two in Suzhou, China, a second cohort of six students from the Cave Hill Campus travelled to China in September 2019 to complete the final two years of the programme. Despite a number of administrative challenges relating to financing, registration delays and the uploading of grades, the programme continued to be of value to students. The third cohort of seven students who will complete the first two years of the programme at the Cave Hill Campus have started courses in Chinese language and culture. The CI in collaboration with the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), have made adjustments to the course delivery to provide a better experience for students enrolled in the programme. Campus and Community Outreach The CI continued to facilitate requests from The UWI Open Campus Summer School and the Guild Summer Camp to teach Chinese to camp participants, as well as the offer of evening classes to students and staff of the Campus and the general public. The number of participants in the CI’s Chinese language programmes, which are delivered across the national education sector, continued to increase, moving from 1,350 persons in academic year 2017/2018 to 2,507 in 2018/2019.
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