It was such an honor to be part of the soft launching of the CIT University Peer Learning Center last January 14, 2011.
Gracing the event were no less than CIT University Vice President for Administration John Gregory L. Escario, MIS/SPS Director Engr. Bernard Nicolas E. Villamor, Office of Scholarships and Admissions Engr. Roberto Base, school officials, faculty members, students leaders of student organizations and some students.
I had the privilege of talking with Engr. Villamor after the launching. During our conversation, the CIT University Peer Learning Center, with pioneering peer mentors from the CIT University Honors' Society, aims to provide the students, especially the freshmen, an avenue where they can be able to learn in a manner of doing it together with their peer mentor. It has been observed that students attending Learning Enhancement Programs (LEP) hesitate to ask questions and are mostly composed of those who already know it. Other students would rather do their own LEP than attending an LEP wherein they feel uncomfortable. Then there are those consultation hours which are allotted by faculty members to students who want to ask questions about their previous lessons but it seems that almost no one is buying it.
Engr. Villamor expressed his optimism that the CIT University Peer Learning Center would be expanded in the future with the help of some Technologian alumni. The success of the Math-related subjects that are being piloted would be a good sign for the Peer Learning Center to further offer more subjects especially on Engineering.
The CIT University Peer Learning Center has a mini-library and two (2) computer units which has an E-Learning System powered by Moodle, a course management system designed to help educators who want to create quality online courses. It currently employs Math-related subjects as new modules would be added in the following months.
I laud the aggressive efforts of Engr. Villamor in alleviating and even vanishing the fear of students from Mathematics, which is also my Achilles' Heel, by conducting seminars on it and making sure that we learn Mathematics in a fun, exciting and inspiring way. Soon, these efforts would bear fruit. It would take time but starting it is worthy of emulation.
The CIT University Peer Learning Center, "a place where learning is fun, exciting and inspiring", is located at Room 327 of the CIT University Main Building which is beside the Mathematics Department. It's open from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM on Mondays to Fridays and 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM on Saturdays.
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| Together with CIT University MIS/SPS Director Engr. Bernard Nicolas E. Villamor, CIT University College of Engineering & Architecture Assistant to the Dean Engr. Amis A. Pacamalan and CIT University Supreme Student Government House Speaker Ronnell L. Padillo |
Gracing the event were no less than CIT University Vice President for Administration John Gregory L. Escario, MIS/SPS Director Engr. Bernard Nicolas E. Villamor, Office of Scholarships and Admissions Engr. Roberto Base, school officials, faculty members, students leaders of student organizations and some students.
I had the privilege of talking with Engr. Villamor after the launching. During our conversation, the CIT University Peer Learning Center, with pioneering peer mentors from the CIT University Honors' Society, aims to provide the students, especially the freshmen, an avenue where they can be able to learn in a manner of doing it together with their peer mentor. It has been observed that students attending Learning Enhancement Programs (LEP) hesitate to ask questions and are mostly composed of those who already know it. Other students would rather do their own LEP than attending an LEP wherein they feel uncomfortable. Then there are those consultation hours which are allotted by faculty members to students who want to ask questions about their previous lessons but it seems that almost no one is buying it.
Engr. Villamor expressed his optimism that the CIT University Peer Learning Center would be expanded in the future with the help of some Technologian alumni. The success of the Math-related subjects that are being piloted would be a good sign for the Peer Learning Center to further offer more subjects especially on Engineering.
The CIT University Peer Learning Center has a mini-library and two (2) computer units which has an E-Learning System powered by Moodle, a course management system designed to help educators who want to create quality online courses. It currently employs Math-related subjects as new modules would be added in the following months.
I laud the aggressive efforts of Engr. Villamor in alleviating and even vanishing the fear of students from Mathematics, which is also my Achilles' Heel, by conducting seminars on it and making sure that we learn Mathematics in a fun, exciting and inspiring way. Soon, these efforts would bear fruit. It would take time but starting it is worthy of emulation.
The CIT University Peer Learning Center, "a place where learning is fun, exciting and inspiring", is located at Room 327 of the CIT University Main Building which is beside the Mathematics Department. It's open from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM on Mondays to Fridays and 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM on Saturdays.
Wow, I know this project would be very effective. More power...
It's still starting and hopefully, in the near future, it would improve. :)
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