LINUS October 1995

Video-on-Demand

Since June 1995, the University has implemented the Video-on-Demand (VoD) Service on NUSNET-II, the campus-wide network. This enables staff and students to view selected video programmes at the Computer-Based Learning Room in the Central Library (3rd floor) where 10 units have been set up by the Computer Centre. VoD Service clusters are also available in Computer Centre, Faculty of Architecture & Building, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Law.

The Central Library's Media Resources Dept has provided the following titles, recommended by the teaching staff for individual courses, in the Training category of the service :

Aging / CRM Productions. 1973. 21 min.
Course no: SW102

Examines some popular, yet commonly mistaken attitudes towards the aged and their place in society. Discusses two major theories on the aged Ñthe 'activity theory' and the 'disengagement theory' and the research being done at the University of Chicago.

This lecture, for the Faculty Enrichment Module, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, emphasizes two imperatives for students to develop creative thinking skills: for personal development and fulfilment and the importance for Singapore to have innovative thinkers and doers so as to become a fully developed nation. Eight types of thinking are discussed and examples of creative thinkers, from Benjamin Franklin to Sim Wong Woo, are provided.

In northern Bolivia, where the heterogeneous population is socially and economically stratified, we see firsthand the inequities of a sharp class division between the Spanish-speaking Mestizos and the subordinate Aymara Indians.

Shows ways to reduce stress at work and to provide an environment that will allow everyone to give of his best.

Features economist John Kenneth Galbraith discussing some of the ideas and views that are presented in his book ÔThe age of uncertaintyÕ. Portrays problems of the industrial society as seen in the urban metropolis, which best reflects its uncertainty and crisis.

Explains that the making of the English language is the story of three invasions and a cultural revolution. Explores the early history of the language, from the invasion of Britain by the Anglo-Saxons to the poetry of the first great English writer, Geoffrey Chaucer.

A series of programmes showing how basic concepts in materials and engineering science are applied in the business of manufacturing.

An introduction to the philosophy of Claus Moller, president and founder of TMI-Time Management International Ltd. Moller discusses typical situations at home and at work that lead to stress, tension and failure. Shows how a broad range of management skills will be improved by taking charge of your time.

This first lecture, for the Faculty Enrichment Module (FEM101), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, aims to help students understand the nature of university education and the university environment, emphasizing the need for independent learning and thinking, leadership development, and the kind of values, attitudes and motivation required for success.

Starring John Cleese and James Bolam, the programme tackles a basic management dilemma--the contrast between efficiency, 'doing the job right', and effectiveness, 'doing the right job'.

Investigates the complex physical and mental changes of growing old. Interweaving various geronotological studies and individual experiences, the production proceeds from explaining such visible signs of aging as shambling gait to less apparent internal processes, concluding that there is no one biological mechanisim that is the key to longevity.