UTech, Jamaica 2015-16 Annual Report

courses’ web-based activities” and with Daidrah Smith, The VSALC Project: Design, development and implementation of an online Self-Access Learning Centre to address students’ language challenges.” Ms. Tanya Davies “Development assessment procedures for Communication Studio” and Mr. Henry Lewis presented a research idea on the relationship between student’s obsessive use of WhatsApp and academic performance. Postgraduate Diploma in Education The Self Study for the Postgraduate Diploma in Education Programme (PDE) has been submitted to the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ). Public Lecture The Coordinator’s Office, in collaboration with ODL and the School of Graduate Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship, coordinated a Public Lecture on June 18, 2015 on the Internationalization of Higher Education through Online Learning. The Guest Speaker was Professor Peter Kell of the Charles Darwin University in Australia. TVET Conference The second International Conference on TVET in the Caribbean was held on May 13-15, 2015 with a pre- conference session hosted by UNEVOC international on Wednesday May 12, 2015. Prof. Simon Yalams was the UNEVOC representative. The focus of the conference was on STEM education in TVET as an imperative to national and regional development. There were 25 persons representing the University of Technology, Jamaica including the Acting President. Page 61 University of Technology, Jamaica ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016