For a long time, Singapore Institute of Management uses lecture approach in teaching the 15-modules diploma programmes. Each module consists of 14 sessions of 3-hour lecture, with some discussion questions at the end of each lecture. There is no interaction between lecturers and students, consultations are voluntarily and initiated by the students. The institute discovered that academic performance had declined over the years. Students cannot handle questions with slight from the lecture content during examinations and examination results are extremely poor. To improve learning outcomes, the institute introduces a learning pedagogy called EEGAR in April 2025. EEGAR represents 5 stages of learning process called Explore, Experiment, Guide, Apply and Reflect. Explore stage requires students to access bite size chunk video lecture contents prior to the lessons. Experiment stage requires students to attempt the learning activities and quizzes with results captured in the learning management system. Lecturers analyze the results and provide more guidance in the difficult content during the Guide Stage with more coverage on examination type questions. Apply Stage requires students to present their answers to the learning activities during lessons and assessments after lessons. Reflect stage requires students to provide a reflection on their learning. Students are assessed on the quality of their presentation in the Apply Stage and Reflect Stage to earn continuous assessments marks. After one round of teaching, positive feedback is received from the lecturers and students with a slight improvement in the exam performance. More fine-tune is needed to make EEGAR effective in learning.

Authors:
Khay Boon Tan, Singapore Institute of Management Global Education, Singapore

About the Presenter(s)
Dr Tan Khay Boon is currently a senior lecturer with the Academic Division of Singapore Institute of Management Global Education. He holds a Master Degree and a PhD in Economics.

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