Since its inception in 1969, Taylor's has gained significant recognition as a leading private education institution. Our exhaustive list of accolades ranging from national to international, a testimony to our unwavering commitment towards excellence in teaching and learning and high impact research.
Taylor's University has been recognized by Malaysians as the favorite brand for Higher Education for eight consecutive years as determined by a robust consumer research methodology, which saw 6,000 consumers vote for Malaysia's favorite brands. Taylor's is also the only Gold award winner in the "Education & Learning" category and has been so since the Putra Brand Awards launch.
Teaching and Educational Development (TED) complements academic staff's work to create excellence in teaching through practice, development, and innovation. We offer workshops and seminars that address a range of timely topics associated with teaching, learning, and technology in higher education to enhance teaching capability and learning engagement.
The e-Learning Academy (ELA) is established with the specific mandate to drive and support blended learning at Taylor's University Lakeside Campus. The name 'academy' reflects its core purpose as a unit that primarily promotes 'learning how to teach with technology.' Hence, Ella's task is to help our lecturers effectively implement technology in teaching and learning.
At Taylor's University, we adopt the term 'blended learning' as a principal means of addressing the use of technology combined with the best features of face-to-face interaction to enhance its learning and teaching activities. For the past three years, Taylor's University has embarked on an ambitious journey to re-define student learning for better academic outcomes. Taylor's University is at the forefront of blended learning so that by 2016, every student at Taylor's University will learn in a collaborative, self-directed, and personalized manner anytime and anywhere.
Taylor's Graduate Capabilities (TGC) was created in 2007 to enhance university-level education to meet the ever-changing demands of industry, community, and globalization. TGC outlines the core knowledge, skills, abilities, and qualities that students will develop at Taylor's University regardless of their study program. In a highly competitive and challenging 21st century workplace, skilled graduates will be relevant, responsive, and work-ready to start ahead and stay ahead in the global marketplace.
A Taylor's graduate who is equipped with TGC is not only readily adaptable to the changing workplace environment, but he/she also can take on new tasks and jobs successfully.
The teaching and learning approach at Taylor's University is focused on ensuring that each student can acquire and demonstrate discipline-specific knowledge, cognitive capabilities, and soft skills. The Integrated Teaching and Life-long Learning Center at Taylor's (INTELLECT) ensure the provision of relevant, innovative, and excellent teaching and learning experiences at Taylor's. This mandate emanates from Taylor's commitment to becoming one of the leading teaching and learning institutions in the region. We are committed to supporting the University, schools, and individual academic staff in transforming teaching and learning to achieve excellence in teaching and learning quality. To ensure the provision of relevant, innovative, and holistic teaching and learning experiences for all.
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