Learning Futures Community of Interest
We meet monthly via Zoom to showcase learning and teaching practiceThe Learning Futures Community of Interest welcomes all University staff to share their experiences, expertise, and ideas about learning design and the opportunities (and challenges) brought about by the ever-changing educational landscape and developing technology.
All UoA staff members are welcome, so please subscribe to the mailing list and we will send the relevant details directly to you, including a link to add our meetings to your calendar.
3rd Thursday of each month (February – November)
2 – 3.30pm
online
The confirmed dates for 2025 are: 20 February, 20 March, 10 April (moved due to Easter weekend), 15 May, 19 June, 17 July, 21 August, 18 September, 16 October and 20 November.
Calendar invites to the sessions will be sent through a Microsoft Teams channel, which also provides a place for conversation.*
Subscribe to the Learning Futures CoI
Please use your University of Auckland staff email address
* New University of Auckland subscribers are added to the MS Teams channel. If you don’t have access after a day or so, please email us.
In June: Indigenous pedagogies
Thursday, 19 June, 2 – 3.30pm
On the eve of Matariki, join us to explore a kaupapa Māori-centric teaching practice from Arts and Education Te Puna Wananga, discover Pūtoi Ako resources on TeachWell Digital, gain insights into the new Waipapa Taumata Rau course in FMHS, and experience the Pacific relational teaching of the Kākala Classroom online.
We have four excellent presentations lined up, by:
- Tania Cliffe-Tautari (Te Puna Wananga, Faculty of Arts and Education)
- Piata Allen (Te Puna Wananga)
- Rhys Jones and Ariana Andrews (Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences)
- Billie Lythberg, Sisikula Sisifa, and Jin Luo (Business School)
More information will follow soon.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Our aim is to empower educators and learners through collaborative exploration and innovation in learning design, assessment strategies, and technology-enhanced education (including Generative AI) and to foster compelling, engaging, and inclusive learning experiences. Through building our learning community, we hope to advance university education through innovation, collaboration, and technology, fostering a culture of excellence and inclusivity in learning and teaching.
If you or a colleague would like to share your learning design and teaching practices (failures, wins, learnings or conundrums!), to contribute to the teaching culture across the University, please get in touch with us at raa@auckland.ac.nz