Teaching Tip: Humanise lecture videos to connect with students
These pointers from Dr Anthony Brand will help you make lecture videos more accessible and engaging.
Teaching Tip: Humanise lecture videos to connect with students
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Teaching Tip: Chunk lecture videos to improve engagement
Teaching Tip: Chunk lecture videos to improve engagement
Dr Anthony Brand shares his thoughts on how to organise your lecture recordings into bite-sized segments.
Teaching Tip: Foster a sense of community in large class settings
Teaching Tip: Foster a sense of community in large class settings
Dr Suzanne Reid suggests creating connections with students through personal expression.
Personal chemistry: Engaging students at scale
Personal chemistry: Engaging students at scale
In the world of first-year chemistry, with over 1,000 students, how do you create meaningful connections? Dr Kaitlin Beare has been experimenting with innovative approaches to foster relational learning at scale.
Effective ways to keep students motivated
Effective ways to keep students motivated
Dr Nigel Gearing reminds us of a few simple steps to enhance teaching and course design that can help alleviate the phenomenon of student disengagement.
Constructive Failure story: The epic success that couldn’t last
Constructive Failure story: The epic success that couldn’t last
We uncover a teacher’s journey to forge deep connections through relational pedagogies—a path marked by both unparalleled success and an unexpected twist.
Stats and cats: Herding numbers in large classrooms
Stats and cats: Herding numbers in large classrooms
Step into Anna Fergusson’s classroom, where STATS 220: Data Technologies is more than just a course - it’s an adventure in data science.
Intellectual Property Law: From Zoom to interactive online learning
Intellectual Property Law: From Zoom to interactive online learning
A Law course redesign emphasises student-centric learning, enriched with tutorials and quizzes.
Teaching law: Deepening students’ relationships with discipline, teacher and self
Teaching law: Deepening students’ relationships with discipline, teacher and self
Jayden Houghton aims to make human connections with his students and encourages them to reflect on their values and their Law School experience.
Making classics and ancient history accessible, inclusive and relevant
Making classics and ancient history accessible, inclusive and relevant
Maxine Lewis discusses relationality in her teaching practice within Classics and Ancient History.
Upskilling GTAs to enhance student experience
Upskilling GTAs to enhance student experience
Learn about a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) training programme within the Faculty of Engineering.
Building confidence and sustaining curiosity
Building confidence and sustaining curiosity
Anuj Bhargava employs a constructivist approach to teaching, in which students interact with their experiences and their surroundings to build knowledge.
Ko wai tātou? Who are we?
Ko wai tātou? Who are we?
Whanaungatanga is to encourage the development of close connection between people, to create a sense of belonging. Waipapa Taumata Rau's design team co-designed a first-year compulsory Arts general course.