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Kia Ora

Fantastic three days! It was great to see new and exciting teaching methods and also the big picture? It was also very beneficial to see the sharing of best practices from other department across Unitec, including Unitec services I.e. TPA, Pacific Centre, Library, International, Maia, Sport etc. Brilliant!!!

As well as this being a great new staff inititative this should also be implemented across long standing existing staff who have had poor surveys done on them I.e. rate my course or USU top complaints by students?

Thanks to the team for providing this course, I have recommended this to other staff to attend the next!

Daniel Hunt II Management & Marketing

First Post I've attended two days so far and as a first time teacher I am finding the course interesting, thought provoking and providing many great examples of how to effectively engage with the Living Curriculum. The course is a credit to those who have developed and presented. It is great to see the organisation is now providing support to first time lectures with this compulsory course. As a HOD I would encourage other HOD's to attend and see what a great resource the course is for new lectures.

Neil laing HOD Construction

I have really enjoyed the content and realise how important we are as facilitators for our students. I am glad I have enrolled in social learning tech course as part of the GDHE, to help increase my abilities as a teacher/facilitator. I would like to thank all who put this together, and think it would be extremely valuable for ALL new staff to attend. Angela Gussey Natural Sciences

I have found these sessions to be both informative and thought provoking. I particularly enjoyed Josie's sessions. It has also been useful to network and meet people from other departments and faculties. I have been a lecturer for a number of years but have been inspired to try new ideas and teaching strategies not only from the facilitators but also by talking to my peers. I would heartily recommend this course for all new teachers but also for all academic staff as a refresher, maybe in a modified version. It was pretty "full on" but well worth it! Thank you. Jo Thorogood Medical Imaging

I found these sessions really great overall. In particular I valued day two, Mathew farry and sue white in particular were enthusing. Found day one a little abstract and slow. Liked the role modelling of ways teachers can get students involved in deciding what they need to know, most popular question - using the wisdom of the group here. Thinking about ways to trust students to take charge of their learning more. Lots of food for thought and ready make some changes. A glossary or a small amount ofrare reading, links might have been helpful since a lot of terms I don't know. Thanks so much, a very valuable course indeed Colette from BN dept

//Many thanks for these three days. I have found them informative,motivating and inspirational and have very much appreciated the resources, ideas and contacts to improve and expand on my teaching performance and improve theoutcome for my students.// //Enjoyed the location, food and facilitators and a chance to mingle with staff from different areas.//

//Claire Tait// //Dept of Nursing// //Dept of Community and Health Sciences//