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• Ed-talk Forums online via Zoom

   Teaching Excellence & Flexible Learning 

  Ed-talk Forums on Zoom

  
  

  Kia ora Welcome.

  Ed Talks were a chance to join a learning conversation from your workplace.  See below for some of the discussion videos and feedback.

  When future dates are announced, join the Zoom meeting here: https://w2sharedservices.zoom.us/j/9342865072 You'll need a headset and microphone - camera optional.
  

  First time Zoom users please test your connection 15 minutes before we begin. 
  Problem connecting? Contact the Teaching Excellence and Flexible Learning Team 
  online support website OR phone +64 4 831 5252, OR email TEFL@wandw.ac.nz 

  For forum details please contact the Teaching Excellence and Flexible Learning team tefl@wandw.ac.nz

  "It was a chance to eat lunch and chew the fat." - Teacher

    
  Self-evaluation workshop with Auto and IT staff
  

  • What are these Ed talk forums all about anyway? File 237.6KB Word 2007 document
  • Resources from previous Ed Talk forums

  • Previous Ed talk forums 

    • Teaching employability skills
    • Teaching with technology
      
    • Planning rich learning experiences
    • Gender identity - Rainbow learners
    • Getting them to read
    • Engaging challenging learners
      

  • Resources to use technology to enhance learning Page

    
    

  • PowerPoint used in Zoom forum File 1.1MB Powerpoint 2007 presentation
  • Video of Zoom forum Wed 29 Aug 2018 File 150.7MB Video file (MP4)
  • Getting them to read forum

  • PowerPoint for 'Getting them to Read' forum File 1.7MB Powerpoint 2007 presentation
  • Video - Getting learners to read File 46.2MB Video file (MP4)

    • What is one reason your learners are reluctant to read?
      
    • Describe approaches you find effective for getting learners to read required texts

    
    

  • Getting Students to Do Their Assigned Readings - Michelle Schwartz URL

    The failure of students to complete their assigned readings before class is an unfortunately

    common occurrence at every level of higher education and in every discipline. In fact, it has been

    demonstrated by multiple studies that for any given day or assignment, “compliance with course

    reading” is about 20-30% per class (Hobson, 2004).

    
    

  • Reading Reframed for the Community College Classroom - Sarah Hawes blog-post URL

    Three precepts that foster a more productive approach along with a variety of supporting classroom applications.
    

    • The Reader has a Voice (or, Reading is Dialogic)
      
    • Reading Involves Revision (or, Reading is Recursive)
      
    • The Reader Needs a Circle (or, Reading is Communal)
  • Engaging Challenging Learners forum

  • PowerPoint for 'Engaging challenging learners' forum File 1.6MB Powerpoint 2007 presentation
  • Video - Engaging challenging learners File 95.6MB Video file (MP4)

    • What are some behaviours you find challenging for a teacher? For a learner?
      
    • Identify approaches you have found are effective when faced with challenging behaviour

    
    

  • Chapter 8 of a very worthwhile book (click to read) File 488.4KB PDF document

    Available Petone Campus library 374.18 WAL

    
    

    Wallace, S. (2013). Getting the buggers motivated in FE. London: Bloomsbury
    

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    Self-evaluation workshop with auto and IT  (Image: Hitch**)

  • Activity video Interactive Content