Every alternate Rāapa/Wednesday we host a Kai & Kōrero session in M.1.42 and online in Zoom. These sessions focus on the Waikato Extend teaching development programme. You can find out more about the programme here.

Pipiri/June 7: Collaboration as a tool for inclusion

Presenters: Tracey Morgan & Alison Jolley (AJ)

Collaborative activities offer great potential for enhanced student engagement and peer to peer interaction, but these activities can also be challenging and isolating for students. In this workshop, we will look at strategies for facilitating more inclusive group work that will help to provide equitable experiences for our learners.

This workshop will run virtually in Zoom. We will start promptly at 1:00 pm, feel free to join a few minutes before.

Join our Zoom link waikato.ac.nz/go/tahi

Questions? Contact alison.jolley@waikato.ac.nz

Previous workshops

Mei/May 24: ABCs of H5P

Presenter: Bredan Sheridan

This workshop will run virtually in Zoom. We will start promptly at 1:00 pm, feel free to join a few minutes before.

Join our Zoom link waikato.ac.nz/go/tahi

Questions? Contact brendan.sheridan@waikato.ac.nz

Mei/May 19: ✔️ Beyond Multichoice: Different Moodle Quiz Questions

Presenter: Stephanie Gibbons

This workshop looks at how to set up some alternative Moodle quiz questions such as matching, missing words, and multiple correct answers. Some of these question formats are more effective against GPT quiz extensions than traditional multichoice. There will also be an opportunity for participants to share examples of Moodle questions which have worked well.

Watch the recording.

Mei/May 10: ? Playing with Perusall

Looking for a way to help students engage more with their reading?

Perusall is a tool available through Moodle, which can help make reading an engaging, collaborative experience. This second workshop will focus on how to set up a Perusall component within your paper. This includes how to create a Perusall course in Moodle, how to upload materials, and how to create assessment tasks and link them to the Gradebook.

This workshop will run from 1 pm online via Zoom.

Questions? Contact Anthony.Richardson@waikato.ac.nz

Mei/May 5: ?️ Protecting Moodle Quizzes from GPT

Presenter: Stephanie Gibbons

It is now possible to add a plug-in to your browser that engages with AI to answer Moodle multichoice questions. This workshop looks at what the plug-ins can and can't do, and offers practical suggestions for adjusting your multichoice questions to make it more difficult for them to provide answers.

Watch the recording View the slides

Āperira/April 27: ?️ The challenges and opportunities posed by ChatGPT for tertiary assessment

Presenters: Dr Nick Munn, Dr Dianne Forbes and Nigel Robertson

In this session, Dr Nick Munn and Dr Dianne Forbes will share their experiences of the challenges and opportunities posed by ChatGPT for tertiary assessment, and Nigel Robertson will discuss TurnitIn’s new AI detection tool.

Māehe/March 29: ♿ Accessibility tools

Join us Rāapa/Wednesday to explore and discuss captions, alt-text, and the Moodle accessibility block.

This workshop will run from 1 pm in M.1.42 and online via Zoom.

Questions? Contact Tracey.Morgan@waikato.ac.nz

Pēpuere/February 23: ? A chat about ChatGPT

Join us next Thursday to explore and discuss the impacts of artificial intelligence tools on academic integrity. Our panel:

  • Dr Judy Bowen, Associate Dean Academic HECS, Software Engineering Programme
  • Stephanie Gibbons, Philosophy Programme
  • Dr Rahat Hasan, Data Analytics Coordinator, Te Puna Ako
  • Professor Roger Moltzen, Chair, Student Discipline Committee
  • Professor Bernhard Pfahringer, Co-Director, Te Ipu o te Mahara Artificial Intelligence Institute
  • Anthony Ryan, NZUWI English Programme

will share more information about AI tools including ChatGPT and discuss the issues surrounding their use, followed by an opportunity for open discussion.

This workshop will virtually in Zoom. We will start promptly at 2:00 pm, feel free to join a few minutes before.

Join our Zoom link waikato.ac.nz/go/tahi

The webinar will be recorded if you are unable to join.

Mahuru/September 28: Mātauranga Maori

This workshop will explore what mātauranga Māori is, and how the models such as Te Whare Tapa Whā and the Ranga model can provide a framework for understanding and integrating relevant elements in an educational environment.

Watch the recording and download the slides.

Mahuru/September 21: Waikato History

The University of Waikato is unique among New Zealand universities in terms of the Māori context it rests within. This workshop will explore some significant events of the Māori history of the region, as well as the key contextual elements which contribute to this uniqueness of the university.

Watch the recording and download the slides.

Mahuru/September 16: Feedback for Assessment

Wasana Karunarathne explores aspects of student and teacher feedback literacy and the improvements in student work
Wasana Karunarathne and her co-author Tracii Ryan, are both from the University of Melbourne.

Watch the recording.

Mahuru/September 14: Pepeha for Pākehā

Pepeha is a uniquely Māori way to reference identity – incorporating both whakapapa (genealogy) and geographical location, it is a very specific locator of who you are. This workshop will explore some ways that Pākehā (non-Māori) can develop authentic ways of identifying themselves which enhance identity connections.

Watch the recording and download the slides.

Hereturikōkā/August 31: ? Top tips from Te Puna Ako

Te Puna Ako staff share their top teaching technology tip.

This workshop will virtually in Zoom. We will start promptly at 2:10 pm, feel free to join a few minutes before.

Join our Zoom link waikato.ac.nz/go/tahi

Hereturikōkā/August 26: Putting quizzes in lecture videos is easy - and students ❤️ it!

Online Assessment Strategies Series 2022

Presenter: Dan Weijers (School of Social Sciences – DALPSS)

Format: 20 minutes presentation, followed by discussion. Watch the recording.

Hereturikōkā/August 24: Zoom to Moodle

Learn how to automatically move zoom recordings to the Panopto block.

This workshop will virtually in Zoom. We will start promptly at 2:10 pm, feel free to join a few minutes before.

Join our Zoom link waikato.ac.nz/go/tahi