Unfortunately, I had a bit of a medical issue and could not attend the meetings for most of topic 3. They also coincided with the busiest part of the semester, where I had many teaching arrangements, writing, and administrative tasks. This made keeping on track immensely difficult. Consequently, I let my team mates down. I […]

Last week, a colleague (Zi Hui) commented on my previous post saying that it seems that the harder task seems to be creating lifelong attitudes that allow students to see that they should collaborate and be willing to be open with one another. In this post, I want to reflect upon some of the challenges […]

As a lecturer, and I believe that this will be the case for many participants, most of us tend to approach learning from an educator’s point of view. This view of learning is often influenced by the more conventional view of teaching which emphasizes content delivery over active learning (Bajak 2014). The key differentiating principle […]