Learning Designs and Teaching Strategies GPPG Publications

Creating team spirit and a culture of excellence among course participants

Michael Mintrom - University of Auckland

This document describes the practice of building team spirit and a culture of excellence in a desire to close knowing–doing gaps among learners > find out more

Digital literacy in art: Cultural, practical and technical experiences

Rachel Gillies and Su Ballard - Otago Polytechnic

This publication describes the development of digital literacy within an art school context. The publication identifies core principals and highlights the ethical, cultural, practical and technical implications of teaching and learning in a digital age > find out more.

Drama students as patients: Ko ngā tauira whakaari hei tūroro

Michelle Nicholson-Burr and Jane Kelly - Manukau Institute of Technology

In these six videos, Michelle Nicholson-Burr and Jane Kelly describe how using drama students as patients can create a realistic environment to enhance learning by nursing students > find out more

Engaging teachers and learners through service-learning

Billy O’Steen, Lane Perry, Pete Cammock, Simon Kingham, and Eric Pawson - University of Canterbury.

In this publication the practice of using service-learning to increase student engagement is described > find out more

Enhancing learning and confidence for Māori through community participation

Sharlane Pene and Marvynne Ashley - Gracelands Insight Learning

This publication describes how embedding community activites into curriculum has resulted in enhanced learning and employability of learners > find out more

A genre approach to understanding empirically based thesis writing

Professor John Bitchener - AUT University

This publication describes how the genre approach can be applied to support learners as they write their theses > find out more

He moana pukepuke e ekengia e te waka - a choppy sea can be navigated

E.C. Dickey - Manukau Institute of Technology

This publication describes a course where non-traditional and second chance learners are exposed to contextualised academic up-skilling using critical reflection > find out more

Huakina Mai: Doorways toward culturally responsive education

Angus Macfarlane – University of Canterbury

This paper discusses how one summer school course illuminates the relationships that exist between diversity, equity, engagement and educational success, by drawing on culturally responsive approaches in lectures, professional conversations, workshops and assignments > find out more

Improving learning outcomes by seeing “vision”: Teaching economics to resource students

Paul Dalziel - Lincoln University

This publication describes an innovative approach to teaching introductory economics to students enrolled in resource degrees. It also demonstrates how student achievement data can inform course developments > find out more

Information maps: Supporting students through their research and writing processes

Lisa Emerson, Sharon Stevens, and John Muirhead - Massey University

This publication explores how imaps can be used to enhance information literacy, reduce plagiarism and enhance feedback on students’ research and writing processes > find out more

An interactive system to gather, share and disseminate biochemistry laboratory class information

Leo Vanhanen - Lincoln University

This video describes how ICT innovations are used to collect accurate and reliable data to assist learners working on laboratory based assignments > find out more

Making it personal: Using relevance and formative feedback to enhance personalized learning in a large class

Billy O’Steen, Alison Holmes, Richard Scragg & Alan Hoskin - University of Canterbury

This publication describes an approach to personalising learning, and engaging learners among a large first year law course > find out more

Meta-cognition of the design process: Analogical reasoning and its role in ideation

Dr Mike McAuley, Massey University

In this video describes how explicit learning strategies can be used to enhance learning of visual communication design > find out more

Peerwise - Student generated assessment questions

Paul Denny - The University of Auckland

This video describes Peerwise, which enables learners to create, share, evaluate and discuss assessment questions > find out more

Seeing the bigger picture through context-based learning

W. Trimmer, K. Laracy and M. Love-Gray - Whitireia Community Polytechnic

This publication describes context based learning and the learner benefits associated with the practice, including capability building, increased creativity and skills of critical analysis as a professional > find out more

Simpā – A very useful toolkit

Justine Camp, James Sunderland, Khyla Russell and Brendan Flack - Otago Polytechnic

Simpā, is a toolkit that merges Māori history and computer gaming technology as a way of teaching Māori history in an interactive and interesting way > find out more

Teaching NZ Sign Language to hearing learners

Ann Fitzgerald - Aoraki Polytechnic

This publication explains the benefits of teaching New Zealand Sign Language to hearing and hearing impaired students using full immersion teaching > find out more

Team-based, creative learning in bridging education

Dr. Peter J. Howland - Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

This publication describes how introducing team-based, creative learning exercises and assessments into a social science elective improved student retention, course pass rates, and improved socio-educational outcomes for both students and teachers > find out more

Te reo Māori can be easily learned through waiata tamariki

Rotu Mihaka - Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa/NZ Childcare Association

This publication describes how early childhood teachers can support the development of te reo Māori through waiata > find out more

Using counter-examples to enhance learners’ understanding of undergraduate mathematics

Sergiy Klymchuk - AUT University

This publication describes the use of counter-examples as a pedagogical strategy to improve students’ conceptual understanding of mathematics, reduce common misconceptions, and enhance students’ critical thinking skills > find out more

Using film as a resource for teaching speech writing

Heather Kavan - Massey University

This publication describes how she uses film to help learners enhance their communication skills > find out more

Using stories in human science lectures: Demonstrating relevance

Kevin Stewart - Waikato Institute of Technology

This publication describes the use of stories as a way enhancing learning among a first-year nursing class > find out more

Viewing giftedness through different lenses: Film character analyses

Tracy Riley - Massey University

This publication describes how film character analyses can help pre-service student teachers understand the nature of giftedness > find out more

The Wave: a teaching tool for minimising resistance

Christine Herzog - Auckland Workers' Educational Association

The Wave is an easy to deliver tool to facilitate learning when either the characteristics of learners or the subject matter may generate resistance > find out more

Wonderwebbers - Bringing a virtual workplace experience to online students

Pip Fowler - Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

This video describes Wonderwebbers, a virtual company that is used to assist learners as they develop their web writing skills > find out more