Teach Like Everyone’s Watching

In the second episode of season 2, I chat with Alicia Jacenko, a staff developer from the Education Portfolio at the UNSW Business School. Alicia shares her expertise on how she integrates H5P and Microsoft Teams into her teaching, as well as her tips on choosing the right tool for the job. We also chat about purpose, getting feedback from students, and future-oriented thinking.

We kick off season 2 with a "Story from the Classroom" mega episode. Today, I speak with Owen Tong from Real Value Consulting, who brings over a decade of combined experience from insurance and consulting. Owen shares some of his reflections about his own journey in becoming a professional, and we chat about happiness, following your moral compass, and career/mental pivoting.
Owen's profile: https://tinyurl.com/mwxwc64t
For any questions or feedback, you can reach me at poon.leung@unsw.edu.au

In a backdated sixth episode from the AFRIC2023 conference in Zimbabwe, I chat with Diana Skrzydlo from the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo. She shared a wealth of knowledge at the conference in a talk titled "Aligning Assessment for Aspiring Actuaries", and I just had to find out more.
Diana's profile: https://uwaterloo.ca/scholar/dkchisho/home
Diana's blog: https://uwaterloo.ca/scholar/dkchisho/blog
For any questions or feedback, you can reach me at poon.leung@unsw.edu.au

In a special fifth episode, I speak with my colleague Jonathan Ziveyi and the esteemed Blessing Mudavanhu about the upcoming AFRIC conference in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. We hear about some of the actuarial education and industry challenges in Africa, and how this conference is well positioned to open a doorway of collaboration into this region.
For any questions or feedback, you can reach me at poon.leung@unsw.edu.au

Our fourth episode is another "Story from the Classroom", where we hear about individual experiences from all across teaching. I chat with Carolyn Mazariego, who has extensive background in cancer research and has recently made the jump into the School of Population Health at UNSW. Carolyn shares some laughs, complaints, and reflections in building and delivering her own course, and also talks about our greater purpose behind teaching.
Carolyn's profile: https://tinyurl.com/2sdf48t8
For any questions or feedback, you can reach me at poon.leung@unsw.edu.au

This episode is the first of our "Stories from the Classroom" series. This series explores individual experiences from all across teaching, and gives us insights into some of the stories out there. Today I chat with James Stevens, an early-career academic from the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at UNSW. James shares his story, some of the challenges he's encountered in teaching, and some of his teaching philosophies.
James' profile: https://tinyurl.com/3phvcfdf
For any questions or feedback, you can reach me at poon.leung@unsw.edu.au

In the second episode of "Teach Like Everyone's Watching, I chat with Prashan Karunaratne, the Course Director for the Bachelor of Commerce at Macquarie University, about Employability and Work-Integrated Learning (WIL). Prashan shares some of his insights into what employers are after in today's workplace, and how to being these ideas into the classroom.
Prashan's profile: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/prashan-karunaratne
For any questions or feedback, you can reach me at poon.leung@unsw.edu.au

In this episode, I chat with my colleagues Kevin Liu and Andres Villegas Ramirez about ChatGPT and similar generative AI, and its impacts on how we approach education.We outline some of the common responses we are already seeing from the education sector, from outright bans by some Australian state governments to early adopters. We then explore some of the benefits and challenges of these approaches, and look into the long term to see what the future may hold.Despite the doom and gloom some sources are spruiking, we have great hope for where these AI tools might take us, and I hope that after hearing our thoughts, you also share our optimism!For any questions or feedback, you can reach me at poon.leung@unsw.edu.auKevin's profile: https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/kevin-liuAndres' profile: https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/andres-villegas-ramirez