Victeach

Welcome to VicTeach
Welcome to the VicTeach wiki.

We are a staff-led group, who meet one or two times a month, interested in learning and teaching. The sessions are fairly informal and all are welcome.

Where possible and appropriate, the seminar presentations are streamed and recorded (accessible only to VUW staff) and can be viewed at: Learning and Teaching Collection VStream presentations

Please subscribe to the VicTeach mailing list by sending an email to VicTeach-subscribe@lists.vuw.ac.nz Or visit: http://lists.vuw.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/victeach

For more information on who we are, what we talk about, and when we meet, please read on below...

VicTeach templates for sessions and reporting

 * Session planning and running guide
 * Reporting session and activity outcomes
 * Evaluating sessions and activities

VicTeach Seminars
Click on seminar title for notes and presentations from each session. Where possible, we try to move around campuses and also video and stream sessions to allow people to connect remotely or at a different time.

{| class="wikitable" border="1" ! Date (2016) ! Location ! Topic ! Session coordinator(s) -
 * January
 * Karori campus
 * VicTeach inaugural writing retreat
 * 17 March at 4 pm
 * AM101
 * VicTeach Kick-off celebration
 * VicTeach team
 * May 27, 1 pm
 * AM101
 * Lectures. So what?
 * Suzanne Boniface and Amanda Gilbert
 * 21 June 10-12:30
 * MY632
 * Expectations of First Year Students
 * Jan Stuart and Suzanne Boniface
 * 29 July 2-5pm
 * AM101
 * 7x7 Teaching sharing session
 * Stephen Marshall
 * 31 August 2016 9am to 5pm
 * Government Buildings Lecture Theatre 3, Pipitea campus
 * TeachBaz 2016 (note: not organised by VicTeach but likely to be of interest to many VicTeach members)
 * Stephen Marshall and Jonny Flutey
 * 28th October 1:10-3pm
 * AM102
 * Graduate attributes and links to employment
 * Diane Ormsby
 * 19th October 1:30-3:30
 * KK001
 * First year students' transition to university: What can staff do?
 * Jan Stewart
 * AM102
 * Graduate attributes and links to employment
 * Diane Ormsby
 * 19th October 1:30-3:30
 * KK001
 * First year students' transition to university: What can staff do?
 * Jan Stewart
 * Jan Stewart


 * -}
 * -}

Sessions that were covered in previous years, as well as more information about VicTeach, can be found below.

1. Who we are
 * we are a community-led group of staff interested in developing and sharing best practice in teaching and learning
 * we welcome teaching staff, support staff, graduate students, and anyone else interested in tertiary teaching and learning from any faculty, school, or division
 * all are encouraged to listen, contribute and suggest new topics
 * the sessions are designed to be informal, accessible, and enjoyable
 * for a given topic, we try to profile active teaching staff who have explored the topic in their own classes, relevant support staff and services, and associated theory/ best-practice

2. What we talk about Key themes are : graduate attributes, first year experience, post-graduate experience, pedagogy for a digital world, active learning in large classes, research into teaching, blended learning, modern learning environments, culturally responsive learning environments...

3. When we meet VicTeach holds approximately one event per month connected to teaching and learning. We plan to hold a writing retreat in December or January of each year (the inaugural retreat was held in 2016). Sign up for our mailing list to hear about events.

4. How we communicate and co-ordinate We use the VicTeach mailing list to share messages. Any member of this group can post to the list. Please subscribe by sending an email to VicTeach-subscribe@lists.vuw.ac.nz Or visit: http://lists.vuw.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/victeach

We also have a Yammer group. Access Yammer through the grid of squares at the top right of your Outlook email and search for the VicTeach group

VicTeach has a steering committee. We welcome help with the suggestion of new topic ideas and organisation of individual seminars. Please contact Rhian.Salmon@vuw.ac.nz if you’d like to be involved - or have a chat at one of the seminars.

2013 seminar series homepage

'''5. Seminar recordings Where possible and appropriate, the seminar presentations are recorded and can be viewed at: Learning and Teaching Collection VStream presentations

These pages are maintained by [mailto:Rhian.Salmon@vuw.ac.nz Rhian Salmon]. Please let her know if you see any errors, want to add any information, would like to learn more about the VicTeach, or would like to contribute towards a seminar...