Generative AI and New Zealand
The Generative AI panel discussion held at academyEX on the evening of August 3, 2023 offered a range of perspectives on emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology and what it means …
A New Perspective on Plagiarism in Higher Education
Plagiarism is a hot topic, but we’ve completely missed the point. That’s according to Professor Sioux McKenna, who recently delivered an extremely thought-provoking presentation on this contentious issue called “Plagiarism …
Journey into Online Course Development
As part of my efforts to make science fiction scholarship more accessible, I have begun the journey into online course development and created a mini-course called “Dune 101” based on …
WomenTech Global Conference 2022 Takeaways
The WomenTech Global Conference 2022 (#WTGC2022) was a breath of fresh air mid-year, as it has been for the past couple of years. Although I am only able to attend sessions …
Demystifying Academic Publishing
Academic publishing can feel like a labyrinthine game where you are unsure of the rules and complexities around aspects such as editorial and peer review, contracts, access options, and more. …
Flatland: The Movie in Science Fiction Class
The 2007 animated short film Flatland: The Movie featuring the voices of Martin Sheen and Kristen Bell appears to be a popular teaching tool in math classes because it includes angles …
Shakespeare through Digital Humanities Textual Analysis
I wanted to briefly introduce students to Digital Humanities in an introductory-level Shakespeare course I was helping teach, partly because they might not hear about it otherwise and partly because …
Ethnography Activity for The Left Hand of Darkness
One of the main issues in Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) is ethnography and its limitations. The main character Genly Ai is an ambassador …
Shakespeare in a Mug Teaching Activity
For my first time helping to teach an introductory-level Shakespeare course, I found a good icebreaker activity from Stefanie Jochman on the Teaching Shakespeare Folger Education blog. It’s called Shakespeare …
Embedding Employability into University Courses
Teaching Week session on “Embedding Employability in Our Classes” University of Canterbury June 9, 2016 This session was an enlightening experience, with four employers invited to share what they were …