Higher Ed Heroes
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Latest Episodes
Mindfulness and how we can use it for student learning
Mindfulness enjoys a lot of popularity these days. In this episode, we talk to Professor Karen Brounéus (Uppsala University) about how we can integrate mindfulness exercises into our classrooms and how mindfulness can assist student learning. N...
Encouraging students to take risks and experiment
This episode is all about taking risks, not just as teachers, but also as something we can encourage in our students. To take risks and experiment can be liberating and extremely beneficial for learning. Our guest, Associate Professor Helen Mar...
Integrating AI into our lectures, tutorials, and overall learning activities
With most of us having had to already adjust our assessments to the age of AI, the next step on the agenda by universities is to find ways of integrating AI into our lectures, tutorials and overall learning activities. This is new territory for...
Supporting Neurodivergence in the Classroom (Part II)
In this episode, we focus on the values that should guide our approach to supporting neurodivergent students. Our guests are Dr Toby Boyson (University of New South Wales) and Ms Eliza Barry (University of Queensland). Hosted by Al Stark and Se...
Supporting neurodiversity in the classroom
What learning challenges do neurodiverse students face? What simple, but extremely helpful, adjustments can we as teachers make to support them in their learning? Al and Seb talk about these and other questions with researcher and advocate Broo...