Teach like everyone’s watching S01E05 - Coming to Africa

Teach like everyone’s watching S02E02 - Digital teaching tools

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.

Teach like everyone’s watching S02E01 - Stories from the classroom: Owen Tong

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 [https://tinyurl.com/mwxwc64t] For any questions or feedback, you can reach me at poon.leung@unsw.edu.au

Teach like everyone's watching S01E06 - Aligning Assessment: Thinking outside the box

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 [https://uwaterloo.ca/scholar/dkchisho/blog] For any questions or feedback, you can reach me at poon.leung@unsw.edu.au

Teach like everyone’s watching S01E05 - Coming to Africa

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

Teach like everyone’s watching S01E04 - Stories from the classroom: Carolyn Mazariego

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 [https://tinyurl.com/2sdf48t8] For any questions or feedback, you can reach me at poon.leung@unsw.edu.au