Learning and Teaching Ambassadors

Meike Rombach is a Senior Lecturer in Horticultural Marketing in the Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce. Meike’s project for the Learning and Teaching Ambassadors Programme is “Aʻoaʻoga e tali atu i aganuʻu – Approaches to culturally responsive teaching for Pasifika learners. Meike will share knowledge and provide guidance on integrating diverse cultural perspectives into learning and teaching through workshops, a video and/or podcast series, and written resources.

Nic Lees is a Senior Lecturer in Agribusiness in the Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce. Nic’s project for the Learning and Teaching Ambassadors Programme is “Preparing students for an AI-driven future: Teaching AI skills and developing career-ready AI competencies”. Nic will share knowledge and provide guidance to help other staff effectively integrate AI into their courses through the development of resource guides and delivery of workshops.

Nik Lehto is an Associate Professor of Environmental Chemistry in the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Nik’s project for the Learning and Teaching Ambassadors Programme is “Using video lectures to support deep learning of scientific concepts”. Nik will share knowledge and provide guidance through a written guide and workshops.

Faith Jeremiah is a Lecturer in Business Management (Entrepreneurship and Innovation) in the Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce. Faith’s project is “Learning New Ways of Learning with Artificial Intelligence”. Faith will develop resources that will demystify Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how it can be used in learning and teaching.

Karine Hendriks is a Senior Tutor in Agriculture in the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Karine's project is “Implementing interactive tools to engage students”. Karine will develop resources that highlight the benefits of interactive tools for teaching and provide guidance on how to use the interactive tools. Karine will also provide assistance to teaching staff to help them implement interactive tools in the classroom and on their Akoraka | Learn course page.

Nada Toueir is a Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture in the Faculty of Environment, Society and Design. Nada’s project is “Using the Lincoln University Arboretum for Plant Identification”. Nada will develop resources that enable the use of the campus Arboretum, a Living Laboratory, as a teaching space where students learn to identify native and exotic plants through plant walks, learn how to maintain and work around plants with hands-on experience, and learn about biodiversity by planting the right species to invite more native birds and invertebrates.

Richard Moreham is a Lecturer in Applied Computing in the Faculty of Environment, Society and Design. Richard’s project is “Video and visuals for teaching computing concepts”. Richard will develop resources and methods for communicating computing concepts via short videos, animated videos or animated gifs, and will explore tools and practical guidelines for students to submit assessments via video.  He will also develop a series of videos on basic computing and MS Office tasks for both Windows and Mac users.