I learnt it is not enough to know about innovative
teaching and learning strategies, but above all it is imperative to use
contextually relevant strategies with proper execution – Dr. Yasmin Parpio, Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing and Midwifery
The Network of Teaching and Learning (TL_net) held their 7th Teaching and Learning Enhancement Workshop (TLEW) from June 19th to 21st, 2019 at Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan. 26 members from different disciplines across AKU attended the workshop's diverse and interactive group sessions. This workshop aimed to enhance participating faculty's competence and confidence as facilitators and engage them in reflecting on their teaching practices.
"[TLEW] is an amazing workshop – one of the best I've experienced in my 10-year life at AKU. By amazing, I mean that the kind of active and participatory learning I experienced provided me with the opportunity to fully engage in the activities. Just imagine, if our students were to experience the same environment, their productivity, ability to perform, and talents would go beyond our expectations," said Sohail Bawani, Senior Instructor in the department of Community Health Sciences at AKU. "I believe that in everybody there is a learner and it needs to be awakened through proper stimulation. That's what this workshop did for me and I am excited to transfer it to my students. TLEW gave me the idea that the condition within which learning happens is more important than the content itself. We teachers have to strive to create such conditions where learning can thrive on its own, without reinforcing it".
The three-day workshop provided participants with a safe learning environment in which faculty members could openly experiment with the new teaching and learning techniques presented to them. Each day began with participants engaging in a large group session before breaking out into more personal small group mini-lessons where peer-feedback was highly encouraged. "The workshop was beautifully executed to bring together teaching & learning practices. I appreciated the discussion regarding giving and receiving feedback and BOPPPS framework" said Dr. Yasmin Parpio, Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at AKU. "The workshop greatly expanded my learning around best teaching practices and the AKU teaching and learning framework."
Participants left the workshop feeling prepared to apply their new teaching and learning strategies, as one participant wrote in their post-workshop evaluation: "After attending TLEW, I can clearly see a shift of confidence (at a higher side) in my teaching and learning practices".
I learnt it is not enough to know about innovative
teaching and learning strategies, but above all it is imperative to use
contextually relevant strategies with proper execution – Dr. Yasmin Parpio, Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing and Midwifery
The Network of Teaching and Learning (TL_net) held their 7th Teaching and Learning Enhancement Workshop (TLEW) from June 19th to 21st, 2019 at Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan. 26 members from different disciplines across AKU attended the workshop's diverse and interactive group sessions. This workshop aimed to enhance participating faculty's competence and confidence as facilitators and engage them in reflecting on their teaching practices.
"[TLEW] is an amazing workshop – one of the best I've experienced in my 10-year life at AKU. By amazing, I mean that the kind of active and participatory learning I experienced provided me with the opportunity to fully engage in the activities. Just imagine, if our students were to experience the same environment, their productivity, ability to perform, and talents would go beyond our expectations," said Sohail Bawani, Senior Instructor in the department of Community Health Sciences at AKU. "I believe that in everybody there is a learner and it needs to be awakened through proper stimulation. That's what this workshop did for me and I am excited to transfer it to my students. TLEW gave me the idea that the condition within which learning happens is more important than the content itself. We teachers have to strive to create such conditions where learning can thrive on its own, without reinforcing it".
The three-day workshop provided participants with a safe learning environment in which faculty members could openly experiment with the new teaching and learning techniques presented to them. Each day began with participants engaging in a large group session before breaking out into more personal small group mini-lessons where peer-feedback was highly encouraged. "The workshop was beautifully executed to bring together teaching & learning practices. I appreciated the discussion regarding giving and receiving feedback and BOPPPS framework" said Dr. Yasmin Parpio, Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at AKU. "The workshop greatly expanded my learning around best teaching practices and the AKU teaching and learning framework."
Participants left the workshop feeling prepared to apply their new teaching and learning strategies, as one participant wrote in their post-workshop evaluation: "After attending TLEW, I can clearly see a shift of confidence (at a higher side) in my teaching and learning practices".