Siam University

Siam University

Founded in 1965 as a private engineering school, Siam University now offers 53 study programmes across arts and sciences and has forged strong international collaborations with other institutions creating foreign study and research opportunities. Using a “Think Freely, Work Wisely” concept, Siam University’s has embedded activities into its courses design to help graduates understand the importance of sustainable development, locally and globally.

Siam University

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How ‘service learning’ can improve outcomes for students, educators and local communities

A guide to using service learning, in which students oversee projects in the community, to enhance theoretical classroom teaching

Tachagorn Chansema

Siam University

Make mathematics fun to learn

Make mathematics fun and easy to learn for university students

Make mathematics fun and engaging by creating a warm and welcoming class environment and applying lessons to real-life contexts, Pattama Sornkao explains

Pattama Sornkhao

Siam University

Advice on using project-based learning to get students learning away from their screens

Using project-based learning to boost student motivation and engagement

Worapoom Saengkaew shares key lessons from using project-based learning to get students away from their screens and into the real world, boosting their enthusiasm for their studies

Worapoom Saengkaew

Siam University

Advice on university teaching strategies that will develop student employability

Developing student employability within universities

Yhing Sawheny shares effective strategies for higher education institutions to equip students with the skills they need for the workplace

Yhing Sawheny

Siam University

Insight on how community based research projects can motivate students as their apply their learning to real world problems

Using community-based research projects to motivate learning among engineering students

Trithos Kamsuwan explains how community-based research projects can be used to motivate students, creating opportunities to apply principles they have learned in class to solve real-world problems

Trithos Kamsuwan

Siam University

Advice on organising a virtual international student get-together

Lessons from organising a virtual international student camp to develop the next generation of leaders in sustainability

Yhing Sawheny and Ashutosh Mishra offer advice on organising a virtual international event after bringing students together online to hone their leadership skills in sustainability

Yhing Sawheny, Ashutosh Mishra

Siam University

Advice on why and how teaching using your voice only can be effective to reach remote students

How to teach online with voice only

Yutthana Srisavat explains why and how he adapted his teaching to instruct using just his voice via a messenger app, as a way to keep classes accessible to remote students

Yutthana Srisavat

Siam University

Advice on using keywords to aid student memory in your teaching

Teaching with keywords

Chanatip Suksai shares tips for using keywords to help students remember concepts, using the example of public policy for medical students

Chanatip Suksai

Siam University

Three benefits of moving final year assignments online

Three lessons from exhibiting final-year projects online

Dechanuchit Katanyutaveetip describes three unexpected benefits he and his students discovered after they were forced to move the exhibition of their final-year projects online

Dechanuchit Katanyutaveetip

Siam University

Advice on what to put in place to remotely guide and monitor students in work placements

How to support students in work placements remotely

Duminda Jayaranjan and Maruj Limpawattana explain what institutions need to put in place to remotely guide and monitor students on work placements via digital channels

Duminda Jayaranjan, Maruj Limpawattana

Siam University

Advice on how to put the basic tech tools in place to support online learning

Building a tech toolkit to solve online teaching challenges

Duminda Jayaranjan and Kanthima Kongsathitsuwan outline how to build a basic tech toolkit that will support effective online teaching

Duminda Jayaranjan, Kanthima Kongsathitsuwan

Siam University