Engineering the Future Workforce

Technology Trends and Teaching During a Pandemic

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Staying relevant in technology is important now more than ever, especially for an Information Systems professor at the university level, like Sabine Matook.


Sabine grew up in Germany where she studied Information Technologies and has since gained prestige as an Information Systems professor of 16 years at the University of Queensland in Australia. She teaches thousands of students the fundamentals of Information Systems with a particular focus on the development of technology and how it is applied. Her global academic experience has taught her the ins and outs of diverse teaching and learning styles which she applies to her classroom. 


Although COVID-19 has provided teachers with many roadblocks, Sabine has handled the transition to online teaching with innovation and positivity. 


Listen in to Sabine explaining relevance in technology, teaching during COVID-19, and her own teaching philosophies. 


Questions I Ask: 

  • Can you tell us about your background? (00:48)
  • How do you stay relevant as a technology educator? (2:46)
  • Have you had any opportunities to attend virtual conferences in the past few months? (4:04) 
  • Have you had to change your teaching style at all? (8:10)
  • Can you expand more on how you use technology in the classroom specifically as it relates to Mendix and providing scenarios for your students? (11:04)
  • What can we learn from how students learn differently around the world? (18:05)
  • What advice do you have for students? (23:36)


    • In this Episode, You Will Learn: 

    • What Sabine does at the University of Queensland (1:44)
    • The importance of conferences for Sabine (3:47)
    • How COVID-19 is affecting academics and the University of Queensland in particular (4:41)
    • Sabine’s teaching philosophy (11:29)
    • Why Sabine is a big fan of Mendix and how she uses it in teaching (14:05)
    • Some insights offered by Sabine on various learning styles (18:49)
    • How learning styles are being translated through online learning during COVID-19 (20:24)


      • Connect with Sabine 

      • LinkedIn
      • University of Queensland

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