End of Semester, End of Sanity: A Media Educator’s Debrief

Exams are graded. Projects are in. Sanity is questionable.In this reflective episode of FUNK !T – Mindful Media & Communication, I unpack what worked and what absolutely didn’t in this semester’s media and communication courses across different Unis.We discuss:Why students struggle with engagement—and how field trips and guest lectures save the dayHow AI and roleplay workshops beat traditional lectures every single timeThe real dilemma: How to stay engaging and deliver theoryLessons from the d.school approach and what I’m changing next semesterIt’s raw, real, and slightly too honest for a course evaluation.