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Building the Network for Learning: Commentary by Niki Davis
You may, or may not, be familiar with the Network for Learning (N4L) that is being developed in New Zealand. The potential of such a network is huge, but it requires a collaborative effort to actually make it work. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in All, Social Networking
Tagged Christchurch, Community, future, Network for Learning, New Zealand, virtual learning, Virtual Learning Network, VLN
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A confession, a smartphone, and Māori Language Week
A confession…about a year ago I bought a smartphone (Samsung Galaxy), and I have found it really useful. I must admit, until the point where I had my very own smartphone…and for probably the first couple of weeks … Continue reading
Posted in All, Cultural inclusiveness, mLearning
Tagged Android, Hika Lite, m-learning, mlearning, mobile learning, Māori, Māori language, Māori Language Week, New Zealand
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Scoop from Edsurge: One thing every school needs to make it work – great bandwidth
Fresh off the digital ‘press’ from Edsurge (thanks to Betsy Corcoran and her team), is the (audacious) educationsuperhighway. The article really caught my eye as the initiative in the US seems to have several parallels with the Ultra-fast and Rural … Continue reading
Posted in All, News
Tagged Edsurge, internet, Ministry of Economic Development, New Zealand, United States
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Michael Barbour recently put out the call for submissions for a themed issue for the Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning – to be published in April 2013 on the theme: Primary and Secondary Distance Education: Expanding the knowledge … Continue reading
Posted in All, Blended learning, ICT Enhanced learning and teaching, Research
Tagged articles, cyber school, deanz, Distance Education Association of New Zealand, e-journals, Education, High school, Journal of Open Flexible and Distance Learning, New Zealand, online journals, open access, Research, virtual school
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What can you learn from sore muscles, rain, big hills – and lashings of community support
I was blown away by a post (included in full below) by Marg McPherson, that recounted the efforts of 3 young men who cycled from Timaru to Invercargill in NZ, and whose support crew were 2 dedicated friends. Their efforts … Continue reading
Posted in All, News
Tagged adversity, Cancer, Community, cycle, cycling, Invercargill, New Zealand, Prostate Cancer Foundation, team, Timaru
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The future of Distance Education?
education (Photo credit: Sean MacEntee) This was the Executive panel session for DEANZ 2012, and it was kicked off with the suggestion that the Distance should be taken out of education and it should just be called education. However, there … Continue reading
The eLearning Planning Framework in action
Karen Melhuish kicked off the session by introducing some discussion and thinking about eLearning and what the various terminology might mean. “eLearning is learning and teaching that is facilitated by or supported through the appropriate use of ICTs”, and eMaturity … Continue reading
Appropriate education performance indicators for ODL organisations
This was the first keynote to open the second day of the DEANZ conference 2012, in Wellington, NZ. Caroline Seelig is Chief Executive of the Open Polytechnic of NZ. Not everything that can be counted counts, not everything that counts … Continue reading
Great news for the deaf and hearing impaired communities in NZ
This post was shared by Eddie Reisch in early January – a great start to 2012 Sky launches captioning on 13 channels The post reads “It’s a giant step forward for the deaf and hearing impaired communities on February 1st … Continue reading
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Tagged access, Closed Caption, closed captions, deafness, hearing impaired, Hearing impairment, New Zealand, SEN, special education needs
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New Zealand’s proposed Network for Learning
At the end of 2011 Rachel Roberts reported on an important meeting that she attended in connection with the New Zealand Network for Learning initiative, which will “progressively from 2013, …provide schools with affordable, safe, ultra-fast internet access as well … Continue reading
