Tag Archives: access

Fibre to the gate is only half the story. How about affordable high-speed Internet?

Posted on August 5, 2012 by ictenhancedlearningandteaching

Access to the Internet appears to be one of the key sticking points for those students who are based in the lowest socio-economic communities. While this factor seems to be pretty logical, maybe it is less obvious that low decile … Continue reading →

Posted in All, Blended learning, News | Tagged access, Broadband Internet access, Digital divide, Education Ministry, equity, ethics, internet, Labour, Rachel Roberts, School, Socio-Economic Decile | Leave a comment

The Digital Divide: Agree or disagree?

Posted on July 9, 2012 by ictenhancedlearningandteaching

I found this video quite thought provoking, although I’m not sure I agree with all of the major points made (especially the broad brush ‘false’ statements, as I think much of what was being stated is way more sophisticated than … Continue reading →

Posted in All | Tagged access, Digital divide, equity, internet, skills, Solution, Technology | Leave a comment

An evolving relationship – data and privacy

Posted on June 29, 2012 by ictenhancedlearningandteaching

In the last week or so a conversation has been underway in a listerv of which I am a member, related to the gnarly question of where the data about students is stored. Should it be locally in schools or … Continue reading →

Posted in All, e-learning, Online safety | Tagged access, cloudcomputing, cybersafety, data, data storage, Google, Law, legal, legislation, online safety, personal, Privacy, private, Protocols, responsibility, rights, Security, Service | Leave a comment

Learners’ Participation, Retention and Success in e-learning: Some findings

Posted on March 2, 2012 by ictenhancedlearningandteaching

Rachel Roberts shared the following post in another community, and I felt it was too valuable a resource not to pass on…and thanks, Rachel 🙂 “By way of Michael; DEANZ – this elearning report out on Education Counts. Though this is tertiary research there is much … Continue reading →

Posted in All, e-learning, Research | Tagged access, Annotated bibliography, deanz, distance, distance education, E-learning, Education, elearning, equity, isolation, online teaching, online tutoring, Rachel Roberts, Research, retention | Leave a comment

Great news for the deaf and hearing impaired communities in NZ

Posted on February 6, 2012 by ictenhancedlearningandteaching

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 →

Posted in All | Tagged access, Closed Caption, closed captions, deafness, hearing impaired, Hearing impairment, New Zealand, SEN, special education needs | Leave a comment

Nigel Bailey speaks about Blended Learning

Posted on August 2, 2011 by ictenhancedlearningandteaching

In this video Nigel Bailey speaks about blended learning, and gives some examples of some of the issues as well as some of the positives that he is encountering while using the approach with his students. Formats available: Flash Video … Continue reading →