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Kōtuitui July Pānui

By Jenni Hammonds

Reflections as a learner by Jenni Hammonds I drew several parallels between attending the NZALT conference as a participant and students attending school. When thinking about what to include in this article, these parallels seem equally as important to what I garnered from workshops. Read more

Tūhononga o ngā tangata mōhio ipurangi Building capability in online learning and teaching through Networks of Expertise. This month we highlight research and PLD that focuses on learner-centred programme design and the experiences of learners in both synchronous and asynchronous environments. Read about Jen Hammonds’ experience at NZALT conference in the July break, and the parallels she draws between feeling engaged as an adult and the engagement we expect from our learners in schools. Several of our members attended the FLANZ webinar, Embedding Interactivity Successfully into Courses. Read about the ways academic research shows us that programme design should centre on learners first, not content. View the webinar on demand. One of our eLearners shares their online learning journey in an article that explains how she adapted to a flexible course, designed with her in mind. Discover and participate in new worlds, in a Metaverse Interest Group. This interest group will focus on how VR and associated applications could positively impact online education. Coming up in August there is a workshop on adapting a programme for online learning. Seesaw, Fligrid and Zoom all have great tools to meet the needs of our online learners. For our new eTeachers across our organisations we have specific PLD next Wednesday 3rd August. The focus will be how to build confidence and capability with our learners in real-time sessions. Until next time, Ngā mihi The NEX Kōtuitui team

Reflections as a learner I drew several parallels between attending the NZALT conference as a participant and students attending school. When thinking about what to include in this article, these parallels seem equally as important to what I garnered from workshops. Read more

FLANZ: Embedding interactivity successfully into courses The Flexible Learning Association of Aotearoa (FLANZ) has shared professional experiences in online-programme design this month. Several of our members attended and report back: Read more

Eleanor’s story I decided to do online Art History in year 13 because nothing else would fit in my timetable. I had never taken it before and was prepared for it to be dry and hard to engage with. Instead, it was one of my favourite subjects – and the learning was all online. Read more

The Metaverse: Implications for Education The concept of virtual worlds is nothing new. Who can remember Second life? However, the technology may be rapidly catching up with the concept. Virtual Worlds are becoming a normal part of many of our learners lives. However, to what extent are we exploring this in education? And, more specifically, what are the implications for online education? Read more

Interactive Learning Workshop A workshop developed for language learning is now available to our network in August. Read more

New tips for eTeachers This August a PLD session will be run for new eTeachers in our network. Read more

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