The International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), FLANZ, and University of the South Pacific (USP) ICDE invite ICDE and FLANZ members, partners, and relevant associations in Oceania to the next meeting of the Oceania task force of the ICDE Global Advocacy Campaign (GAC) on 25 September 2025 at 9am Fiji/New Zealand.
Register to be part of the conversation.
In this interactive meeting, you will:
- Learn how you can get involved in the GAC for Oceania to make an impact in our region
- Meet the task force lead for Oceania
- Discuss and explore the goals and actions for 2025
- Understand ICDE’s new purpose statement in the context of Oceania
The facilitators
Rajni Kaushal Chand
Dr Rajni Chand is currently the Director for the Centre for Flexible Learning at USP. She also holds the position of the Director of PACFOLD (Pacific Centre for Flexible and Open learning for Development) which is hosted and managed by USP. She is the Vice President of FLANZ and the Oceania focal point for ICDE’s Quality Network. She has more than 25 years of experience of high school and tertiary teaching in the South Pacific region, including Fiji, Australia, and New Zealand as well as broad experience in open, distance and flexible learning. Rajni holds a MA in Applied Linguistics from Griffith University and a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Otago.
Ralph Springett
Ralph Springett is the Manager of the Assessment Centre at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand and the President of FLANZ. Ralph is also a Director at ReGear Learning Ltd, a company providing eLearning resources and strategy advice for vocational training organisations. In the past Ralph represented distance students while studying extramurally at Massey University.