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Workshop ‘Working together for change: Digital education meets the climate and nature emergencies’ In light of the climate and nature crises, Neil Selwyn (2021) issued a call to ‘reimagine educational technology as a focus for collective action rather than individual gain’. In
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Panel conversation ‘Gen AI past its hype…and its impact on education in Aotearoa New Zealand’ We are convening a panel for a conversation around generative AI now that it’s passed its peak hype according to the latest Gartner Hype Cycle for
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Open Access Week 2024 (Oct 21-27, 2024) will continue the call to put “Community over Commercialization” and prioritize approaches to open scholarship that serve the best interests of the public and the academic community. Openness can create pathways to more
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Keynote address from Associate Professor Michael A. Cowling at the 2024 FLANZ Conference entitled “Pedagogy Beyond Technology: exploring the complex relationship between Technology Enhanced Learning and Scholarly Practice” (86 mins)
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The 2024 FLANZ conference was held on the Grafton Campus at the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences on 26-28 August. We shared, discussed, and attended workshops on Flexible Learning across the sectors. The Full Proceedings are
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https://jofdl.nz/index.php/JOFDL/issue/view/55The editorial focusses on we believe are mergent themes in ODFL. There are three primary studies, from Carolyn Rood and Michael Barbour entitled ‘Virtual Learning for Māori Students’, a reflection of sensemaking in a South African context from Piera Biccard
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The 30th ICDE World Conference will be held in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand from 10 to 13 November 2025. The theme for the conference is Ako: Exchanging ideas for inclusive, scalable, and sustainable education. The conference takes the Māori concept of ‘ako’ (or reciprocity in
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Posted on 28 August 2024 at Open Polytechnic Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, and New Zealand’s leading tertiary online learning institution, is proud to sponsor and be involved in this year’s Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ)
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In July 2024, FLANZ’s former president and current secretary, Ralph Springett, presented alongside Associate Professor Chris Deneen at a joint event organised by ASCILITE and Turnitin, titled “Navigating the Ethical Terrain of AI and Research Integrity.” Ralph shared compelling insights
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Doing Doctoral Research at a Distance: Flourishing in Off-Campus, Hybrid, and Remote Pathways ISBN 9781032368474 204 Pages Published May 16, 2024 by Routledge NZ$44.99 Katrina McChesney (University of Waikato, NZ), James Burford (University of Warwick, UK), Liezel Frick (Stellenbosch University, South
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We’d like to invite you to join us for our three events during the Asia-Pacific Online Distance Education (APODE) week between 12 and 15 November 2024. This year’s theme is ‘Sustainable education practices’. APODE Week takes place in parallel to
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Final day of the 2024 Conference closed today. It was a fascinating academic programme, rich in diversity. The final session of the day explored the future of FLANZ, and President Nathaniel Louwrens facilitated an open dialogue with delegates. Collectively the
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Over two and half days of the FLANZ Conference in Auckland there has been lots of conversations, meeting or minds, polite disagreements, and networking amongst delegates. We can’t claim that deals were done but there was certainly some lively discourse.
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Ob3 is a reconceptualisation of dialogue and engagement around learning content. Explore this dynamic technological innovation here FLANZ was grateful for the contribution of Ob3 to this years conference.
