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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 and @Ningi Sibisi, and an insight into supporting critical thinking skills in online learning from…
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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 learning and teaching, the exchange of ideas) as its touchstone. The design of inclusive, scalable,…
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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) conference, which started on Monday at the University of Auckland. The FLANZ 2024 conference theme…
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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 about the complexities and evolving challenges in maintaining academic integrity in an era increasingly influenced…
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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 Africa) and Tseen Khoo (Deakin University, Australia) are pleased to share a recently published book,…
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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 the European Open and Digital Learning Week (EODLW), organised by EDEN Digital Learning Europe. This…
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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 delegates felt FLANZ needed to increase its advocacy role, but the work of the blog,…
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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.
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Dr Xin Huang (Open Polytechnic) ran a fascinating, reflective and reaffirming workshop for delegates in which participants were introduced to the basics of Chinese calligraphy. It was a designed as a respite, but generated some intense conversation about cultural perspectives and communication norms.
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Day one of the FLANZ conference kicked off with Associate Professor Rhys Jones’s keynote ‘Radical flexibility: centring relationality and justice in pursuit of emancipatory education’. Touching on pedagogies of discomfort, confronting colonialism and kaupapa Māori pedagogies. In the context of overlapping crisis, from economic recession, climate change and biodiversity collapse, Rhys argued for the need…
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We are delighted to announce that Anthology is a Conference Sponsor for the 2024 FLANZ biennial conference to be held at the Grafton Campus of University of Auckland from the 26-28 August. Anthology, probably best know in our community as the current developers on the Blackboard eco-system, is advocating an innovative EdTech ecosystem, with built-in…
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Conference Workshop 11.00-12.00 Monday 26th August – Register for the Conference Today The large scale of first-year courses at the University of Auckland Business School attracts a sizeable volume of often repetitive administrative questions. This is understandable given the transition to university challenges faced by many students, but answering large numbers of non-disciplinary queries consumes…
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On 25 July 2024, Dr Michael Barbour and Derek Wenmonth presented their report ‘Tuia Te Hononga Tāngata, Tuia Te Hononga Ao: Taking the Pulse of Distance Learning in Aotearoa New Zealand‘ in a FLANZ webinar. Their report provides a comprehensive national study that examines the regulation, governance, and scope of activity of distance learning providers…
