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On 5 June 2024, Rachel Whalley, MEd, and Dr Lucie Lindsay (FLANZ Executive Committee) shared the history of virtual schooling in Aotearoa New Zealand, through the lens of the Kōtui Ako Virtual Learning Network story. Rachel is ePrincipal with Kōtui Ako VLN (formerly the VLN Primary and OLC) and Lucie is Kōtui Ako VLN Deputy…
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The Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ) will be holding its annual general meeting during the upcoming 2024 FLANZ Conference. The AGM will be held on Tuesday 27 August at 1:00pm. Further details of the venue, attendance options and the AGM agenda will be made available prior to the meeting. Call for nominations FLANZ…
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Taking the Pulse of Distance Learning in Aotearoa New Zealand This webinar will focus on the recent Tuia Te Hononga Tāngata, Tuia Te Hononga Ao: Taking the Pulse of Distance Learning in Aotearoa New Zealand. This report provides a comprehensive national study that examines the regulation, governance, and scope of activity of distance learning providers…
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The Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ) would like to announce the release of the first annual Tuia Te Hononga Tāngata, Tuia Te Hononga Ao: Taking the Pulse of Distance Learning in Aotearoa New Zealand report written by Michael Barbour and Derek Wenmoth. As described by the authors themselves, this report provides a comprehensive national study…
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Reserve your place on this conference workshop in advance as places are limited. Reserve HERE Calligratherapy – Conscious Chinese Calligraphy to Calm our Students and Ourselves Facilitator: Xin Huang | Manager Design Solutions and Quality, Learning Design and Development | Open Polytechnic The purpose of the calligratherapy workshop as a form of professional development is to provide educators with an…
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We are delighted to confirm a workshop for this years FLANZ conference is entitled “Getting published in an academic journal” Academic publishing is competitive and there are a huge range of potential publications you could submit your research to. All of which can be daunting, even for experienced and already published authors. In this workshop,…
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As a digital learning professional with a background in educational technology and teacher education, I have been fortunate to work in various capacities across K-12, higher education, and the EdTech industry. Many people often think that educational technology professionals merely take care of digital technologies. However, educational technology encompasses much more. According to the Association…
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Announcing the title of Rhys Jones’s keynote at this years FLANZ Conference as ‘Radical flexibility: centring relationality and justice in pursuit of emancipatory education’ Rhys Jones (Ngāti Kahungunu) is a Māori public health physician and Associate Professor in Te Kupenga Hauora Māori at Waipapa Taumata Rau / the University of Auckland. He has a leadership role in…
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Kōtui Ako Virtual Learning Network Aotearoa (Kōtui Ako VLN) is a nation-wide schools-based network providing online learning opportunities for school aged students. The kaupapa of Kōtui Ako VLN is to enable equity of access to the curriculum for all New Zealand learners. In this presentation on 5 June 2024, Rachel Whalley and Lucie Lindsay will…
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Missed the deadline and still want to submit? A second call is now open for Full papers, Practice papers, and Poster submissions until Monday 3 June 2024. Successful submissions will be notified by June 21, allowing access to the last week of early bird registration rates. Come and join us in Auckland for the FLANZ…
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The sponsorship opportunities portfolio is available now online for the 2024 FLANZ Conference to be held at Auckland University’s Grafton Campus from the 26-28 August 2024. Join both Auckland University and the Open Polytechnic as key sponsors and share your insights, services and products with delegates. Use this form to make an initial enquiry.
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The 2024 FLANZ Conference will be welcoming Associate Professor Michael Cowling as a keynote. Michael has been an advocate for putting pedagogy before technology for over a decade. Now as President of ASCILITE he aligns this mantra with the continuing push for evolution in both Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) as well as evolving scholarly practice.…
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Opinion Dr Simon Paul Atkinson has spent over thirty years in educational technology, academic development and professional development roles. This blog represents a personal reflection on the part of the author and does not represent an official position on the part of the Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand. The new National-led coalition government in…
