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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand invites educators, learning and teaching professionals, schools and learning institutions to join the FLANZ community and contribute to the growing discussion, advocacy and change in flexible learning. With the ongoing interest in flexible
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Rob Nelson, Doctor of Professional Practice ākonga in the College of Work Based Learning, Otago Polytechnic Te Pūkenga, facilitated the webinar ‘Collaborating with ChatGPT on your team’ on Thursday, 21 March 2024. In it, he introduced us to a simulation
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The Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ) is seeking submissions for the FLANZ 2024 Conference which will be held between 26 – 28 August 2024 at the Grafton Campus of Waipapa Taumata Rau / University of Auckland. All submissions now due
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Kia ora koutou, The Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ) is seeking submissions for the FLANZ 2024 Conference which will be held between 26 – 28 August 2024 at the Grafton Campus of Waipapa Taumata Rau / University of
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FLANZ has switched to a more straight-forward solution for renewing membership or becoming a member. It has been 5 years since FLANZ changed its underlying website architecture that enables members to manage their membership. Feedback from members told us that
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Empowering education: A glimpse into FLANZ’s APODE Week 2023 We are thrilled to share the success of the Asia-Pacific Online Distance Education (APODE) Week 2023, organised by FLANZ in collaboration with the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA)
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The increasing use and capabilities of the large language model ChatGPT-3.5 (and its successors/imitators) are indicative of the potential of using artificial intelligence (AI) for knowledge-work tasks such as web searching and generating various types of creative literature. This makes
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Context is oftentimes important. For this discussion, I was in a room of early and mid-career university academics with a shared, nascent interest in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). We all worked at a large, research-intensive university
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For sustainable and equitable education in a flexible online distance classroom, design of learning resources should start with understanding needs, wants, and context of each member of a classroom community. So, teaching staff and students can relate to each other
