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2021 may have proven to be only slightly less challenging than 2020. If only because some disruption and tumult were expected. All sectors of education continued to make adjustments to their practices, embed new processes and look to long-term solutions. FLANZ is also developing to handle future challenges.
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https://youtu.be/dhLvxfK-8K0 FLANZ’s second webinar to mark APODE week, held on 4 November 2021, was a panel featuring Claire Amos (Albany Senior High School), Steve Leichtweis (University of Auckland), and Stephen Marshall (Victoria University of Wellington). Chaired by Kwong Nui Sim (AUT), the panel discussion was as profound and insightful as it was for reaching. A…
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‘Lessons from Learners: Students’ Insights on Effective Learning Online‘, this APODE Week webinar featured three leading scholars working in online distance education with a strong learner focus to their work. The panel discussed lessons that we have learnt from learners and other valuable insights into the online learning experience from a student perspective. Recording will…
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https://youtu.be/pKTZ8kH5aYo Trish Chaplin-Cheyne (Otago Polytechnic) delivered the first webinar of APODE 2021. Trish outlined the role of ICDE OER Ambassadors in advancing the cause of widespread OER adoption across the world. Full transcript is available here This webinar is the first of two hosted by Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ) for APODE Week 2021.…
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https://youtu.be/wGy4nHrTnfM Welcome to the inaugural Asia-Pacific Online and Distance Education Week. A collaboration between ODLAA (Open and Distance Learning Association Australia), timed to coincide with global events in November held by the European Distance Education Network (EDEN) and the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA).
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Monday 1 November FLANZ EVENT Equity and Inclusion using Open Educational Resources Monday 1st November 2021: 1130-1230 NZT (Wellington, NZ) Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research materials aimed at enabling educators to retain, remix, revise, reuse, and redistribute them for free and in perpetuity. With the recent demands made on educators to…
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This webinar is the fourth in a week of webinars held jointly with ODLAA to mark Asia-Pacific Online and Distance Education Week (APODE). Events in conjunction with (EDEN) European Distance Education Week and (USDLA) United States Distance Learning Association Education Week. This webinar invites four expert perspectives on the question of how the challenges and…
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This webinar is the first in a week of webinars held jointly with ODLAA to mark Asia-Pacific Online and Distance Education Week (APODE). Events in conjunction with (EDEN) European Distance Education Week and (USDLA) United States Distance Learning Association Education Week. Monday 1st November 2021: 1130-1230 NZT (Wellington, NZ) Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching,…
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Invited Contribution Kalika Kastein, National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies “We live in such an amazing world. Things that we thought would be science fiction exist, where you can reach everything at every time, any time,” stated Diane Von Furstenberg in a promotional video for Google Glass.[1] Wearable technologies, like Google Glass, have evolved…
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We have received a few notices since we emailed the August/September 2021 newsletter out to all members on the 31st August. Here are some recently submitted updates. Open Access Journals International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (IRRODL) – Issue Vol 22 No3 (2021) Webinars Transforming Assessment. Next session: 6 Oct 2021: Using…
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Invited Contribution Tino Maduku, recent Masters Graduate of Gachon University, South Korea, outlines their personal experience of ’emergency remote teaching’ as a consequence of COVID-19. Their ability to customise and personalise the experience is noteworthy.
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JOFDL publishes articles from around the world relating to primary research investigations, literature reviews, the application of open education innovations, and experiences of blended learning as well as teaching at a distance in any sector of education or training. Theoretical and empirically-based research articles as well as case studies of practice and book reviews are…
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Video recordings of many of the presentations and workshops delivered the 2021 FLANZ conference held at Victoria University of Wellington on the 14/15 April are now accessible for members. The video are hosted by ETV and have been linked to (and embedded) on a Members-Only page at: https://flanz.org.nz/membership/members-area/presentations-2021/ . This page is accessible from the…
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The proceedings for the 2021 FLANZ conference held at Victoria University of Wellington on the 14/15 April have now been edited and are now available publicly. Accessible here – https://flanz.org.nz/professional-pathways/2021-conference-proceedings/– or by visiting the FLANZ exploring the options under the main menu item entitled ‘Conference’.
