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Our Sister organisation in Australia, ODLAA, is hosting its May 2022 webinar with the title: Effect of online teaching presence on students’ cognitive conflict and engagement. The presenter, Yang Wang, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China will explore his paper published in Distance Education, 42(4), 547-566. This webinar shares findings of a study that explored the…
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The Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ) will be holding its annual general meeting via videoconference on Thursday 09 June at 12:30.(https://us02web.zoom.us/my/flanz) FLANZ invites all members to attend this meeting. AGM agenda (download here) Call for nominations FLANZ is seeking nominations for the 2022-2023 FLANZ Executive Committee. The following named officer positions are: President…
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Webinar Transcript 5th April 2022 The FLANZ webinar ‘Equity and inclusion in flexible learning: Challenges across the sector’(Part 2) offered a lively panel conversation between three leaders in New Zealand’s flexible and online learning and teaching. Claire Amos (Albany Senior High School), Steve Leichtweis (University of Auckland), and Stephen Marshall (Victoria University of Wellington) continued…
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FLANZ will hold part two of the panel conversation ‘Equity and inclusion in flexible learning: Challenges across the sector’ and you are invited to this free webinar. Register for this free webinar on 5 April 2022, 2 – 3pm NZST. We are delighted to be talking again with Claire Amos (Albany Senior High School), Steve Leichtweis (University…
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One of FLANZ’s core purpose is to foster ‘growth, development, research and good practice in distance education, open learning and flexible delivery systems for education’. FLANZ publishes the refereed Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning , runs occasional webinars, and runs a biennial conference. We would like to extend our support to the wider…
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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…
