Ako Aotearoa Southern Hub News

He Aituā

It is with much sadness that I pass on the news that our recent Convenor Associate Professor Richard Duke passed away on Thursday 20 October after a period of illness.
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He Arotahi ki te Hui Whakaako me te Ako 2011 - Spotlight on Teaching and Learning Colloquium 2011

The Hub was pleased to sponsor this event in Dunedin at the end of August.
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He Whakaaturanga Rangahau - Research Extravaganza

Monday 22 August heralded the launch of Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology’s (CPIT) Research Week.
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New hub convenor - Dr Hamish Cochrane

We warmly welcome Dr Hamish Cochrane, Assistant Vice-Chancellor (AVC) Academic, University of Canterbury, to the role of Southern Hub convenor.
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Newly approved project - Enhancing learner clinical placements

The provision of quality clinical placements that reflect the shift in health care delivery from hospital to community care is an ongoing challenge for tertiary institutions’ nursing programmes.
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Newly approved project - Effective use of interactive e-textbooks and e-workbooks on net tablets

Selena Chan’s (Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology) newly approved project, Developing interactive e-textbooks on net tablets, brings together two aspects of learning technologies: mobile learning and e-books.
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Workshops supporting evidence-based teaching and learning

It is a pleasure to report on the Southern Hub funded practitioner’s guide workshops I foreshadowed in Issue 16 of Ako
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Hei Tauira at MAINZ

A beautiful waiata was performed by the eighteen staff from the Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand last week when we disseminated the findings of the Hei Tauira: Teaching and Learning for Success for Māori in Tertiary Settings project published by Ako Aotearoa.
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Recently approved Southern Hub projects

The three significant earthquakes and large number of associated aftershocks experienced in the Canterbury region since 4 September 2010 have required educational organisations to cope with a natural disaster and its consequences.
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The Southern Hub – looking back on 2010 and forward to 2011

The 2010 year was one of consolidation for the Southern Hub in which we focused on increasing the quality of our support for and engagement with our ter
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