Featured Topic: Distance and Flexible Learning
The Resource Centre contains practical material about good teaching and learning in the tertiary sector. The Resources can come from the Communities and Project Groups on the site. The Resources are high-quality, well-presented, evidence-based, and relevant to New Zealand.
Distance and Flexible Learning includes flexible learning and support, blended learning, and technology-assisted learning such as e-learning and m-learning.
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Critical Success Factors for Effective Use of e-Learning with Māori Learners
Posted by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 22 October 2008 - 2:10pm
This project aimed to better understand the critical success factors and pedagogy for effective use of e-learning with Māori learners, and to train educators on the effective use of e-learning for Māori learners.
The Success and Impact of Early Career Academics in Two New Zealand Tertiary Institutions
Posted by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 2 February 2010 - 3:10pm
A report examining the experiences of Early Career Academics. It identifies several processes that contribute to the induction, preparation and meaningful socialisation of ECAs who will be capable of enhancing their students’ educational outcomes and their own academic careers.
Dr Eric Pawson - Tertiary Teaching Excellence Teaching Profile
Posted by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 11 January 2010 - 10:59am
Teaching profile from Dr Eric Pawson (Department of Geography, University of Auckland) - a Sustained Excellence winner 2009
Peer Mentoring of At-Distance Students: A Resource for Tertiary Institutions
Posted by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 8 March 2010 - 3:21pm
This resource is a practical guide for tertiary institutions establishing a student peer-mentoring project. It focuses on the peer mentoring of at-distance students but is also relevant to on-campus student mentoring, and offers particular guidance in the mentoring of Māori students.
Pasifika Students: supporting academic success through the provision of mentoring
Posted by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 10 February 2010 - 2:03pm
This project identifies the success factors that help promote Pasifika student academic success from the perspectives of those most directly involved in the mentoring process - Pasifika students and their lecturers, and the Pasifika mentors themselves.