University of Canterbury Emerita Professor of e-Learning and Founding Director of e-Learning Lab. SITE Outstanding Global Educator.

Christchurch, New Zealand
Joined September 2009
Educational Practices during the COVID-19 Viral Outbreak: International Perspectives is useful 2020 compendium published openly on ERIC edited by my ISU PhD grad Sahin & collaborator Shelley. @UCDeFLab @GCSNinAction
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Integrating Technology in Eduction for underserved learners in India continues to evolve successfully👋, congratulations Amina! @UCDeFLab @cete_tiss The evolution of ITE in India | Niki Davis, Amina Charania | Taylor & taylorfrancis.com/chapters/e…
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"up to 1 in 5 New Zealanders may be digitally excluded in some way right now ... most at risk ... have children." @GCSNinAction @UCDeFLab
Towards a Digital Strategy for Aotearoa What actions will be needed to enable all of Aotearoa New Zealand to flourish and prosper in a digital world? Find out what New Zealand communities had to say about our country’s digital future bit.ly/3xbv7jf
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Superb strategy, research and dissemination already supporting life changing conversations Old People's Home For 4 Year Olds | First Look youtu.be/13_rJVvxx_g via @YouTube
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This isn’t about handing out free computers it’s about our government supporting a scaleable and sustainable strategy to close the digital divide in this country. Please sign. Please share. Cc ⁦@chrishipkins⁩ ⁦@DavidClarkNZ⁩ change.org/p/ministry-of-edu…
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An Introduction to Computational Thinking Through Art, Music, and Games learntechlib.org/p/213788/ #LearnTechLib Good to see UVA authors & @SITEconf keen to support K-12 teachers worldwide @UCNZ
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Have you heard ‘2020-12-16 Digital exclusion’ by @speakkorerotia on #SoundCloud? #np soundcloud.com/speakupkorero… - I was part of this panel on digital equity raising awareness of the role of every teacher in literacy and the work of agencies such as GCSN @UCNZ @GCSNinAction #UCeLab
Thanks for prompting review of this equitable framework; IFIP T3 is planning webinars and a follow-up conference #UCeLab @UCNZ
The DQ Framework provides an internationally recognised (IEEE) standard for the definition of Digital Literacy - as a competence (knowledge, skills, attitudes & values) buff.ly/2UHWf7P > Looks good - let's all use it & help make it even better (surveillance capitalism?)
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Free PLD @UCCSEd - A better start to reading online with @edxonline. Check it out! edx.org/course/a-better-star…
Quoted in today's BBC News article celebrating Louise Glück's Nobel Prize for Literature
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UNESCO (2020) poster view "COVID-19: a global crisis for teaching and learning" a valuable global perspective unesdoc.unesco.org/notice?id… #UCeLab
JOFDL COVID special issue out this week promotes #UCeLab evidence based recommendations for resilience by Tull, Dabner & Aybei-Arthur @FlexLearnNZ
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Going back to school during lockdown - my and other Expert Reaction sciencemediacentre.co.nz/202… via @smcnz @abetterstartnz #UCeLab
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xitter.cf/ann_milne's webinar recommending we use the disruption with purpose to colour online education. Within @abetterstartnz describes this as linguistic landscapes of the ‘braided rivers’ of our views and knowledge(s) of emergent bilinguals in a digital world @EBinDW
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Keep them 'connected': Advice for taking learning online from Darren Sudlow of NetNZ, now added to #UCeLab Google doc to support others
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#EBinDW this includes all your languages at home, especially Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand; kia kaha, stay strong please
Distinguished Professor Laura Justice has some advice for parents and guardians to ensure that mokopuna and tamariki are still learning during Covid 19 lockdown. Professor Justice is a collaborator with Professor Gail Gillon's Successful Learning theme. bit.ly/2yFYnm4
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Attention DT TEACHERS: 2020 Scholarships for EDUCATE Programme/ EDEM665 are $2000 hail.to/signal-ict-grad-scho… #UCeLab @UCNZ
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