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Size Only Matters if You Have Vision: An Exploration of An Urban E-Learning Cluster
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Barbour, Michael; Siko, Jason – Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2019
Historically, primary and secondary distance education in New Zealand has focused on providing opportunities for rural students. With the advent of Tomorrow's Schools in 1989, the need for rural schools to compete with urban schools in terms of their curricular offerings was one reason for creating e-learning clusters that would eventually become…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Electronic Learning, Secondary Schools, Virtual Classrooms
Keynote: FarNet Ten Years On--The Past, Present, and Future for Distance Learners
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Alexander-Bennett, Carolyn – Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2016
This think piece by Carolyn Alexander-Bennett is a reflection of her keynote speech at DEANZ2016 conference, which was held from 17-20th April at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. In her speech Carolyn revisits the issues, developments, and technology trends that led to the birth of FarNet (an online cluster of schools catering for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
Hermeneutics as a Methodological Resource for Understanding Empathy in On-Line Learning Environments
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Walshaw, Margaret; Duncan, Wayne – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2015
Hermeneutics is both a philosophical tradition and a methodological resource. In this qualitative study, hermeneutics provided, simultaneously, a framework and a methodology for understanding empathy in synchronous multimedia conferencing. As a framework for the design of the study, hermeneutics supported the overriding objective to understand the…
Descriptors: Hermeneutics, Empathy, Educational Environment, Online Courses
Putting the PLE into PLD: Virtual Professional Learning and Development
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Owen, Hazel – Journal of Educators Online, 2014
The range of affordances that a virtual environment offers can provide opportunities for more formal Professional Learning and Development (PLD) that has flexibility of choice, time and approach for educators. It was this potential that inspired the design of the Virtual Professional Learning and Development (VPLD) program that was instigated in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Online Courses, Faculty Development, Virtual Classrooms
Networked Inquiry Learning in Secondary Science Classrooms
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Williams, John; Cowie, Bronwen; Khoo, Elaine; Saunders, Kathy; Taylor, Simon; Otrel-Cass, Kathrin – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2013
This research project aimed to understand and explore the ways electronically networked (e-networked) tools can support authentic science inquiry in junior secondary classrooms in order to address concerns about student engagement in science. The research questions for this study were: (1) What are the existing ideas, experiences and visions that…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Secondary School Science, Learner Engagement
Technological Constraints and Implementation Barriers of Using Videoconferencing for Virtual Teaching in New Zealand Secondary Schools
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Lai, Kwok-Wing; Pratt, Keryn – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2009
Nine New Zealand secondary schools participated in the OtagoNet project, using videoconferencing technologies to deliver courses to multiple sites. This paper reports findings from a study conducted between 2001 and 2004 to evaluate the effectiveness of OtagoNet. It was found that videoconferencing technology had a significant impact on pedagogy…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Teaching Styles, Distance Education, Interaction