This project explores the experiences of Te Pūkenga-BCITO (Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation) apprentices since the 2021 introduction of a Learning Management System (LMS) called MyBCITO.

Engaging construction apprentices in the online environment – Ako Aotearoa

Get the tips, tricks and resources you need to create successful online learning experiences for farming, forestry, horticulture and fishery learners in New Zealand.

Whether it’s social connections, designing and running classrooms, diverse needs, or digital connectivity; the technology-enabled website has over 150 solutions.

https://techenabledlearning.nz/

LearningWorks, a subsidiary of Wintec Limited, design, develop and deliver quality teaching and learning. He whakairo, he whakatū, he whakaputa akoranga. They support TEOs to embed what’s worked well and improve what hasn’t during the COVID-19 Alert Levels when getting your training online.

Engaging your learners. It’s not just a band-aid fix.

To support you LearningWorks have made freely available this interactive learning resource. Complete the form to sign up.

Massey University are offering the following resources for students. They are available in English and te reo Māori. Please request a copy to modify the resources for your own institution.

• Kia Kaha: Supporting your move online (English version)
• Te Nekehanga Kia Kaha: Te Taunaki i tō mahi a tuihono (te reo Māori version)

Staff resources are also available to view. 

• Whanaungatanga: Building relationships with first-year online students (Dr Ella Kahu)

 The importance of Whanaungatanga online_Massey Uni Summary (PDF 125 KB) (PDF, 125 Kb)

University of Otago has kindly given TEOs permission to use and or adapt this Adjusting your study habits for learning online (PDF 130 KB) (PDF, 130 Kb) study at home guide.

Free ebooks published by staff from the University of Waikato

• Bonk & Khoo (2014). Adding some TEC-VARIETY: 100+ activities for motivating and retaining learners online – this e-handbook gives online lecturers ideas of different ways (100 online pedagogical activities) to meaningfully engage students across different disciplines. Online lecturers can start by referring to the summary table in Chapter 15 for the list of 100 activities and go back to any of the earlier chapters for more explanation on how to use them. Each activity is rated according to duration required, time it takes to set up, risk level, cost, level of learner centredness. More helpful resources and websites at the end of the book.
• Wright & Forbes (2015). Digital Smarts: Enhancing learning and teaching (PDF 9.2 MB) – an edited text comprising chapters authored by University of Waikato staff, this e-book can be downloaded in full or as single chapters. The book regards digital technologies as the servants of learning, and shares diverse perspectives and practical implications. Useful chapters for online delivery include those focused on guidelines for online discussion; assessment; distance students’ library engagement, and workload solutions for online teachers.

University of Waikato Centre for Tertiary Teaching & Learning publicly available web resources for online teaching

• Keep teaching – an online resource for adapting teaching for online environments in emergency situations, including COVID-19.
• e-Learning at University of Waikato – a curated collection of resources for best practice in learning technologies.

Resources to support student learning

• Online-learning – student learning – a series of blog and videocasts designed to provide students with help to get started with online learning.

Universities in Aotearoa New Zealand recognise there is a lot to learn from their online learning responses to the pandemic.

To capture practices and collectively develop lessons for the future they have complied this ‘Good Practice Assessment’.

The report covers successes, challenges and identifies factors which will help preparation for future risks to academic continuity.

The SOLE: Student Online Learning Experiences project is a multi-university study looking at what can be learnt from NZ university students’ experiences of online learning as a result of an international pandemic.

The research began in 2020, and results and related resources can be found on the SOLE website.