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AI in Education: Help Us Transform Aotearoa’s Tertiary Learning Landscape (And Win $100)

Mar 28, 2024

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Graeme Smith

in Education, AI and Technology, AI Applications, AI Capability Building, AI Education, AI Empowerment, AI in Education, AI News and Trends, AI Project Planning, AI Tools for Learning, educational innovation, Inclusive education, Tertiary Education in Aotearoa

Contribute to integrating Artificial Inteligence (AI) in Aotearoa New Zealand’s education. Share your ideas to enhance learning for Māori, Pacific, and neurodiverse students.
Sign up to Pathways Awarua now…!

Jul 10, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Assessment, Graeme Smith, How do I improve, Literacy, Maths, Numeracy, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Reading

One of the best kept secrets in tertiary training in New Zealand is Pathways Awarua. It’s not really a secret, but up until recently, this has only been available to tutors and trainers. From now, however, this great suite of teaching and learning tools is available to everyone. Well, to Kiwis anyway. Check out the cool…
Adult Literacy and Numeracy Initiatives Update from the TEC

Oct 28, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in Adult, Assessment 1, Education, Funding, Initiatives, Literacy, NCALNE (Voc), New Zealand, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, NZ, TEC

The TEC have updated their website with a handy list of the adult literacy and numeracy initiatives including funds that they have developed and support currently. I’ve pasted the whole thing in below including hyperlinks. The original page is here. For those of you working on your NCALNE (Voc) professional development, this information is relevant for…
MOOC 2.0 – What could Salman Khan do to make online learning even better?

Sep 29, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in 2.0, ALEC, Edtech, Education, embedded, embedding, imrpove, Kha, Khan Academy, make better, MOOC, MOOC 2.0, Numeracy, NZ, online, Pathways Awarua, Salman Khan

You’ve got to be careful looking for photos of Sal Khan online… There’s a Bollywood star by the same name so it could get confusing… Anyway: Back to this riff about how to improve online learning and in particular MOOCs. A MOOC is a Massively Open Online Course if you don’t know, and has become…
MOOC 2.0 – Why the future of online learning is about embedding foundational literacy, numeracy, and learning-to-learn skills

Sep 29, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Business improvement, Design, Disruption, Economy, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Flipped, Graeme Smith, Hacking, Improve teaching practice, NZ

If you work in education or you’re just interested in education you’ve probably been following the developments of MOOCs – Massively Open Online Courses. Debate around the MOOCs tends to be polarised. I’m always interested in anything in education that creates such strong emotional responses regardless of which side of the fence you tend to sit…
Get the new NZ Diploma in Adult Literacy & Numeracy (NZDipALN) for FREE…!

Apr 11, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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Well not totally for free… it’s a competition. Here’s the deal: I want to crowdsource some of the content for our new NZDipALN. This is a professional qualification for adult educators particularly working in trades or vocational training. The emphasis is on strengthening adult literacy and numeracy in Aotearoa New Zealand, but I think much…
Internationalising and exporting NZ’s literacy and numeracy professional development via the NCALNE (Voc)

Sep 26, 2012

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Graeme Smith

in Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Export Education, Indigenous education, indigenous pedagogy, International education, Literacy and Numeracy, NCALNE, Uncategorized

Changes to qualifications In order to export New Zealand’s unique professional development, training and credentials relating to literacy and numeracy we need to first internationalise the key qualifications. This means some changes to both of the qualifications. Here are my ideas for dealing with the NCALNE (Voc): Dealing with Unit Standard 21204: Develop adult learners’…
Exporting New Zealand’s Literacy and Numeracy Professional Development Qualifications including the NCALNE (Voc) and NDipALNE

Sep 24, 2012

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Graeme Smith

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In Aotearoa New Zealand we have several qualifications that were specifically developed to help professionalise the adult literacy and numeracy education sector in New Zealand. Three of these are: National Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Vocational/Workplace) – NCALNE (Voc) National Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Educator) – NCALNE (Ed) National Diploma in…