Ako Aotearoa leads New Zealand's tertiary sector in building educational capability for learner success.

Tool

Tapatoru Online Educator Pathway

This tool provides educators with essential skills, strategies, and knowledge to weave Tapatoru values into teaching and support roles.

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APRIL 2025 | ONLINE WORKSHOPS

Learner Agency workshops

During April 2025 the spotlight will be on Learner Agency. We will offer a series of four workshops which will provide you with essential skills, strategies, and knowledge to foster learner agency.

Online course

Effective Assessment that Supports Learning | 29 Apr 2025

Learn how to ensure students undertake valid, reliable, flexible and fair assessments using assessment design skills and NZQA's Qualities of Assessment.

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Announcement

AARIA 2025 deadline extended

The AARIA research and funding team encourage researchers, and programme leads to submit their Expressions of Interest (EOI) for this year's contestable funding round before 1pm Thursday, 10 April.

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Manako, Online workshop

Theme for April | Learner Agency

The concept of Learner Agency centres on a learner’s ability to take charge of their own learning journey. To help educators apply this essential concept, Ako Aotearoa is running a series of four workshops designed to provide practical skills and strategies for integrating learner agency into teaching practice

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Survey

Invitation to respond to survey on tertiary sector AI use

Massey University invites NZ tertiary staff to participate in a national survey examining the use of generative AI tools by academic, professional, and fixed-term staff in Aotearoa New Zealand's tertiary institutions.