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

Report

Making the invisible visible: Illuminating undergraduate learning outcomes beyond content and skills

A report prepared by The University of Auckland, Victoria University and Auckland University of Technology.

(PDF, 1,014 KB, 56-pages).

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Workshop

Leaders growing leaders

Examine concepts associated with the development, growth and sustainability of an effective leadership culture in the education sector.

News

Supporting future Pacific tertiary educational leaders – Ako Aotearoa scholarship fund now open

Ako Aotearoa is now receiving nominations for its 2019 Pacific Professional Development Scholarship Fund (PPDSF). Find out more.

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Project

Using LNAAT data to improve teaching, resources and achievement in numeracy education

A Western Institute of Technology project exploring the numeracy of students through assessment data analysis.

Project

A Virtual Reality Tool for Teaching Library Design

Research to develop, apply and evaluate a Reusable Learning Object, specifically a Virtual Reality teaching tool, that can be used to teach library design.

Success in Academia - early career academics

Project

Supporting engagement during Active Video Watching with personalised nudges

A project that built on previous research of the AVW-Space - a controlled video-watching environment - to increase students' presentation skills.

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News

Changes to Ako Aotearoa’s project funding bring sharper focus on priority areas in tertiary education

Ako Aotearoa are making some changes to project funding that we hope will increase the level of participation from under-represented parts of the tertiary education sector.

Video

Perceptions about doing Research

This resource is intended for use in field and classroom settings and includes comments from field educators and students on their experience of conducting research in a placement setting.

(YouTube, 3.38 mins, 720p).

TTEA 2018 Faafetai Sopoago and Hon Chris Hipkins

News, Success Story

Pacific health champion scoops top national tertiary teaching prize

Faumuina Associate Professor Fa’afetai Sopoaga, from the Division of Health Sciences at University of Otago, has received the Prime Minister’s Supreme Award at the national Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards ceremony at parliament tonight.

Pacific PLD Scholarship Fund 2019

Pacific Professional Development Scholarship Fund was established to support Pacific staff working in tertiary education organisations into leadership positions through career development, and to build leadership capacity to provide a platform for supporting Pacific learner success.