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

Report

Guidelines for developing and using e-assessments with vocational learners | Project overview

An overview of the project and guidelines for tutors who develop and use e‑assessments with vocational learners.

(PDF, 3.7 MB, 120-pages).

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Workshop

Leaders growing leaders

This interactive workshop explores concepts of leadership and provides tools and processes to support leadership growth in yourself and others.

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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ALNACC Resource

NCEA Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy Standards Resources

Embedding literacy and numeracy learning into teaching is good practice. Read on for information and resources from Ako Aotearoa.

Success in Academia - early career academics

Project

Quantext: For rapid analysis of student responses to short answer questions

A two-year pilot study undertaken by McDonald and Moskal Ltd to implement and evaluate the new text analysis tool, Quantext, in real classroom settings.

Project

Kaikaikororo - Enhancing student success within Wānanga

A research project to better understand which features of the Wānanga experience contribute to student achievement and success.

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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).

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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.