This report details the development of new teaching and learning initiatives for Māori and Pasifika students that are informed by a learner analytics system, combined with student voice data and cases studies of success.
It discusses how improved data and data analytic capability enhanced understanding of the literature on Māori and Pacific learner success and the experience of Māori and Pacific learners at University of Waikato.
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Supporting videos:
This series of teaching support videos, where students speak about their successes, was developed to help inform educators what Māori and Pacific student achievement can look like.
Weaving the Mat | Project presentation
Background:
This project, completed in 2022 at the University of Waikato, aimed to develop new teaching and learning initiatives for Māori and Pacific students that were informed by a literature review, learner analytics, and student voice.
In the midst of COVID-19, the project team developed two learner initiatives: Te Kāhui Pīrere for Māori students and the Imua Learner Leader Initiative for Pacific students.
Research report prepared by Dr Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai, Dr Keakaokawai Varner Hemi, Ms Krista Henare, Ms Sianiti Nakabea Bulisala and Dr Alison Campbell.
Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa National Project Fund (NPF)