Friday, March 29
2:10-2:30 PM
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Bayside B

Networked Schools in New Zealand: Examples from the Virtual Learning Network

Brief Paper ID: 38666
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    Michael Barbour
    Wayne State University
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    Niki Davis
    University of Canterbury
  3. Derek Wenmoth
    CORE Education

Abstract: This proposal describes a study into the development of virtual learning in New Zealand, specifically to identify examples of networked schools. Using a variety of data collection methods, the researchers identified four examples where e-learning clusters acted as a change agent to reform classroom instruction and how schools were organised. These included where teaching online changed teachers’ classroom pedagogy, allowing flexibility within the school timetable so students could enroll in courses regardless of when the course was being “taught,” a transformation of the role of the school-based teacher from a subject matter specialist to generalist responsible for facilitating students’ learning, and re-considering the physical space to accommodate student learning in a twenty-first century networked school.

Presider: Kathryn Kennedy, Kathryn Kennedy Consulting

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