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| Jim
Doyle |
Jim Doyle is currently Executive Director of the Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics of New Zealand (ITP New Zealand). Among his many roles, Jim is a member of the ‘Collaborating for Efficiency’ Steering Group, a Ministerial steering group that was set up to look at possible opportunities for efficiency gains. He is also a member of the Tertiary Consultative Group, which provides high level advice to government on strategic issues facing the tertiary education sector. Jim has been highly supportive of the ITPNZ eLearning Forum in its role of promoting and supporting eLearning in the ITP sector, and of the planning and implementation of eFest 2005. |
| Mereana
Selby |
| Mereana has spent 14 years as a secondary language teacher and 11 years in training teachers for kaupapa Maori schools. Although a 2nd language speaker of Maori herself, her five children are all 1st language speakers of Maori and educated in Maori (Kohanga Reo, Kura Kaupapa Maori). Mereana has been active in the Maori language revival movement over the last 30 years, particularly with her own iwi and has a particular interest in language revitalisation and intergenerational language transmission. She has recently completed a research project looking at how eLearning might enhance the language learning experience for those wanting to learn te reo Maori, speed up the language learning process, and therefore contribute to the survival of the language. Mereana will be looking at the contribution that technology can make towards the language learning process and, in particular, to the survival of te reo Maori. There will be a description of the Te Ako Hikohiko experiment which involved the bringing together of technology, education theory and matauranga Maori in seeking some solutions to the problem Maori are currently facing of salvaging our endangered language. The many challenges that were faced during this experiment and the lessons learned have influenced the future direction that language and other learning is taking at Te Wananga-o-Raukawa. |
| Margaret
McLeod |
 Margaret McLeod has been Principal of Wellington Girls' College for 8 years. In the early 1980s she researched the effect of word processing on student writing. Her vision is to empower learning through ICT. Margaret believes that this strategy depends on building a learning community where teachers are unafraid to reverse their roles and become the protégées of their students. She has recently been appointed to the Growth and Innovation Advisory Board of the Ministry of Economic Development. Margaret will outline her school’s approach to the multi-faceted innovation, Tech Angels. Much more than support for teachers and even more than skills for students, this innovation offers students and teachers at Wellington Girls’ College a new direction for learning and engaging with each other. The Tech Angel programme enables students to acquire high-level skills outside any discreet discipline they are studying. For their part, teachers develop an understanding of the depth of student capability and of the power of modern software. |
| Murray
Leach |
 Murray Leach, is the senior manager of Tertiary Information Systems and Sector Liaison (TISSL), Ministry of Education, of which Tertiary (e)Learning is a part. Murray has been managing the team for 3 years and has endeavoured to establish a centre of excellence responsible for strategies, frameworks and solutions that enable sector-wide collaboration. Murray is the chair of the Education Sector ICT Interagency Forum - a group whose vision is to raise achievement in an innovative education sector, fully connected and supported, by the smart use of ICT. Murray is also the current chair of the Tertiary (e)Learning Reference Group, an advisory body to advise and make recommendations on the work that is being undertaken in this area. His involvement in these, and other forums, has placed him in good steed to contribute to the growth and development of tertiary (e)Learning. eFest 2005 - Rising to the Challenge is a fantastic opportunity for those in the tertiary sector to discuss the developments in (e)learning and Murray is proud to be involved in such an event. |
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| Stephen
Bright |
 Stephen Bright is Team Leader of the Professional Development
Unit at Waikato Institute of Technology in Hamilton. He has
been involved in polytechnics in several roles for the last
18 years. He became interested in eLearning in the mid-1990s
and has developed and facilitated courses to introduce ITPNZ
staff to eLearning at a range of levels. He has been involved
with research into the adoption of eLearning in ITPNZ institutions
and led professional development initiatives which were part
of the OSCINZ project, including the introduction of the Moodle
LMS to staff at a number of ITPNZ institutions. In 2004 he was
selected to participate as one of the Flexible Learning Leaders
in New Zealand – an eCDF project. He is passionate about
teaching and learning whatever mode is being used. |
| Hon
Russell Marshall |
 Hon Russell Marshall is the Chair of the Tertiary Education
Commission. He has had a long and impressive public service
career including 18 years as a Member of Parliament, during
which time he held ministerial portfolios in Education, Foreign
Affairs and Pacific Island Affairs. He helped set the platform
for the Tertiary Education Strategy as chair of the Tertiary
Education Advisory Commission (TEAC) in 2000/1. The work of
TEAC led directly to the establishment of the Tertiary Education
Commission. He has also held positions as a university chancellor
and chair of the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO. |
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