Business Engagement

Waiariki Institute of Technology

Presentation

We live in an age of technology with increasing numbers of students who are exposed to technology from a very early age. Therefore our teaching delivery needs to reflect the needs of the technically astute audiences.
This presentation tells the story of how Waiariki Institute of Technology developed a solution to meet their learners’ needs whilst also ensuring they engaged fully with their stakeholders in a collaborative  product development process. The outcome of the project is a web-based technology product, Vidtrainme©.    
Research conducted in May-June 2006 concluded that there was a need to move away from the traditional physical class room teaching methods (Patel, 2006).  The authors explain action research, how it was applied during the collaboration that took place during the product development lifecycle of Vidtrainme©.

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Cecile is currently registered for PhD: Technology in Education through Curtin University.  She has been a lecturer for 5 years at Waiariki Institute of Technology (management information systems, economics, business finance and statistics) using blended delivery methods including web enabled technologies in teaching. First uptake of Moodle at Waiariki.  Presented Moodle at Business After 5(Chamber of Commerce) presented at international Moodle conference in 2005, Various business presentations including business Swap and Focus on Women utilizing elearning.

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