New Zealand Teaching Learning Online a perspective

New Zealand Teaching & Learning Online: a perspective from a University Librarian Speaker: Janet Copsey, The University of Auckland, NZ The University of Auckland 3 November 2006

3 November 2006 Drivers for change in tertiary education marketplace - 1 Growing market for tertiary education internationally The University of Auckland New Zealand Growing competition within the international marketplace Many countries are seeing a reduction in Government support for educational institutions with a consequent increase in student fees Greater pressure on researchers, who are also teachers, to earn more income for their institutions and contribute more to professional bodies and the community at large

3 November 2006 Pressures for teachers from Net Gen technologically-aware students who expect to be able to interact using technology as well as face to face The University of Auckland Time pressures for students too who frequently have to work to pay for their courses and living costs New Zealand Drivers for change in tertiary education marketplace - 2 Continuing innovation in the IT and telecommunications sectors which is providing change opportunities for education

The University of Auckland New Zealand 3 November 2006 Multiple Terms - distance, flexible, hybrid and blended learning, as well as e-learning! Distance learning originally: Postal delivery of pre-packaged course materials Supplementary teaching via audio conferences or TV and/or face-to-face block teaching Distance learning today: Material delivered via the web or via CDROM More likely to involve Learning Designers Use of range of software tools as well as digital access to learning materials, eg online discussion, interactive learning tools, quizzes / tests, etc Increasingly no face-to-face component required if the learning environment online is well designed

The University of Auckland New Zealand 3 November 2006 Flexible, Hybrid, Blended Learning In today’s digital environment Flexible, Hybrid and Blending Learning overlaps with Distance Learning Mixture of face-to-face teaching and web-based learning materials repository together with interactive learning activities, quizzes, online chat, etc Courses generally designed by teachers without learning designers

The University of Auckland New Zealand 3 November 2006 E-learning E-Learning: use new technologies to fundamentally redesign the learning experience For instance, instead of giving lectures in person or via podcasting, the focus might be on asking the student to search digital libraries for reading materials for the virtual class to discuss Possible use of three-dimensional online synchronous environments such as “Second Life” to provide emulation of the real world - Harvard is now teaching a cyber law course in “Second Life”

The University of Auckland New Zealand 3 November 2006 Changing Library Environments Most tertiary libraries have rapidly shifted to the digital environment over the past ten years Not only bibliographic databases, journals and newspapers in electronic form but increasingly books, music and images. Demand for course readings to be available in both print and digital form has been there for many years but different legislative environments internationally have provided challenges in resolving this issue.

The University of Auckland New Zealand 3 November 2006 Electronic course readings Uof. A Library provides over 5000 digitised course readings Publisher licences increasingly provide libraries with right to provide digital links or print course materials from their digital resources Licence from CLL in NZ to digitise materials Highly used digital service but students want both printed course books and digital versions

3 November 2006 Open Access Publishing and Institutional Repositories Increasing view that research results are “locked up” by commercial publishers The University of Auckland New Zealand Pressure to ensure that research results are made publicly (ie freely) available within a year Growth in open-access institutional repositories as an alternative to commercial publishers Search engines such as Google Scholar are improving access to content in institutional repositories

The University of Auckland New Zealand 3 November 2006 Copyright Issues in an Online Teaching, Learning and Research Environment Growth of student e-portfolios which enable self-reflection of their learning experiences Digital submission of Ph. D and Masters theses to create web repositories Many institutions are taking the approach that they will make digital portfolios or theses available via their websites with a notice that they will take down any material that publishers or other copyright owners believe breaches their rights