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Interests:

    • Education
    • Blended, online, & activity-based learning
    • Teacher education • All arts, music, & dance
    • Virtual worlds
    • Technology for the future
    • Cultural differences
    • Te Tiriti o Waitangi
    • Family history & NZ history 

Education History:

Doctor of Philosophy at the University of New England (NSW), 2012, February 2020

US 11551/11552 at Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT), 2020

Graduate Certificate in Activity-based Learning at MIT, 2017-2018

NCALE(Workplace)at MIT, 2009

Web Graphics & Multimedia (Certificate), IWA-HWG, 2006-2008

Web Technologies (Certificate), IWA-HWG, 2006-2008

Graduate Certificate in Applied eLearning at MIT, 2005-2006

Certificate in Tertiary Teaching at MIT, 2005-2006

Treaty of Waitangi at Work 1 & 2 (Certificates) at MIT, 2005

Microsoft Office User Specialist (Certificates) at MIT, 2002-2003

LSB (Licentiate Diploma) at New Zealand Speech Board, 1992-1993

LTCL (Licentiate Diploma) at Trinity College of Music, London, 1992

ATCL (Associate Diploma) at Trinity College of Music, London, 1991-1992

DipTchg at Christchurch Teachers’ College, 1987

MA at the University of the Witwatersrand, 1984-1986

BA(Hons) at the University of South Africa, UNISA, 1983

BA at the University of the Witwatersrand, 1979-1982

Employment History:

Self-employed at Kaleidoscope Essential Education Services (KEES), May 2020-current

Academic Contract, University of Auckland, New Start, August 2021-current

Academic Contract, University of Auckland, Te Puna Wānanga, April 2021-current 

Online Facilitator at eCampus NZ, February 2020-current

Senior Lecturer at Manukau Institute of Technology, 2000-February 2020  

Chairperson, Whānau Komiti at Te Reo Rangatira ki Whaiora te Kohanga Reo, 2000

Treasurer, Whānau Komiti at Ngati Otara Marae te Kohanga Reo, 1997-2000

Speech & Drama Teacher, self-employed, 1995-1999

Ran PD sessions for local businesses, self-employed, 1995-1999

Teacher at James Cook High School, 1991-1993

Teacher at Melville High School, 1988-1990

Certifications, accreditations and awards:

UNE Chancellor’s Doctoral Research Medal, 2020

Ako Aotearoa/MIT funding for Kitely Literacy Game, 2012

MIT Academic Excellence Award winner, 2012

Lead educator for SLENZ (Second Life Education NZ) TEC funded, 2009

ITPNZ eCDF Minor Project, 2003

MIT Developmental funding grant, 2003  

Books and Publications:

Vision - A space for digital learning and exploring pedagogies: Virtual world education, 2019 

Me, us and IT: Insiders views of the complex technical, organisational and personal elements in using virtual worlds in education, 2017

A review of the National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia, 2017

Exploring virtual world innovations and design through learner voices, 2016

New applications, new global audiences: Educators repurposing and reusing 3D virtual and immersive learning resources, 2017

The food processors of education – the normalisation of virtual worlds, 2014

Literacy game in a virtual world, 2014

Rhetoric and reality: critical perspectives on education in a 3D virtual world, 2014

Virtual worlds in Australian and New Zealand higher education: Remembering the past, understanding the present and imagining the future, 2013

Sustaining the future through virtual worlds, 2013

Facilitating Art Education: The UWA Arts Challenges, 2012

The University of Western Australia 3D Art Challenges: Virtual Promotion of an Art Community, 2012

Bridging and Scaffolding – From Powerlessness to Proficiency, 2012

VWs are not just cars – Literacy journeys in VWs, 2011

He ara hou ka tū mai: NZ institutions of higher learning unpacking demands and facilitating change, 2011

MUVE to a better alternative – the scaffolding of Bridging Students in SL, 2009

Laying Second Life foundations: Second chance learners get first life skills, 2009

 

Personal Skills

  • Compassionate & caring
  • Charitable
  • Patient
  • Honest
  • Good communicator

Academic Skills

  • Quick to learn
  • Flexible
  • Excellent memory
  • Skilled critical thinker
  • Open-minded

Work Skills

  • Good team player
  • Hard working
  • Ability to teach a range of skills & subjects
  • Skilled organiser
  • Ability to produce professional results within deadlines

Goals

  • To encourage & motivate my students to pursue their dreams & aspirations
  • To ensure students/trainees that I work with discover their potential & work to achieve their goals
  • To facilitate learning, the development of an Education Survival Mind-set, & an appreciation of difference in lifelong learners
  • To incorporate technology into my teaching when it can be used to facilitate student learning objectives
  • To always keep abreast of technological changes & embrace them to motivate & engage learners
  • To continue to develop myself professionally