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		<title>CLESOL 2010 Conference</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CLESOL 2010 Conference
Context &#38; Communication: Mediating Language Learning
Te Horopaki me te Tuku: He Rongoā i te Ako Reo
Date: Friday 1 October – Monday 4 October 2010
Location: King&#8217;s High School, Dunedin, New Zealand
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You are invited to the Northern Regional e-Learning Symposium to find out how e-learning can provide a cost effective way to meet your organisation’s training and education priorities.











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		<title>Online learning more effective than face to face</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent report from GetEducated.com written for the U.S. Department of Education,  has concluded that Online &#38; blended education is more effective than residential method alone.
This conclusion was reached after analyzing research studies undertaken from 1996 to 2008 that address this topic, concluding the following: 

Online education is more effective than face-to-face learning;

Online learning combined [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deanz.wordpress.com&blog=295328&post=145&subd=deanz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in this months Innovate.  Partly sponsored by Microsoft.  Quite an interesting read.  (As one who is NOT greatly into this field)  Unfortunately you need to create an account.   
Virtual Worlds, Simulations, and Games for Education: A Unifying View by Clark Aldrich.
The intro:
Many practitioners have been struck by a paradox. They sense an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deanz.wordpress.com&blog=295328&post=143&subd=deanz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 20:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEDIA RELEASE  &#8211; Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ)
27 May 2009
Online training for Boards of Trustees members a good move says DEANZ
Online training for school Board of Trustees members, supported by the Ministry of Education, recognises the tremendous contribution that distance education methods can make to training environments, says Distance Education Association of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deanz.wordpress.com&blog=295328&post=141&subd=deanz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Latest e-primer on &#8220;Online Discourse&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 05:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fourth in the E-Primer series, &#8220;Online discourse&#8221;, is now available from the Ako Aotearoa Website . The fourth E-Primer is available under a Creative Commons license and is both a good practice guide for and a theoretical orientation to online discourse based on peer-reviewed literature. The first three in the series are also available [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deanz.wordpress.com&blog=295328&post=138&subd=deanz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vacancy: Administrator/Communications Officer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Administrator/Communications Officer
The Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ) is looking for an Administrator/Communications Officer to promote the work of DEANZ and support the activities of the organization. DEANZ is the New Zealand Association for Professionals working in Flexible, Open and Networked Education. We are committed to fostering growth, development, research and good practice in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deanz.wordpress.com&blog=295328&post=135&subd=deanz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwenmoth</dc:creator>
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As we start the new year it&#8217;s always a good opportunity to plan for some of the places we may want to publish and share some of the exciting things we&#8217;re doing in the field of distance education. The Canadian Institute of Distance Education Research has recently published its list of eLearning conferences for 2009 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deanz.wordpress.com&blog=295328&post=132&subd=deanz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning Design for Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekcx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s in a title? Educational designer, Instructional designer, Learning designer . . .
The romantic view (actually helping others become better at this core skill) :
When we are supporting teachers to completely redesign a course to be fully online or substantially blended we use a very basic design template which doesn&#8217;t actually mention moodle at all. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deanz.wordpress.com&blog=295328&post=129&subd=deanz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jossey-Bass online conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekcx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the schedule at a glance:
October 6 &#8211; 7 2008
*  Social Presence in the Online Classroom
*  Transforming a Learning Program Through a Community-Based Model of Instruction
*  Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds October 7
*  Keynote with Cynthia Calongne: Learning in Virtual Worlds
*  Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn
*  Assessing the Online Learner
*  Exploring the Digital Library
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