Week 7 - New Zealand Elearning

http://www.elearn.govt.nz/elearn/elearn.portal

This website has produced a online community of practise. These few lines sum up the website pretty well... 'eLearn has been developed as a resource and tool to support those with an interest in tertiary e-learning. The portal's success depends on contributions of knowledge and information from its users across the tertiary education sector and in government' The New Zealand government was first alerted to the need for collaboration in the Highways and Pathways report that the e-Learning Advisory Group (eLAG) developed for the Ministry of Education in 2002.

This eLearn portal for New Zealands Trinity University provides...

• tools and information to support collaboration, networking and information sharing between e-learning practitioners, tertiary education organisations and government agencies
• communications, news and other updates relating to tertiary e-learning
• overviews, resources, projects and contacts associated with each of the Framework's seven action areas
• robust advice to assist in the development of e-learning and information on what e-learning enabled courses are available in New Zealand, and where

There are a number of benefits that collaboration, networking and sharing of information and experiences in a collegial manner can bring. These include reduced duplication of effort, leveraging shared expertise, and ensuring that developments are coherent and have strong and well considered foci.