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The Ministry of Education and the Tertiary Education Commission supported the development of this Code of Practice by the tertiary education sector. It is expected that the Code will inform the activities of both tertiary education organisations and the Tertiary Education Commission in identifying, understanding and responding to the diverse needs of students with impairments.

The 2009 reports on paper completion rates across NZ tertiary.

"The Tertiary e-Learning Reference Group acts as an expert group that provides advice on tertiary e-learning to the Ministry of Education and Ako Aotearoa" The last publication from this groups is here: cms.steo.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/3B455FA8-586B-447B-A239-75C523841021/0/highwaysandpathways.pdf

"This report comprises summations and brief case descriptions of some of the effective programmes and other support mechanisms that New Zealand Tertiary Learning Advisors (TLAs) provide for students in universities, polytechnics, institutes of technology, and other tertiary institutions."

This summary guide investigates tauira, exemplars, of success for Māori in tertiary education.  Published by Ako Aotearoa, it highlights the key factors to be considered in fostering success for Māori in tertiary settings.

"This report analyses tertiary sector e-learning provision at a system, sub-sector and course level from 2004 to 2008. The sub-sectors focused on in the report are universities and polytechnics and the course levels bachelors degrees and certificates (Levels 1-4). Participation in e-learning course at these levels over the same time period is analysed by focusing on the following learner groups: 18-19 year olds, the 40+ age group, Māori, Pasifika and European and females and males Author: Peter Guiney, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis team (Ministry of Education) Date Published: May 2011"

""Technology Outlook" explores the impact of emerging technologies on teaching, learning, research or information management in UK tertiary education over the next five years, (from 2011)"

"Provide a whole system wide view of what tertiary education might look like in New Zealand in 2016. The work will use JISC collective scenario building strategies and, in turn, draw on and inform the discussions of the TeLRG."

"This report gives an overview of the literature on tertiary learners' participation, retention and success in e-learning."

NZ uni websites review, focusing on social media, connections with stakeholders, and how discoverable this info is.

Daily review of NZ tertiary education sector news.

"This report explores what digital information literacy is and how it could be most effectively applied in tertiary education., and identifies methods to develop adults' digital skills and capabilities, and to understand how these contribute to lifelong learning."

A great blog on using Google Apps and wrangling it in a tertiary setting.

Language partnerships - work with people across the world. Seems to be based around schools but poss still opportunity for tertiary.

Jorum is starting to seem useful. This is a repository of online learning materials at tertiary level. Everything must be licensed openly and no login required to access materials.

"TRADITIONAL textbooks will be put on the endangered list next year as the University of Adelaide's Faculty of Science becomes the first tertiary institution to embrace a new approach to online learning." Ahh you need an iPad to do elearning in science, that's the problem.