Without meaning to sound like the intro to an apocalyptic movie, we have to say it: AI is coming whether you’re ready for it or not. Educators will encounter this aspect of digital technologies, and being prepared is the best way to ensure that your students are safe, supported, and learning effectively. We have eight top tips for teachers wanting to respond well to the growing AI phenomenon. Follow along over the next few weeks as we look at each one in more depth, with insight and experience from our director Stephen.
Think E-Learning
E-Learning Providers
Experienced and qualified e-learning specialists, delivering tailored professional development and leadership coaching.
About us
Experienced and qualified e-learning specialists, delivering tailored professional development and leadership coaching.
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https://www.thinkelearning.nz/
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- E-Learning Providers
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- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Christchurch
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- Self-Employed
- Founded
- 2018
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Updates
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As we’re well into the holiday season, we want to take a moment to thank you for your incredible support and collaboration throughout the year! AI has been a big focus in many of our Think e-Learning projects recently, and the conversation around it continues to grow—especially in schools and learning institutions. The education world is buzzing with excitement and curiosity about what’s next. Meri Kirihimete!
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We’ve just sent out our latest newsletter, packed with the latest updates from Think e-Learning, including exciting ventures for 2025! At Think e-Learning, our goal is to create newsletters that are motivational, educational, and anything but boring. We’re all about providing valuable resources for busy teachers, kaiako, and ICT leaders in schools and kura. You can look forward to info, advice, and best practices that are research-backed, easy to digest, and practical to apply. You can sign up here ⬇️
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Stephen McConnachie had the opportunity recently to catch up with familiar faces and make new friends at the NZARE - New Zealand Association for Research in Education conference in Hamilton. Thanks to The University of Waikato for hosting; there was lots of great kōrero in the presentations and amazing kōrerorero between presentations. He appreciated the strong threads relating to how #AI can take learning and assessment deeper when used carefully, and how to better support middle leaders. There's more: Stephen was also voted onto the NZARE Council for 2025! He will continue in his roles as Co-Convenor of the Educational Leadership SIG with Miranda Makin, and Co-Convenor of the Assessment SIG with Robyn Caygill. https://lnkd.in/giFmvET5
Loved catching up with familiar faces and making new friends at the NZARE - New Zealand Association for Research in Education conference in Hamilton last week. Thanks to The University of Waikato for hosting us. Lots of great kōrero in the presentations and amazing kōrerorero between presentations. I particularly enjoyed the strong threads relating to how #AI can take learning and assessment deeper when used carefully, and how to better support middle leaders. It was an eventful week! I'm proud to have been voted onto the NZARE Council for 2025. I will also continue in my roles as Co-Convenor of the Educational Leadership SIG with Miranda Makin, and Co-Convenor of the Assessment SIG with Robyn Caygill. Being an independent researcher means limited opportunities for research funding; my contribution to the space comes in the form of convening and coordinating, so those in more research-focused roles can get on with their important mahi. I have to admit, the research world (and, by extension, researchers) is not as stuffy and disconnected as I was led to believe when I was in the classroom. It's inclusive, forward-thinking, and full of passionate educators who care deeply about learners and learning. The thing that struck me most, just like at last year's conference, was the explicit call to activism throughout the conference. Education researchers are actively speaking up and advocating for change at every level - in classrooms and lecture theatres, in policy, in system design - to make sure our learners are getting transformational opportunities through education. I'm proud to be an NZARE member, even despite the impostor syndrome from only having a Masters degree in a space full of professors and PhDs. I look forward to a busy year in 2025 serving the research community. (and if any researchers reading this want to collaborate - especially around e-learning, leadership, digital equity, neurodiversity, or assessment - pā mai!)
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The support that Think e-Learning provides to schools and educators is: Locally based; by a New Zealander and for New Zealanders. Based in experience; from a former teacher who has held many roles within the NZ education system. Delivered with empathy and understanding of the challenges faced by those championing digital technologies. We can help you to make sense of it all, create and manage change in your school or organisation, and employ digital tools effectively and constructively. Get in touch: thinkelearning.nz/contact
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Our director Stephen shared some thoughts with Leadership Lab in 2021, and they continue to ring true today. In fact, engaging as a treaty partner is even more important in the current climate. “One area in which I have been trying to be more vulnerable is my ongoing journey as tauiwi (non-Māori) engaging with Te Tiriti. As a Pākehā, I have found that engagement with Te Tiriti is a journey that demands vulnerability. If I am to honour the process and honour the people – tūpuna as well as current colleagues and friends – then I must be real about my failings in the past, and the lessons I learn along the way.” We should be making sure that all learners are getting what they need, and that means doing the work to get there. It’s not only nice but necessary—one of the competencies in the Educational Leadership Capability Framework is ensuring culturally responsive practice. You can take a look at the literature on that for more guidance. Read more:
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AI will only continue to evolve! What's the plan for educators? Stephen shared with Breakfast some of the promising approaches being taken and research being done here in Aotearoa (and pulled out his Dad joke skills, too 😅). #education #onlinelearning #teachersofinstagram #teachersfollowteachers #teachers #artificialintelligence
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Our director Stephen was recently asked to appear on Breakfast, where he spoke with Jenny-May Clarkson and Daniel Faitaua about a topic close to our hearts: AI and how it's changing the landscape of assessments. Concerns about the potential for cheating are at the forefront, particularly in the tertiary sector. Stephen addressed these concerns with a nuanced perspective on what the future might look like as AI becomes a part of our everyday digital landscape. We'll be sharing some more clips here, so stay tuned! First up: we love an interviewer who asks the right questions. Check out what Stephen had to say about getting the balance right when it comes to digital assessments vs pen and paper methods.
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We're getting revved up for Energise 2024, billed as "the most EPIC conference in education"! This 2-day hui from the 30th September - 1st October is hosted by impactED and Digital Story Telling Aotearoa and offers more than 20 workshops equipping educators in the areas of leadership, effective pedagogy, and digital integration. Two of those workshops will be led by our director Stephen McConnachie: one on change management and leadership, and another on AI. ⬇️
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