My Mother has always counted her age ahead ("I'm X on my next birthday"). Confusing at times as she struggled to think of her current/actual age. Younger Me: "How can you NOT know how old you are?" It has now happened to me for 1st time, had to re-calculate from year of birth.

Five positions have closed already but there is still time to apply for our other new exciting positions. These range from senior leadership roles through to specialists and generalists across a range of teams.

Want to come work in this iconic building with awesome colleagues? There is still a week to apply for our five roles. Check out: waikato.ac.nz/vacancies/curr… @WaikatoLibrary The University of Waikato 🎓 #jobs #library #University #vacancies

Our book is out, published today. Thank you to my fantastic co-editor ⁦Richard Walker⁩ And big thanks and congratulations to all chapter authors. Pleasure working with you all link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

#CycloneGabrielle 📚 🏨 The Ministry of Education has advised that local schools will make their own decisions about whether to stay open tomorrow. ✔️ Please follow your school’s usual communication channels to keep up to date with their individual advice.

It was a great pleasure to attend the Centre for Online and Distance Education #RIDE2023 conference and to present on sustainable strategies for online teachers – a collaboration with Dianne Forbes Here are the slides from the session: slideshare.net/RichardM_Walke…

Pleased to see this emerge today with Dilani Pahala Gedera Cheryl Brown @magsstev Ash Datt Learning in hybrid environments: Can remote learning be active, authentic, and real? tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Practical learning in hybrid environments: Can remote learning be active, authentic, and real? - By Dianne Forbes, Dilani Gedera, Cheryl Brown, Maggie Hartnett & Ashwini Datt tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Big news: the ASCILITE conference Twitter is now being looked after by the organisers of the 2023 meeting in Ōtautahi | Christchurch! Check here for regular updates! For now, here is the link to the conference website, where there is great info already: 2023conference.ascilite.org

Webinar recap: Impact of COVID on students in Aotearoa flanz.org.nz/2023/04/30/web… via FLANZ

Starting in B Trimester (July) is our new Postgraduate Certificate in Children's and Young Adult Literature, including the paper LLTED523 The Joy and Disruption of Children's Literature. More info found here 👉waikato.ac.nz/study/qualific… #Kotetangata #Forthepeople #PictureBooks

Just sharing an audio summary of the CPDL model developed with Dianne Forbes, outlining sustainable ways of developing online teaching skills. acaudio.com/developing-onl…

Thrilled to report that our article on practical learning in hybrid environments is now Open Access, thanks to the UoW bibliodiversity fund @WaikatoLibrary The University of Waikato 🎓 Te Kura Toi Tangata - School of Education tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

"Findings affirm that practical learning is possible in hybrid contexts....In-home or community-based activities, virtual simulations, online practice, and video-based learning all offer engaging opportunities for practical learning." #onlinelearning buff.ly/3JXC657

Pleased to see this article emerge, 3rd in 2023 for the SOLE team: Sustainable Strategies for Teaching and Learning Online mdpi.com/2459834 #mdpisustainability via Sustainability

Perceptions of Online Learning and Teaching: invitation to participate flanz.org.nz/2025/10/06/per… via @flexlearnnz