Events
APODE Week 2021
Asia-Pacific Online Distance Education
The Asia-Pacific Online Distance Education week was held from November 7 – 10, 2022. The Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA) and the Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ) in association with the International Council for Open and Distance Education are delighted to collaborate to jointly host the Asia-Pacific Online Distance Education (APODE) Week.
During APODE Week 2022, a series of freely available webinars will be held from leading practitioners and international educators working in the area. This will be an excellent opportunity to critically reflect on events over the last 24 months with a global community of educators as we consider the role of new models of online distance education into the future.
The webinar schedule and registration details will be announced soon. In the meantime, why not enjoy the recordings from the 2021 APODE week.
APODE Week 2021 Recordings
1 November
8:30AM AEDT
1:30AM NZDT
8:30AM AEDT
1:30AM NZDT
Equity and Inclusion Using Open Educational Resources
Presenters: Trish Chaplin-Cheyne, SFHEA
With the recent demands made on educators to satisfy the needs of remote learners, there is a growing interest in the OER movement. In this webinar, Trish will outline the UNESCO OER Recommendations and the way ICDE Ambassadors are working with them. She will also highlight those recommendations that spotlight equity and inclusion factors, across all educational sectors. The webinar will share successes and challenges faced by practitioners.
2 November
9:00AM AEDT
11:30AM NZDT
3:00PM AEDT
10:00PM NZDT
Open & Distance Learning Association of Australia
Lessons from Learners: Students’ Insights on Effective Learning Online
Presenters: Professor George Veletsianos, Dr Elaine Beirne and Dr Melissa Bond
This webinar features a lively panel discussion with three leading scholars working in online distance education with a strong learner focus to their work. The panel will discuss lessons that we have learnt from learners and other valuable insights into the online learning experience from a student perspective.
2 November
9:00AM AEDT
11:30AM NZDT
3:00PM AEDT
10:00PM NZDT
ODLAA and FLANZ partnership event
Distance Education in the New Normal: Implications for a Post COVID World
Presenters: Dr Aras Bozkurt and Dr Ramesh Sharma
As one of the greatest global crises in recent human history, the pandemic has changed the way we perceive and interpret the world as we know it. Normal, by its nature, is a relative term and, presently, we have different derivations of it: Normal, new normal, and next normal. This webinar, in this regard, focuses on distance education in the new normal and intends to present some implications that should be taken into consideration.
4 November
8:30AM AEDT
1:30AM NZDT
3:30PM PST
10:30PM GMT
Equity and Inclusion in Flexible Learning: Challenges Across the Sectors
Presenters: Claire Amos, Steve Leichtweis and Stephen Marshall
This webinar invites four expert perspectives on the question of how the challenges and opportunities of equity and inclusion in online and distance education are being responded to by different educational sectors. The panel includes representatives from the school sector, tertiary and corporate worlds.
5 November
9:00AM AEDT
11:30AM NZDT
3:00PM AEDT
10:00PM NZDT
Open & Distance Learning Association of Australia
Reimagining Flexible Learning to Build Resilience in Education Systems Post COVID-19
Presenters: Som Naidu, PhD, PFHEA
As higher education institutions begin to assess the damage and disruption caused by the pandemic to their learning and teaching operations and funding models, hard questions need to be asked about why so many educational institutions universally have had to shut down most of their learning and teaching activities, or resort to a minimalist form of operation. How has it been possible for our learning and teaching operations to be compromised so completely, and why are learners and teachers so overwhelmed with moving their activities online? What does this say about how we have been preparing our learners and teachers for a future-focused economy? These and many more such questions need answers and will be explored at this webinar.
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