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Paths We Walk
No full textPaths We Walk is the inspiring journey of five refugee immigrants from the four corners of the world who have made a new life in Hamilton, New Zealand
Using E-Portfolios for formative assessment and parent engagement in early childhood education.
Get PDFWhile there is a significant body of research on the use of ePortfolios as an assessment tool in schools, especially in tertiary education (Barrett, 2007; Kim & Olaciregui, 2008; Lambert & Corrin, 2007; Ledoux & McHenry, 2006), there has been no apparent research conducted on the use of ePortfolios for this purpose in early childhood education. This presentation is based on a study which sought to find a new way to engage parents, families and children in young children’s learning through presenting assessment for learning in an ePortfolio. Furthermore it aimed to investigate whether using this platform led early childhood educators to change or adjust their formative assessment practices. The study was carried out with two early childhood education services, one centre-based and one home-based. The centre-based setting did not have Internet access prior to the study and this form of assessment presentation was entirely new to the teachers, families and children. The home-based service had been using ePortfolios for eighteen months. Both settings had been using paper-based portfolios prior to the study. The research was qualitative using case study methodology. A mixed methods approach was used and data was collected through observations, interviews, surveys and a collection of assessment documentation. The notion of an early childhood education setting as the hub of a ‘community of practice’ (Lave & Wenger, 1991) provided a useful theoretical framework for this study. A community of practice in some form was already evident in both settings. Something was already known about the connections inside this community of practice (children, teachers and parents/families) utilising paper-based portfolios; however, it was not known what connections would be made with the ePortfolio platform, and indeed how members would engage with it. This presentation will present the preliminary findings of this research
Punking the panopticon
Get PDFThis presentation was part of a public lecture that was given at the Thames Steampunk festival in November 2015. It identifies some of the precursors of immersive interactivity that were prevalent in Victorian times as an introduction to the field today. It ends with a summary of some of my own recent research projects, that have variously explored interactive 360° video, movement-tracking, walk-in installations, and wireless sensor networks.
All images that are used in this presentation exist in the public domain
Paper in Axon Journal
No full textTHE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY IN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ANIMATION
Animated autobiography is a unique form of self-representation which allows its creators to assemble a variety of conventions and elements to help explore and represent an aspect of their identity. This essay considers how identity is represented through narrative, specifically autobiographical animation. I will examine theories of identity and narrative, consider the discourses, conventions and definition of animated autobiography, and the way cultural identity in autobiographical work impacts on identity and narrative. I reference a 10-minute autobiographical animation called Greensplat, made in 2011. This film focuses on my personal experiences between 1984 and 1990, incorporating memories, recontextualised archival audio, and documentary elements, and is set in the wider context of mining and its environmental consequences. I conclude by examining how this work utilises the conventions and influences discussed to create a personal narrative that constructs individual identity
Customised, user generated, research spaces and learning management systems
Get PDFIn responding to industry demands for an increasingly skilled workforce, Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions in New Zealand (NZ) and Peoples Republic of China (PRC) are actively collaborating to learn from each other’s experiences. The aim of this collaboration is to ensure institutional decision makers in both countries, have the right information, at the right time to make the right decisions. To gather this information, a central virtual research centre has been established and this centre has endorsed a number of local branches. The Waikato Institute of Technology, in exploring the possibilities of being a branch of this central body, has begun a project to identify how formal research teams and informal research communities in distributed national and international locations, with different research focuses and needs, can establish unique digital spaces using a shared digital infrastructure. Initial development of the proposed digital infrastructure was based on a number of key factors. The User Interface (UI) needed to be consistent across all parts of the application (internal consistency) and build upon the users’ previous experiences (familiarity). It also needed to be multi-lingual to meet the needs of Chinese and New Zealand researchers.
Research spaces needed to be individually configured and owned by the group(s) conducting the research.
Administration and management processes associated with research activities (roles, responsibilities and access) needed to be controlled within the research space.
Media rich synchronous (web-conferencing) and asynchronous (video and audio recording) communication tools would need to be be available on demand. Secure spaces for the storage, presentation and retrieval of data collected using digital video and audio devices were required. Academic publishing activities, peer review and publication of text and multi-media files, needed to be available. With the focus on the TVET sector, the close relationship between the research and teaching environments needed to be acknowledged.
In previous studies it had been suggested that existing Virtual Learning Environment software applications (such as Boddington and Sakai) could provide a direct link between research and teaching and learning (Fraser, 2005). It was argued in some contexts, such as the social sciences, it may be possible to re-purpose the existing learning management system (LMS) applications as a framework for the development of user generated research spaces.
Moodle, a globally deployed LMS with multiple language packs, provided the team with the fundamental functionality to create a modular infrastructure for users to create their own research spaces. For example, research spaces could be individually customised by using an extensive range of themes and formats. System and application plugins such as PoodLLe, (asynchronous video and audio recording functionality), Big Blue Button (web-conferencing software), Kaltura (multimedia storage and steaming) provide users with a comprehensive suite of applications that they could configure to meet their needs.
This presentation will illustrate, through the use of a functional pilot site, how users can create customised research spaces.
Michael Fraser. "Virtual Research Environments: Overview and Activity". July 2005, Ariadne Issue 44 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue44/fraser
Art New Zealand 155, 2015: Exhibition review: Justin Summerton
No full textReview of Justin Summerton, "A Landscape Revealed", Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, 24 June- 11 July 2015, published in "Art New Zealand", No. 155, Spring 2015, p. 36. http://www.art-newzealand.com/Noarticles/issue155.htm
Legendary Divas - Hamilton
Get PDFDirection of a regional musical theatre production, Legendary Divas, Clarence St Theatre, 201
Open book exhibition: From certainty to doubt [Photobook]
No full textOpen Book consists of twelve new photobook works, created specifically for exhibition. Its premise is to provoke artists’ experimentation with the book form and to position the book as a gallery experience. My contribution is the book From certainty to doubt
NZ Listener, 14-20 March 2015: Billy Apple feature
No full text"Apple Source" (article on Billy Apple), NZ Listener, 14-20 March 2015. http://www.listener.co.nz/culture/art/apple-source/ "Billy Apple the artist has become indistinguishable from the brand. As a major retrospective of Apple’s work is staged, Edward Hanfling gets to the core of his value proposition.