Rangahau: Te Mana o te Mahi Kotahitanga;
Research: The Power of Collaboration
Thursday, 08 December 2022. Session II @10.45
2022 MIT/Unitec Te Pūkenga Research
Symposium
Purpose: Reflections & Learnings
Developing a staff capability digital credential course with a Pacific focus
• Lupeti Fihaki
PSN (Pacific Centre)
Course design & development
• Abha Chitalia
Academic Advisor (Te Puna Ako) Project lead
Collaboration
• Why a Pacific digital credential?
• Development Process
• Challenges in writing content
• Reflections
• Learnings
• Takeaways
Course Title Engaging with Pacific
Why a Pacific Digital credential (the demand)
Digital credential is an online award that recognizes achievement of your level of competence in a professional development course.
UNITEC’S PACIFIC PARITY TARGET
PACIFIC COURSE THAT CATERS TO BOTH TEACHING
& NON-TEACHING STAFF
TURN THE “UNDERSTANDING PACIFIC” WORKSHOP INTO A
DIGITAL CREDENTIAL
Development Process
Appointment of Project Lead
Develop Course
Final changes & closing loop
Launch Feb 2023
Pre-development
(Stage 1) Development
(Stage 2) Post development (Stage 3)
Application
Moderation & Pilot
Source: Creating a Course Plan – Teaching Online at DeGroote School of Business (pressbooks.pub)
Content
development challenges
Content/ Activities
• Pacific Models
• Cultural Competency Model,
• Conceptual framework
• Relevant activities
Assessment
• Tasks & marking guide
• Tasks templates
LMS (Moodle)
• Request shell
• Structure & layout
• Resources/activities
• Writing for online environment
Reflections
• Development process – Lack of understanding
• Resourcing – e-learning specialist, project lead, time, administrative requirements
• Staff capability/ availability - lack of experience in using Moodle to engage learners, writing for online environment
• Content - Pacific worldview broad, Pacific value models, Pacific lens, global cultural model
• Assessment – one assessment for
teaching and non-teaching staff, evidence requirement for different digital credential levels
Learnings
Power of collaboration Quality Assurance Resourcing & capability Content
Takeaway…
Lupeti – [email protected] Abha- [email protected]
Collaboration – Recognising each other’s strength, accommodating differences while prioritising end goal & timeline.
Quality Assurance
Importance of Moderation & Pilot testing
Content
teaching philosophy – Importance of embedding your TP in CA
Indigenous worldview – Importance of
contextualising models to organisational needs
Question / Discussion
References :
1. Biggs, J. (2014). Constructive alignment in university teaching. HERDSA Review of Higher Education, 1, 5- 22.
2. Colin Loughlin, Simon Lygo-Baker & Åsa Lindberg- Sand (2021) Reclaiming constructive
alignment, European Journal of Higher Education, 11:2, 119-
136, DOI: 10.1080/21568235.2020.1816197 3. *Pohatu, Taina Whakaatere. (2011). “Mauri –
Rethinking Human Wellbeing.” MAI Review, 3, np.
Retrieved from
http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryMan agerServlet?dps_pid=FL10697584.
4. Tyler, R.W. (1949). Basic principles of curriculum and instruction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.