scholarly journals Nurturing Collaborative Networks of Mobile Learning Researchers and Practitioners

2021 ◽  
pp. 325-346
Author(s):  
Thomas Cochrane ◽  
Vickel Narayan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Collaborative Networks ◽  
Collaborative Network ◽  
Communication Structure ◽  
National Project ◽  
International Networks ◽  
Subsequent Application

In this article, we present the development of a framework for supporting and facilitating collaborative networks of reflective practice using mobile social media. Developed throughout a two-year collaborative mobile learning project #NPF14LMD, the framework has subsequently been used to support two wider international networks of mobile learning researchers and practitioners. The #NPF14LMD project was a national project comprised of three universities and three polytechnics across New Zealand. One of the goals of the #NPF14LMD project was to create a collaborative network of practice across the six institutions participating in the project. The network provided a support and communication structure linking the six institutional communities of practice, enabling sharing of their experiences and a sense of belonging to a wider national and international community. This article outlines the use of mobile social media to facilitate the #NPF14LMD network, and the subsequent application of this framework to support two international networks.

scholarly journals Nurturing Collaborative Networks of Mobile Learning Researchers and Practitioners

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 73-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Cochrane ◽  
Vickel Narayan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Collaborative Networks ◽  
Collaborative Network ◽  
Communication Structure ◽  
International Networks ◽  
Subsequent Application

In this article, we present the development of a framework for supporting and facilitating collaborative networks of reflective practice using mobile social media. Developed throughout a two-year collaborative mobile learning project #NPF14LMD, the framework has subsequently been used to support two wider international networks of mobile learning researchers and practitioners. The #NPF14LMD project was a national project comprised of three universities and three polytechnics across New Zealand. One of the goals of the #NPF14LMD project was to create a collaborative network of practice across the six institutions participating in the project. The network provided a support and communication structure linking the six institutional communities of practice, enabling sharing of their experiences and a sense of belonging to a wider national and international community. This article outlines the use of mobile social media to facilitate the #NPF14LMD network, and the subsequent application of this framework to support two international networks.

scholarly journals Home and Hearth

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-27
Author(s):  
Barbara Bassett
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Greek Myth ◽  
Middle Years ◽  
Family Time ◽  
Social Trends ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Fast Lane

While it is generally agreed that family time nourishes the young, gives purpose to those in middle years and accompanies the elders, the reality is that family time competes with contemporary social trends such as increased use of social media, the reality of dispersed families, or contends with the need or wish of caregivers to work outside the home; all of which create a life-in-the-fast-lane pace of living. However, “hearth-time”, as a metaphor for a warm place to arrive at and feel a sense of belonging, is alive with potential in Aotearoa New Zealand. This paper aims to identify and highlight the potentials that support the benefits of the hearth and time spent together and, by reviewing the origins and purpose of the hearth, build awareness of already existing hearth potentials; including our consulting rooms and the hearth-tending dynamics that abide within. To support the notion that hearth and subsequent primacy of heartfelt experiences needs more centrality in our homes, communities and even our thinking, I will draw on and extrapolate from the Greek myth of Hestia, Virgin Goddess of the hearth, drawing parallels between the principles of the myth and the value our profession and cultures offer. Whakarāpopotonga Ahakoa, ki tā te nuinga, e whakaaehia ana ko te wā o te whānau te wā poipoihia ai ngā kōhungahunga, whai hua ai ngā pākeke, whai takahoa ai ngā kuia, koroua, ki te āta matawaihia e whakataetae kē ana tēnei wā ki ngā mahi omaoma haeretanga ki te whai oranga i roto i tēnei ao hurihuri. Heoi anō, kua whakaritea he “wā takuahi” hai wāhi taunga mahana kia rongo ai i te kiritau o te tūrangawaewae, e torohū ake ana i Aotearoa nei. Ko te whāinga a tēnei pepa he tohu kātahi ka whakahira ake i ngā torohūnga tautoko i ngā painga o tēnei wāhi arā te takuahi, me te wā noho tahi ai. Mā te tātari haeretanga i ngā tīmatatanga me ngā take o te takuahi e whakarahi ake ngā rongo o ngā huanga takuahi me ō tātau wāhi haumanu me ōna whakahaerenga takuahi. Hai tautoko ake i te whakaaro ko te tauahi me te hiranga o ngā wheako manawapā whakaarahia ake me whai wāhi ki waenganui i ō tātau kāinga, hāpori me ō tātau whakaaro hoki. Ka huri au ki te pūrākau a ngā Kiriki mō Hētia te Atua Puhi o te takuahi, hai whakaatu i ngā ōritenga i waenga i ngā mātāpono o te pūrākau me te ūara o tō tātau ūmangae me o tātau ahurei.

Influential Factors of Collaborative Networks in Manufacturing: Validation of a Conceptual Model

10.28945/2120 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 001-019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danny Wee Hock Quik ◽  
Nevan Wright ◽  
Ammar Rashid ◽  
Sivadass Thiruchelvam
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Support ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Collaborative Networks ◽  
Collaborative Network ◽  
Perceived Effectiveness ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Technical Systems ◽  
External Learning

The purpose of the study is to identify influential factors in the use of collaborative networks within the context of manufacturing. The study aims to investigate factors that influence employees’ learning, and to bridge the gap between theory and praxis in collaborative networks in manufacturing. The study further extends the boundary of a collaborative network beyond enterprises to include suppliers, customers, and external stakeholders. It provides a holistic perspective of collaborative networks within the complexity of the manufacturing environment, based on empirical evidence from a questionnaire survey of 246 respondents from diverse manufacturing industries. Drawing upon the socio-technical systems (STS) theory, the study presents the theoretical context and interpretations through the lens of manufacturing. The results show significant influences of organizational support, promotive interactions, positive interdependence, internal-external learning, perceived effectiveness, and perceived usefulness on the use of collaborative networks among manufacturing employees. The study offers a basis of empirical validity for measuring collaborative networks in organizational learning and knowledge/information sharing in manufacturing.

scholarly journals Making equal rights to health an election issue in NZ local body elections

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
P Stone ◽  
D e b Leyland
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Determinants Of Health ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Health Inequity ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
The Public ◽  
Local Body

Abstract In New Zealand there are 20 district health boards (DHBs) with local elections every 3 years. There is low voter turnout for these, we suspect because the public has low cognizance of the role DHBs have in governing their health and disability system. Good governance ensures everyone whatever ethnicity, gender or sexual proclivity, from birth to old age, able or disabled, mentally well or unwell, drugfree or addicted, has equal rights of dignified access to healthcare. Without public engagement in DHB elections, the community risks having candidates elected that also don't understand their role through a preventative public health framework or human rights lens. The United Community Action Network (UCAN) developed a human rights framework and Health Charter for people driven into poverty by the costs of staying well in NZ. The framework outlines 6 social determinants of health needing protection through policy, to ensure all enjoy their rights to health. UCAN and the Public Health Association of New Zealand (PHA) partnered to raise public and the candidates' awareness during 2019 elections, of these social determinants causing inequity in health outcomes. A series of short explainer-videos were created for sharing through social media during the election build-up period, helping to promote PHA Branches' public Meet the Candidates events. Post-election, a longer film was produced to send to the elected DHB members. Our theory of change centred on spotlighting health inequity for voters, so that they would elect DHB members who had the greatest understanding and commitment to addressing this issue. With shareable videos we aimed to attract audience, raise awareness and debate the policy solutions to health inequity with candidates, enabling more informed choice amongst the voting public. Post-election, we maintain supportive relationships with the elected DHB members that promised their commitment to our Health Charter during their campaigns. Key messages Using videos and social media, local body elections provide an opportunity to promote everyone’s right to affordable healthcare, supporting and informing voter decision-making. UCAN's Health Charter is an advocacy resource for raising awareness of the social determinants of health inequity and poverty for people with mental illness, addiction and disability.

scholarly journals Producing deflective online strategies: Lessons from New Zealand women’s management of social media engagement

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Sarah Hendrica Bickerton ◽  
Karl Löfgren
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Gender Effect ◽  
Social Location ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Online Strategies ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
Different Levels

Public engagement is a gendered experience, whether offline or online, something which is reflected in women’s experiences of social media. In this article, we seek to systematically explore the experiences from politically engaged women twitter users in New Zealand in order to draw some lessons, through a thematic and interpretative analytical approach, at four different strategic levels on how to deflect intimidating and aggressive behaviour. We conclude that understanding strategically how structural social locations like gender effect the ability to contribute to political participation and engagement, if addressed, can produce more inclusive and productive online political and policy spaces. Further, this strategic approach involves connecting together different levels of response to online negativity such as platform tools, space-curation, and monitoring, having these made coherent with each other, as well as with this strategic understanding of how structural social location plays into access and use of online political and policy spaces.

scholarly journals New Zealand among global social media initiative leaders for primary care advocacy

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Hoedebecke ◽  
Joseph Scott-Jones ◽  
Luís Pinho-Costa
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Social Media ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Family Doctor ◽  
Primary Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Family Doctors ◽  
Medicine Community ◽  
World Organisation

Abstract The international ‘#1WordforFamilyMedicine’ initiative explores the identity of General Practitioners (GPs) and Family Physicians (FPs) by allowing the international Family Medicine community to collaborate on advocating for the discipline via social media. The New Zealand version attracted 83 responses on social media. Thematic analysis was performed on the responses and a ‘word cloud’ image was created based on an image identifying the country around the world - that of the silver fern. The ‘#1WorldforFamilyMedicine’ project was promoted by WONCA (World Organisation of Family Doctors) globally to help celebrate World Family Doctor Day on 19 May 2015. To date, over 80 images have been created in 60 different countries on six continents. The images represent GPs’ love for their profession and the community they serve. We hope that this initiative will help inspire current and future Family Medicine and Primary Care providers.

scholarly journals The INTEGRAL CALCULUS MODULE THROUGH MOBILE LEARNING IN MATHEMATICS LEARNING

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Endang Istikomah
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Integral Calculus ◽  
Learning Modules ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Language Content ◽  
The Way

. The purpose of this research is to give information to educators and students that the use of modules accompanied by IT can make learning more effective. Furthemore, the purpose of using the integral calculus module through mobile learning is to be able to change the way students learn, make it easier for students to understand integral concepts, be able to study anywhere and without lecturers, change the smartphone function from just playing social media to learning. This type of research is a qualitative descriptive study through in-depth observation and interviews. The mathematics module is a reference that can facilitate students in learning. Integral calculus for one of the courses that require modules to make learning easier and more enjoyable. Moreover, the module is juxtaposed with mobile learning. Modules are designed by lecturers who teach based on their experience while teaching, so that the language, content, sentence modules that are paired by mobile learning are more favored by students and can follow the speed of their mathematics learning. Therefore, educators can use modules and mobile learning applications in learning mathematics.

scholarly journals Tanah Papua, Asia-Pacific news blind spots and citizen media: From the ‘Act of Free Choice’ betrayal to a social media revolution

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-178
Author(s):  
David Robie
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Free Choice ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Mariana Islands ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
West Papua ◽  
Foreign Correspondence ◽  
Post War

For five decades Tanah Papua, or the West Papua half of the island of New Guinea on the intersection of Asia and the Pacific, has been a critical issue for the region with a majority of the Melanesian population supporting self-determination, and ultimately independence. While being prepared for eventual post-war independence by the Dutch colonial authorities, Indonesian paratroopers and marines invaded the territory in 1962 in an ill-fated military expedition dubbed Operation Trikora (‘People’s Triple Command’). However, this eventually led to the so-called Act of Free Choice in 1969 under the auspices of the United Nations in a sham referendum dubbed by critics as an ‘Act of No Choice’ which has been disputed ever since as a legal basis for Indonesian colonialism. A low-level insurgency waged by the OPM (Free West Papua Movement) has also continued and Jakarta maintains its control through the politics of oppression and internal migration. For more than five decades, the legacy media in New Zealand have largely ignored this issue on their doorstep, preferring to give attention to Fiji and a so-called coup culture instead. In the past five years, social media have contributed to a dramatic upsurge of global awareness about West Papua but still the New Zealand legacy media have failed to take heed. This article also briefly introduces other Asia-Pacific political issues—such as Kanaky, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinean university student unrest, the militarisation of the Mariana Islands and the Pacific’s Nuclear Zero lawsuit against the nine nuclear powers—ignored by a New Zealand media that has no serious tradition of independent foreign correspondence.

scholarly journals Public engagement and dialogic accounting through social media during COVID-19 crisis: a missed opportunity?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Landi ◽  
Antonio Costantini ◽  
Marco Fasan ◽  
Michele Bonazzi
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Health Agencies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Agencies

PurposeThe purpose of this exploratory study is to investigate why and how public health agencies employed social media during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak to foster public engagement and dialogic accounting.Design/methodology/approachThe authors analysed the official Facebook pages of the leading public agencies for health crisis in Italy, United Kingdom and New Zealand and they collected data on the number of posts, popularity, commitment and followers before and during the outbreak. The authors also performed a content analysis to identify the topics covered by the posts.FindingsEmpirical results suggest that social media has been extensively used as a public engagement tool in all three countries under analysis but – because of legitimacy threats and resource scarcity – it has also been used as a dialogic accounting tool only in New Zealand. Findings suggest that fake news developed more extensively in contexts where the public body did not foster dialogic accounting.Practical implicationsPublic agencies may be interested in knowing the pros and cons of using social media as a public engagement and dialogic accounting tool. They may also leverage on dialogic accounting to limit fake news.Originality/valueThis study is one of the first to look at the nature and role of social media as an accountability tool during public health crises. In many contexts, COVID-19 forced for the first time public health agencies to heavily engage with the public and to develop new skills, so this study paves the way for numerous future research ideas.

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