Virtual Learning Network

Kia ora koutou, talofa lava and welcome...

This kōrero invites you to think about those leadership skills and understandings which might be important when planning to resource e-learning in your school. We have all heard stories of schools investing heavily in technologies first and then deciding afterwards how they will be useful...or inviting students to bring in their own devices before considering how this might support the curriculum.

We know that e-learning is driven by curriculum and pedagogy - so what does this mean for leaders who need to grow a kete of services and technologies to support this in their school? 

Some resources to kick start this mahi...

• “By 2016, 97.7 per cent of schools will receive ultra-fast broadband connections enabling speeds of 100 Mbps.” MOE 28 Feb 2013
• Leading e-learning - on Enabling e-Learning on TKI
• School vision - on Enabling e-Learning on TKI
• Strategic planning - on Enabling e-Learning on TKI

From Enabling e-Learning Leadership, Dr Cheryl Doig outlines the change process and explains how to sustain change. As you watch, ask yourself what kind of leadership capabilities would be needed to do this and how does this relate to resourcing?

[Link to video with transcript]

Our key questions...

• How might principals grow their capacity to lead the resourcing of e-learning?

• How might your decisions about school resourcing of e-learning impact on property, personnel or finance?

  
  

 WEBINAR: You can access the webinar recording for this kōrero via this link

[Image credit: CC Hazel Owen]