In this issue:

• Events:
  • Next DEANZ Discussion with Dr Mavis Haigh
  • Online Conference (Involving Massey University)
    Free: a community theme.
  • FLLinNZ Workshop Tool kit launch
• What I'm Reading Mark Nichols
  • Random papers from the past
• WikiEducator
  • Training Event
  • Liquid Theads
• Recent Papers
  • From He Kupu (on Quality)
• Random Items of Interest
  • Podcasting
  • Random Blog
• Plus: twitter, Facebook . . .
• Note from Flier Compiler

Any dud links, typos, news, things to share etc, please let me know -
derek.chirnside(at)canterbury.ac.nz

Next DEANZ discussion starts 29th October 2007:

We have Dr Mavis Haigh discussing "Replacing the nods and smiles: Raising questions about philosophy and pedagogy in a predominantly Web-based Master's module" from Monday 29 October through Friday 9 November 2007. This is based in a Google Group, open to DEANZ members.
http://groups.google.com/group/deanz?hl=en-GB

Online Conference: learning communities ...
8th Oct - 2nd Nov 2007

From the web page: http://rpc2007.usq.edu.au

You are invited to register and participate in a virtual conference with a difference. The University of Southern Queensland in Australia has initiated this conference and is joined by Stirling University in Scotland and Massey University in New Zealand in presenting it.

This conference brings together a number of people who have had considerable experience in using information and communication technologies in educational and community settings. Their experience has led them to think innovatively about the ways in which we might open up the potential that information and communication technologies offer learning communities in a range of settings.

The notion of