

May
Jennie Swann, Centre for Educational & Professional Development
Jennie gave a presentation of her PhD research into ways of supporting teachers' facilitation of online learning conversations.
March
At the first IRG meeting of 2008, Robert Wellington of the Faculty of Design and Creative Technology and former AUTEC faculty rep, presented a discussion on "Research Ethics and Online Communities".
In his presentation, he discussed general ethical principles and how they apply in the research of online communities. Topics covered included: recruiting online, voluntary and informed consent, the Treaty of Waitangi, and data collection / research adequacy (a brief coverage of some methodological perils).
To download a copy of his presentation, please click here
(432kb).