Archive for: March 2007

The ‘long tail’ of underachievement of Maori students in a generally well performing education system in NZ, compared to other OECD countries, is widely recognised and significant problem.

This interview with Russell Bishop explains the progress of the …

This new publication from Jisc gives an overview of e-Assessment in HE, identifying the key elements of good practice (appropriateness; timeliness; relevance; accessibility; validity, quality of supporting systems) and then illustrating these through a series of case …

Richard talking briefly about the past, but mostly about the future…

The most volcanically active place in NZ (although not ranked highest in terms of risk as nobody lives there) is a fascinating day trip from Whakatane, Bay Of Plenty.

As always, I find such places …

Whilst walking on Great Barrier Island, NZ we came across this stunning fungi - Entoloma hochstetteri. An impressive blue colour combined with a delicate structure made it appear almost ‘artificial’ rather than a creation of nature!…