Proceedings: Rangahau Horonuku Hou – New Research Landscapes, Unitec/MIT Research Symposium 2021, December 6 and 7

We are pleased to present the proceedings of Rangahau Horonuku Hou – New Research Landscapes, an online research symposium collaboratively organised by Unitec and Manukau Institute of Technology in December 2021. Although face-to-face interactions are usually considered preferable, shifting to an online symposium during the Covid-19 pandemic facilitated a high degree of engagement from Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics across the mōtu, and enabled greater ease of attendance and programme navigation for participants. Unitec’s blended online and face-to-face 2020 symposium received 21 presentations from outside Unitec; this collaborative symposium received 65, including those from MIT. Along with the highly successful national ITP symposium hosted by Weltec/Whitireia and Open Polytechnic, this testifies to an increasing trend toward research collaboration across the sector. This is particularly encouraging as we enter into the final stages of integration and the full formation of Te Pūkenga, at the time of writing.

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https://doi.org/10.34074/proc.2206

Foreword
Marcus Williams and Daud Ahmed

Online from Monday: Lecturers’ Experiences of the Rapid Transition to Online Learning Delivery Following the First National Emergency Response to Covid-19
Dr Samantha Heath, Amanda Perry, Dr Eltahir Kabbar and Sue Palfreyman

Making Sense of E-Learning Platform Data to Inform Teaching and Learning Practice
Dr Hannetjie Meintjes, Dr Aleksandar Zivaljevic and Radhika Kumar

Reconceptualising the Assessment Practices Within Early Childhood Field Placements: Using Collaborative Reflective Conversations to Mentor Student Teachers on Practicum
Jo Perry and Dr Sarah Probine

Inquiring About Cultural Components of Early Childhood Education
Tahera Afrin

Reconceptualising Tertiary Contemporary Music Performance Assessment
Chris Orange

Understanding and Responding to Student Needs in Tertiary and Vocational Education: Insights from NorthTec
Dr Angie Dang and Anthea Raven

Male Secondary-School Student Engagement Rates with School Counsellors, as Compared with Female Engagement Rates
Nigel Pizzini

Using Social Capital to Mitigate Impacts of Covid-19: Lessons from Returning Migrant Workers and Their Families in a Laotian Province Bordering Thailand
Dr Angie Dang

Forecasting Water-Level Fluctuation in Water-Supply Dams of the Auckland and
Waikato Regions
Pramith Waidyaratne and David Phillips