Cultural Competence in the online environment

I will be facilitating a mini-conference event as part of my Facilitating Online 2010 course.

Thursday 11th November 2010, 2pm-3pm NZ time (World Clock)

The issues of "Cultural Competence in the online environment" will be addressed through a presentation by Kate Timms-Dean (pictured right) in the Elluminate virtual classroom.

Everyone Welcome.

For more details on how to access Elluminate visit the FO2010 WikiEducator page

Kate was born and raised in Dunedin and has a mixture of Scottish, English and Māori ancestry. Her iwi links are to Ngāti Raukawa ki Manawatu.

Kate studied Māori at the University of Otago and graduated with two undergraduate degrees in Māori Studies in the late 1990’s. She started working at Otago Polytechnic in 2007 and is currently employed as a senior lecturer in the Treaty Education and Training Unit and a programme developer in the Educational Development Centre.

Kate completed the Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Learning and Teaching (Level 7) by assessment of prior learning in 2007. She is currently completing her doctoral thesis in Māori Studies which focuses on the process of language revitalisation with reference to the Māori language in Aotearoa New Zealand and Scottish Gaelic in Alba Scotland.