More than 180 people from around New Zealand are expected at
two education conferences in Dunedin next week.
The annual conference for computing and information
technology educators will begin at Otago Polytechnic on
Tuesday, and the University of Otago Students' Association
(OUSA) is hosting a national student association conference
from Thursday to Saturday.
About 80 people have registered for each conference. Another
20 secondary teachers are expected at a one-day series of
workshops being held on Tuesday in conjunction with the
Computing and Information Technology Research and Education
in New Zealand (Citrenz) conference.
The three-day Citrenz conference was a forum for the
discussion and exchange of information on topics related to
computing and information technology education and practice,
Otago Polytechnic head of the school of information
technology Lesley Smith said.
National and international educators would be attending.
Among the guest speakers will be Nathan Shedroff, co-founder
of one of the world's first web design businesses and chair
of the ground-breaking MBA in Design Strategy at the
California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
The end of compulsory membership for student associations and
the possible introduction of voluntary membership is on the
agenda at the New Zealand Union of Students' Association's
(NZUSA) conference.
John Ong, co-author of the PricewaterhouseCoopers report
commissioned by NZUSA, will release the report and its
findings into the economic value of student associations and
the potential impact of voluntary membership on student
services.
Tertiary education minister Steven Joyce and Tertiary
Education Union national secretary Sharn Riggs are among the
guest speakers.
The NZUSA holds three conferences annually.
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