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Indigenous Learners and Online FacilitationKate Timms-Dean

Educational Development Centre

Kate Timms-Dean, Otago Polytechnic 2010

Contents

Who are Indigenous people?

Discussion:

Why consider Indigenous people in online facilitation?

A cultural framework for online facilitation:

Tikanga Māori

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Discussion:Why consider Indigenous learners in online facilitation?

Who are Indigenous people?

“Indigenous peoples are any ethnic group who inhabit a geographic region with which that have the earliest known historical connection…

“[The term] ‘Indigenous peoples’ may often be used in preference to… other terms as a neutral replacement, where such terms may have taken negative or pejorative connotations…”

Wikipedia, 2010.

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Who are Indigenous people?

• Similar experiences amongst Indigenous and minority peoples around the world, including:

– Colonisation

– Oppression

– Language decline

– Cultural contraction

– Resource depletion

Farmer_Angel. (2007). Oppression.Accessed on May 22, 2009, from

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10260033@N08/965392377/.

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The international context

• Evidence supports the idea that these experiences contribute to:

– Alienation from mainstream, “western” structures and institutions

– Cultural dislocation and language loss

– Low socio-economic status

– Poor educational attainment

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Tikanga MāoriA cultural framework for online facilitation

• Ako – reciprocal learning and teaching

• Manaakitanga - hospitality

• Whanaungatanga – relationship building

• Kotahitanga – building new knowledge together

• Rangatiratanga – learner centredness

• Pūkengatanga – building digital capability

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AkoReciprocal learning and teaching

• Kanohi ki te kanohi

• Learner control

• Dialogue

• Direct learner involvement

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ManaakitangaHospitality

• Teacher visibility

• Cultural safety

• Āhuatanga Māori

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WhanaungatangaRelationship building

• Creating synergy

• The principle of whakapapa

• Learning as a collective activity

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KotahitangaBuilding new knowledge together

• Collaboration

• Learning in partnership

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RangatiratangaLearner centredness

• Supporting learners to develop own ideas

• Learning is influenced by prior knowledge and experience

• Valuing of learner knowledge and perspectives

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PūkengatangaBuilding capability

• Learners as experts

• Praxis focused

• Tuakana Teina

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Questions or comments?

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References

Ferguson, S.L. (2008). Key elements for a Māori e-learning framework. In MAI review, 2008: (3).

Neal, T., & Collier, H. (2006). Weaving kaupapa Māori and e-learning. In Journal of Maori and Pacific development, 7 (2): 68-73.

Wikipedia. (2010). Indigenous peoples. Accessed on April 20, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples.

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