User:Robin Day

My Profile
Currently Deputy CE at Otago Polytechnic, http://wikieducator.org/Otago_Polytechnic a role I have held since 2003, prior to this I was Deputy CE (.5) and Dean, Health and Community Group since 2000 Current roles; Director of Research, Director CAPABLE NZ http://www.capablenz.co.nz/,  Chair and Director Open Education Resource Foundation, Chair Tertiary Accord of New Zealand (TANZ) Academic Managers Group, Past Chair Institues of Technology and Polytechnics Research Forum - http://www.wikieducator.org/Institutes_of_Technology_and_Polytechnics_Research_Forum

Qualifications Ph.D - Flinders University of South Australia - Topic - Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), Dip Soc Sci - Massey University New Zealand, B.Sc - Otago University, New Zealand

My teaching background has been in the areas of Behavioural Science, Research Methods, and Health informatics. I have a strong interest in the philosophy of education, this is informed by my work on assessment of prior learning and access to education. There have been significant links with open education, e-learning, flexible and blended learning as they relate to reducing barriers to access to education. This is also important at a policy level where traditional thinking on education can be a constraint. Being in a position to influence policy and challenging existing views is a key feature of how I see my current roles, both within Education and Otago Polytechnic.

My Work
Strategy and Leadership in Education at Otago Polytechnic. Chair of Academic Board, Research Advisory Committee and Post Graduate Committee. Responsible for the Research Office, CAPABLE NZ, OER Foundation and Education Foundation.

My Family
Heather my partner - is a staff developer at Otago Polytechnic and a skilled Wiki educator http://hn.wikieducator.org/Learning4Content/Workshops/eL4C41/Heather_Day_Video

Daughters Anna, Emily and Katie, Small Poodle Max

My Hobbies

 * Sport, Multi sport, Kayaking, Mountain biking - Running - Trekking
 * Music, play guitar and sing a bit.
 * Currently restoring a 1975 Porsche 911s

other stuff
/My Sandbox/

/Formal biography

/Test How to get Started on Research Page/

http://wikieducator.org/Institutes_of_Technology_and_Polytechnics_Research_Forum

/Test How to Write up Research Page/

/Test OER presentation/

The Learner in 2020

=Notes from my Wikineighbours= Hi Robin, I'm your WikiNeighbour, wellcome to WikiEducator. You might be interested to meet more wiki-colleagues. Please let me know if I can be of any help to you. Gladys Gahona (eL4C24 Junior Facilitator).--chela5808 19:46, 17 March 2009 (UTC)