Future Learning & Development is supporting the design and development of online courses through a co-design process called Aropapaki. The word “Aropapaki” is based on a Ngāi Tahu whakataukī: Me aropapaki te whiu. It speaks of perseverance to reach goals. Ngāi Tahu explains, “Be unyielding, like the waves that relentlessly hit the shore. A phrase encouraging people to persevere and keep strong.”
During the Aropapaki process, we work with academic staff to co-design an online course. The process begins with a series of three workshops, where you will be joined by a team consisting of learning designers, kaiārahi, Pasifika advisors, subject matter librarians, educational technology consultants, academic developers, and video producers. We’ve worked to make sure everyone will be in the room so that we have the best design possible and you are fully supported through the process. By the end of the three workshops, we will have the storyboard for your course and an action plan so that a learning designer can begin the build of the course in AKO | LEARN.
Following the workshops, we will continue to support you over the next 12 weeks to develop your course. Future Learning and Development will also provide additional resources to support you during the implementation of your online course.
If you have or are planning an online course and would like to engage in Aropapaki, let your Head of Department or Dean know. The call for the next round of Workshops will be going out soon.