Sector Activities
CWA is an e-Learnz member
Established in 2003, e-Learnz is an open consortium of New Zealand universities, polytechnics and other organisations working in e-Learning for tertiary education. It's goal is to become NZ's centre of excellence in the collaborative development and delivery of e-Learning. CWA New Media is an e-Learnz member.
Visit the e-Learnz website.
New Zealand ICT in Education Research
ICT in New Zealand Schools 2005 report (*PDF, 1.3MB)
ICT in New Zealand Schools 2003 report (*PDF, 1.4MB)
CWA has implemented a regular series of ICT research reports as part of its work with The Learning Centre Trust. These reports document the use of ICT in New Zealand schools and provide a extensively referenced longitudinal view of ICT usage, baselines, trends and attitudes of principals, teachers and students. Research for a 2005 report is currently underway.
Download the 2003 Media Release (*PDF, 72kb).
International partnerships
CWA is experienced in working in partnership with others.
This BBC news story "Testing students by mobile phone" provides an example of how CWA New Media worked with a British and French initiative to develop a new learner-centred application.
eLearning Exchange in action – Climate Change
As part of its award-winning Digital Conversations videoconferencing programme, CWA assisted the Ministry of Economic Development to introduce leading British climate expert to a group of students across New Zealand.
Dr Robert Watson, the then Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and a Senior Spokesperson on Global Warming and Climate Change for the World Bank, shared insights and knowledge with students of the Kaupapa Ara Whakawhiti Matauranga network. The videoconference and associated curriculum and online activities remain online as an ongoing resource for schools.
Australia-New Zealand (ANZAC) Dublin Core Group
Visit the Visit the DCMI website.
CWA is a leading expert in the development and implementation of discovery metadata in New Zealand.
In September 2001, as part its work with the international Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI), the company hosted and participated in the inaugural meeting of the Australia-New Zealand Dublin Core group. Special guest Washington-based DCMI leader, Dr Stu Wiebel, spoke of his excitement about the formation of the Anzac group, referencing the increasing adoption of Dublin Core metadata by custodians of online public domain collection across the world.
The Learning Centre Trust of New Zealand
In 1999 CWA established The Learning Centre Trust of New Zealand with business colleagues Multi Serve Education Trust and Laurence Zwimpfer. Over the following 3 years, CWA contributed part of its income to the Trust and distributed funds to beneficiaries. This included a $100,000 grant to the Internet Safety Group
