Collaborate And Communicate If You Want Change, Says Danish Visiting E-learning Expert

Collaborate and communicate if you want change is the message that Danish visiting e-learning expert, Peter Looms, delivered to an audience of e-Learning specialists at the second annual Regional e-Learning Symposium held at NorthTec in Whangarei on Wednesday 29 September 2010.

Mr Looms is spending two weeks in New Zealand speaking at e-Learning symposia around the country sponsored by Wellington Loop, NorthTec, Wintec and Victoria University sharing his extensive experience as a teacher and as a strategic planner for projects involving new media in a number of European countries.

"My connection with New Zealand goes back 20 years and I see many similarities in outlook between Kiwis and Danes," he said. "Neither Kiwis nor Danes like to accept formal authority. We are informal and sometimes irritatingly independent. However we are able to work towards a consensus through open discussion."

This transparency can be a good thing in terms of being prepared try new ideas and being able to learn from our mistakes. "In many countries status is everything and the fear of failure is the guiding principle. In New Zealand and Denmark a lot of things can happen because we can learn from our mistakes."
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Source: Voxy.co.nz