Hazel Owen
Hazel is the team leader for the Virtual Professional Learning and Development (VPLD) programme.
Hazel has been recognised for her work in education in New Zealand and the Middle East and is a recipient of several awards and nominations for programme design, research, and teaching practice.
She has had more than 11 years experience working with e-Learning in a range of institutions, and has managed and developed projects, as well as designing and facilitating innovative PLD initiatives. Furthermore, she has conducted a number of related research studies into the efficacy of education technology and has presented and published the results internationally.
- Web 2.0
- Promoting, co-ordinating and facilitating ICT
- ICTELT design
- ePortfolios and eAssessment
- Strategic planning and project management
- Faculty reviews and training
- Presenting and publishing internationally
- Designing/building online and blended-learning courses
- 2008 - Best presenter’s award at the EIT Teaching and Learning Conference and nominated for the Staff Excellence Awards: Research (Unitec NZ)
- 2007 - Second in the Nikai Award for Innovation in Teaching
- Hazel Owen's programme, Computers, Research Skills and Projects, nominated for and
- selected as one of the final four finalists in the Nikai Innovation in Education Technology Award
- Hazel Owen's programme, Computers, Research Skills and Projects, awarded second place in the HCT 2006-2007 Chancellor’s Innovation in ICT Enhanced Learning Award
- 2006 - Hazel Owen's programme, Computers, Research Skills and Projects, selected as top finalist in the 2006 UAE IT Challenge
- Received recognition for second place in ‘teaching faculty of the year’ 2005-2006 and 2004-2005
- 2005 - Best presenter's award at TESOL Arabia conference
"I live with my husband, John, and cat, Custard Slice, in Auckland in a lovely little place where we have planted a veggie garden and have a reserve just down the road. Our interests include endurance riding (horses), cycle touring, and running...plus the odd duathlon, triathlon, and tramping trip."
