{"id":4282,"date":"2024-09-30T02:34:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T02:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/?p=4282"},"modified":"2025-08-06T02:36:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T02:36:44","slug":"online-study-proves-beneficial-for-both-teachers-and-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mahuru-maori-twoa-ac-nz.azurewebsites.net\/mao\/online-study-proves-beneficial-for-both-teachers-and-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Online study proves beneficial for both teachers and students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Traditionally, teaching and learning a language is done in person. But with evolving technology, it is becoming more common to learn a language, like te reo M\u0101ori, online.<\/p>

Learning online might be challenging for some, whereas others thrive and couldn\u2019t think of a better way to learn. This can also be said for those who teach online.<\/p>

Northland kaiako, Wiremu Jerry, has seen first-hand the benefits of teaching and learning online after delivering Te Ara Reo M\u0101ori levels 2 and 3 online for Te W\u0101nanga o Aotearoa last year.<\/p>

\u201cBeing able to teach online was helpful because it allowed me to mold my technical skills on the computer. I also had the flexibility to study myself. I ended up studying full-time while working full-time. I managed to do half through law school and the other half studying for a Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

Wiremu acknowledges that online learning isn\u2019t for everyone, but believes there are many benefits, and people would be surprised at just how well they might do by giving online learning a go.<\/p>

He says that compared to in-person classes, the online programme is slower-paced and allows tauira more time to practice and polish topics they are learning before being assessed.<\/p>

\u201cWith online learning, you can slow down and take more time. Before the assessment, we have a solid 2 weeks focused on revising. That\u2019s a good amount of time to practice for assessments and to clarify anything that tauira might still be lost with.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

Te W\u0101nanga o Aotearoa has many campuses across the motu, but sometimes, it isn\u2019t possible to reach tauira in some of our smaller and more rural communities.<\/p>

That\u2019s where Wiremu says online learning can bridge the gap, and instead of tauira having to find a way to get to class, the classroom will come to them.<\/p>

\u201cI had tauira from all over the country, from Northland to Invercargill. It’s cool to build connections around the motu, and I encourage them to meet up in person if they want, and sometimes they do. It’s like building a community of people from all over the country.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

Wiremu says it has been a privilege to teach tauira from all walks of life and it\u2019s brought him much joy seeing them grow in confidence with te reo M\u0101ori.<\/p>

He mentions a tauira who suffers from anxiety, but because of the opportunity to study online, his anxiety was no longer a barrier.<\/p>

\u201cHe would join the class every single week; he was a very diligent guy. He needed this opportunity to be online. So, if you struggle in that space or can\u2019t access a campus because of where you are, online learning is a great pathway where you\u2019re not excluded.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

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With evolving technology, it is becoming more common to learn a language, like te reo M\u0101ori, online.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":4283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-challenge-stories","category-reo-maori"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahuru-maori-twoa-ac-nz.azurewebsites.net\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahuru-maori-twoa-ac-nz.azurewebsites.net\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahuru-maori-twoa-ac-nz.azurewebsites.net\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahuru-maori-twoa-ac-nz.azurewebsites.net\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahuru-maori-twoa-ac-nz.azurewebsites.net\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4282"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mahuru-maori-twoa-ac-nz.azurewebsites.net\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4287,"href":"https:\/\/mahuru-maori-twoa-ac-nz.azurewebsites.net\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4282\/revisions\/4287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahuru-maori-twoa-ac-nz.azurewebsites.net\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahuru-maori-twoa-ac-nz.azurewebsites.net\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahuru-maori-twoa-ac-nz.azurewebsites.net\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahuru-maori-twoa-ac-nz.azurewebsites.net\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}