Study Online
NCNZ offers a number of online learning resources to facilitate your learning and connect you with classmates from around New Zealand. These include:
The Online Campus
The Online Campus gives you access to electronic unit notes and assessments from anywhere where you can access the internet. This means you can study from home, at the library or even from a friends place while they look after the kids for a couple of hours.
A key part of the Online Campus is the forums available for each unit of study. Theses are a great vehicle for networking and communicating with fellow students from around the country. You can discuss course content, theory, assessments, and learn and share with your peers. The forums help to address some of the challenges of learning by distance by plugging you into an online community.
NatNet
Peer support is a key element in maintaining motivation when undertaking distance learning. To help facilitate this interaction, NCNZ has on offer a social network website called NatNet. Think a Facebook just for NCNZ students and with more networking tools and activities available.
NatNet is a sister site to the Online Campus. Where the Online Campus is focused on your learning, this site is set to meet the social needs of NCNZ students. It allows you to better get to know other students, support each other in your learning and keep in touch following workshops. On NatNet you can create groups, discuss topics of your choice, share photos, link to your favourite YouTube videos, add friends and organise live chats events with people you know.
The Student Resources Centre
The Student Resources Centre is a student only area of the College website where you can find all the information you need to be successful in your studies. It is your online student handbook and provides a broad range of information, from details on the support services available to you from our staff to downloadable administration and case taking forms. It is also the entry point to access the Online Campus and NatNet.
