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Cognition Consulting Secures Arts Online Contract
10 January 2006
Cognition Consulting Secures Arts Online Contract
NEW ZEALAND, Wednesday, 10 January: Cognition Consulting Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Multi Serve Education Trust, has been awarded the Ministry of Education Arts Online portal contract, which is a key professional resource for all arts educators in primary and secondary schools throughout New Zealand.
Dr. Phil Coogan, project director for Arts Online and Cognition Consulting's New Zealand Operations Manager, says the win reflects the company's acknowledged expertise in developing and managing online, interactive communities for teachers and students.
"We've demonstrated expertise and experience through the our ongoing development of the TKI bilingual portal and web community, which provides quality assured educational material for teachers, school managers and the wider education community," he says. Dr Coogan also directs other highly successful online communities, including English and ESOL Online.
"The arts are such an exciting area of development in New Zealand and we see the Arts Online as being pivotal to that growth. We envisage not only educators but artists and students benefitting from the community networking features which will be an important part of the development of the site," he adds.
The Arts Online portal is a 'one-stop-shop' for primary and secondary schools and currently features an array of teaching resources that can be used in classrooms as well as case studies, discussion groups, news updates and event information.
Cognition Consulting will co-ordinate a team of five facilitators for dance, drama, music, visual arts and art history who will moderate discussion groups, quality assure content, and keep their communities informed about opportunities and events for schools.
Dr. Coogan will be supported by Cognition Consulting project leader, Merryn Dunmill, who will also bring a wealth of knowledge in arts education and online community facilitation to the contract.
"Cognition Consulting now has a proven experience and skills in this fast evolving and increasingly critical part of the education landscape. This contract win is a positive way to end the year and puts us in great shape for continued expansion in 2007," he says.
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