Member Institute of IT Professionals, NZ (IITP) formerly (until 2012) New Zealand Computer Society (NZCS)
2009- :Information Technology Certified Professional (ITCP) – http://www.itcp.co.nz/
2010 – : Member of Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ)
2009 -: Member of IEEE Computer Society
2006-2009: IEEE Virtual Instructors Pilot Research Group (VIPRG) researcher – Learning Technology Sub-Committee, IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Learning Technology.
Member of Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
Activities Association for Computing Machinery New Zealand
2006-2011: Vice-chair
2005-2007: Column editor : ACM NZ Bulletin. ISSN 1176-9998 (http://www.acm.org/chapters/acm_nz/)
Activities for National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications (NACCQ)
2009-2010: Executive Editor: Bulletin of Applied Computing and Information Technology (BACIT), http://www.naccq.ac.nz/bacit
2009: Co-Editor: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications Conference, Napier, New Zealand, July 10-13.
2010: Co-Editor: Mann, S. & Verhaart, M. (Eds.) (2010) Proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference of the Computing and Information Technology Research and Education of New Zealand Conference (Incorporating the 23rd National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications Conference), Dunedin, New Zealand, July 6-9.
2003-08: Web Editor: Bulletin of Applied Computing and Information Technology – BACIT ( http://www.naccq.ac.nz/bacit )
2004-2010: Member of Research and Support Working Group.http://www.naccq.ac.nz
2004-08: Polytechnic/Institute of Technology Degree paper moderator
Activities for Computing and Information Technology Research and Education, New Zealand (CITRENZ)
Note this is the group formed with the restructuring of NACCQ in 2010.
2011: Co-Editor: Mann, S. & Verhaart, M. (Eds.) (2011) Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Conference of the Computing and Information Technology Research and Education of New Zealand Conference (Incorporating the 24th National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications Conference), Rotorua, New Zealand, July 5-8.
2010-: Executive Editor: Journal of Applied Computing and Information Technology (JACIT), http://www.citrenz.ac.nz/jacit
2011-: CITRENZ Research and Professional Development Focus Group
2012: Co-editor: M. Lopez & M. Verhaart (Eds.) (2012) Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference of the Computing and Information Technology Research and Education of New Zealand Conference (Incorporating the 25th National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications Conference), Christchurch, New Zealand. October 7 – 10
NZQA
1997-97: NZQA Moderator for unit standards
1993 (approx): Panel member for NZQA accreditation for Wairiki Polytechnic, Rotorua
2012: Panel member (staff representative) Bachelor of Teaching (Primary)
2016: Panel member Wintec Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma in Applied IT and Master in Applied IT (appointed ongoing monitor)
Eastern Institute of Technology
2000 – : Academic Staff Appraiser
2006 – 2007: Member of Innovation in Teaching and Learning Forum
2007 – : Member of Strategic Research Committee
Member of EIT Website advisory group
Specialised Databases (Results [2001-06] Graduation [2005-], Wine inventory)
Massey University
2008: Mentor: Jonnavithula, L. (n.d.) Improving the interfaces of online discussion forums to enhance learning support . Thesis for Master of Information Science in Information Systems, Massey University.
200?-2007: Researcher for Advanced Learning Technologies Research Centre (ALTRC), Massey University ( http://is-alt.massey.ac.nz/ )
2005-2006: Member project team of Agent based intelligent help environment for New Zealand student community. An eCDF (e-Learning Collaborative Development Fund) project, value $500k-$1million: Partners Massey University, Waikato University, EIT, AUT and University of Auckland along with Online Learning Systems Ltd of Palmerston North. The project involves design, implementation and evaluation of a web-based system in which students from New Zealand tertiary institutions can engage in a student-centred community of learning to share study and subject-related problems, join study groups and receive expert advice.
WikiEducator
Open Polytechnic
2010 – : Member Information Systems and Technology Discipline Advisory Committee
NZ Polytechnic Programmes Committee (NZPPC)
1996: Accreditation Panel member for Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Tauranga for Field of Computing & Information Technology (Levels 1-7)