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The Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) is a government owned tertiary education institution with three campuses: Hawke’s Bay, Auckland, and Gisborne, New Zealand. It is also referred to as EIT Hawke's Bay, EIT Tairāwhiti, and EIT Auckland. EIT serves as the main regional higher education centre for the Hawke's Bay and Gisborne regions. It has two faculties. The Faculty of Educations, Humanities, and Health Science includes Te Ūranga Waka - Te Whatukura, Toihoukura, Education and Social Sciences, Health and Sport Science and Nursing schools, and an Ideaschool. The Faculty of Commerce and Technology includes Tourism and Hospitality, English Language Centre, Trades and Technology, Business, Computing and Applied Science schools.〔(Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawke's Bay : New Zealand Educated )〕〔(Annual Reports )〕 The Eastern Institute of Technology has a 〔 main campus in Taradale a suburb in Napier. It is situated half-way between the twin cities of Napier and Hastings, (approximately from each city), which together comprise the fifth largest urban area in New Zealand. It also has learning centres in Hastings, Waipukurau, Ruatoria, Tokomaru Bay, Wairoa and a centre in Maraenui, a suburb of the city of Napier. The Tairāwhiti campus offers a laidback format, and the Auckland campus is on Queen Street in Auckland CBD.〔(Community campus off to exciting start - Hawkes Bay Today - 2008-06-13 13:55:00.0 - localnews )〕 ==History== The Eastern Institute of Technology, as it is named today, was officially opened as the Hawke's Bay Community College by the Minister of Education, Phil Amos. Mr Amos laid the foundation stone, on 4 October 1975. In 1987 the Hawke's Bay Community College was renamed the Hawke's Bay Polytechnic. The next name change - to the ”Eastern Institute of Technology” occurred in 1996, the Institute's 21st year.〔(History )〕 The site of the main campus was donated to the people of Hawke's Bay at the time of the province's centenary by the late Margaret Hetley and in memory of her husband, Arnaud.〔 EIT had 10,000 students in 2014. Approximately 400 international students study at EIT each year and come from over 40 different countries.〔 It has its own Student Village across the road from the Hawke's Bay campus.〔(EIT Hawkes Bay Student Residential Village > Holiday Parks > New Zealand )〕〔(Student Residential Village )〕 A campus-wide wireless network, EIT Anywhere, allows students to use laptops or other mobile devices on campus. EIT Online, EIT's learning management system, allows students and staff to share information, communicate and interact through online course sites. It is powered by Moodle, and in October 2008 EIT Hawke's Bay hosted the annual Moodle conference.〔(MoodleMootNZ08 at EIT Hawke's Bay )〕 with Martin Dougiamas as keynote speaker. The MoodleMoot was successful and described as "brilliantly run, fantastic speakers".〔http://www.moodleman.net/archives/232 Live-blogging MoodleMootNZ08〕 In January 2011, EIT Hawkes Bay officially merged with Tairawhiti Polytechnic in Gisborne. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eastern Institute of Technology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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