I love being able to get away for extended periods of time and still appear to be at work in Sydney! However, achieving this means I’m reliant on some degree of connectivity on a regular basis… after all, I might be in Europe but I’m not on holidays and there are a couple of cohorts…
Read MoreAll articles filed in Editorial Comment
Heading to London…25th June
Well, today is the last day in the office – my physical office that is, for…5 weeks!!I’ve finished marking mounds of weblog assignments, results are submitted and now….it’s time to head north for a little sun (I know, it is London), lots of fun, quite a lot of writing (PhD thesis type), and catch up…
Read MoreTangled words blamed on blogging!! –
A recent article (2May 2006) in the SMH (replicated from the Guardian) opens the article with this claim: "If you believe the internet is the fount of all wisdom, giving free rein to bloggers to exercise their vocal cords, think again. Ancient English cliches and expressions are being mangled by the culture of cut and…
Read MoreThought for the week…
"I link, therefore I am." Jason Ohler, Taming the Beast Of course this does depend upon being able to get a connection…and although there’s a lot of wireless networks around, they still depend upon a line – a Telstra line….and that assumes the line works!Having spent the last couple of weeks being able to answer…
Read MoreA “Legend”!
Congratulations – AGAIN – to Peter Calopedos from Qantas Airways – who was last night honored with a "National Training Legend Award" by the Tourism Training Australia. (Don’t go rushing to their site though…it’s rather out of date…!) Peter was independently nominated "…for service to the development of tourism and hospitality training, to the nation…
Read MoreCan you manage different generations?
"Managing multigenerational workforces is an art in itself. Young workers want to make a quick impact, the middle generation needs to believe in the mission, and older employees don’t like ambivalence. Your move." That’s the promo paragraph from Harvard Business School "Working Knowledge" newsletter, 17 April 2006: "Can you manage different generations?" The article refers…
Read MoreTeaching Defiance….
Here’s a pre-release review of Mike Newman’s latest book "Teaching Defiance: Stories and Strategies for Activist Educations" "This book is for activist adult educators who want to help people make up their own minds and take control of their own lives. It examines how educators can help people identify choices – to agree, question, challenge…
Read MoreDaylight savings dilemas….
Are you aware that if you live in the eastern States of Australia that you are NOT getting that extra hour of sleep back this weekend?Were you also aware that your computer doesn’t know this? What am I babbling on about?Daylight savings !!!!!Daylight savings is NOT finishing this weekend (as usual – as scheduled –…
Read Moree-Learning Terminology
I’m currently working with some groups of learners, all new to e-Learning in the organisational context – one of the challenges is getting their heads around all the terminology – so – we look for quality glossaries of terms online as reference points.I found this one the other day – and thought I’d just have…
Read MoreYou’ve got mail – and we want a reply now…
This article appeared in the Australian Higher Education supplement 8th March: You’ve got mail and we want a reply now. "email has brought down the ivory tower. No longer can academics exist on a higher, seemingly inaccessible plane, aloof from the day-to-day worries, real and imagined, of the student body…." "As more fee-paying students populate…
Read More
Digital Dialogues 
You must be logged in to post a comment.