Hot off the press is Adult Education and Training – edited by Dr James Athanasou. Here’s what the publisher says: "Adult Education and Training arose from a major project to advance the field of adult learning in Australia. It is a collaborative effort that brings together some of the most well-known international and leading Australian…
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Paolo Friere – 10th Anniversary
Today, May 2nd, marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Paulo Freire. Freire’s work continues to inspire educators across the world, and new Institutes, books and courses emerge to review and re-invent his work. Below are a collection of some of these resources: On video Culture, Politics & Pedagogy: A Conversation with Henry Giroux…
Read MoreMentorNet continues to grow!
MentorNet, the mentoring program for young women entrepreneurs, is rapidly expanding… The 3rd program launches tomorrow with another cohort of entrepreneurs preparing to build their businesses! We’re also starting to attract some attention in the media – which is great! Here’s a link from Atlassian’s blog… Even though I would still say we’re in the…
Read MoreDitch PowerPoint!
Here’s another report on the value (or not) of PowerPoint (Sydney Morning Herald, 4April2007). This report (although I haven’t been able to find the original document being referred to) is based on research from Professor John Sweller – Faculty of Education, UNSW and his work on Cognitive Load Theory (CLT). "The use of the PowerPoint…
Read MoreThe Net Generation in Innovate
The current issue of Innovate (April/May 2007) is now available online – you need to register (for free) to access the articles.The entire issue focuses on the Net Generation and examines how educators and educational systems can respond to the challenge and leverage the opportunity.Looks like a great selection of articles to read over the…
Read MoreIt’s a PhD, not a Nobel Prize…
I attended a Graduate School workshop the other day on the PhD Examination process… really valuable session for those of us approaching the final stretch of the thesis journey.. In another session, I was invited to talk to new PhD & EdD students about some of the key issues in the doctoral process. Someone asked…
Read MoreDocWorks in elgg Spaces
The world has changed (in case it hasn’t been brought to your attention lately!)!!At UTS, in the Faculty of Education, all new Doctoral students will be using elgg Spaces as a Research Journal!! This is huge – when only 3 – or was it 4 years ago? – my work with weblogs in education was..…
Read MoreGuess-The-Google Game
Some of the BarCamp guys were playing this game last night – Guess-The-Google – this is a really engaging concept and while I was actively playing along with the group, I couldn’t help thinking of all the learning applications that could be embedded in the concept….
Read MoreInformal Learning & Digital Media – What’s New?
Today is the first day of the DREAM conference – I’m presenting this morning and I’m still struggling with limited internet access…. I’ll attempt to capture some of the key issues from each of the keynote presenters and then draw out some of the themes that are emerging on informal learning…just allow for delayed posts…
Read MorePodcast lectures…and the list grows…
The list of podcasting implementations is growing rapidly in educational institutions…here’s another report of university initiatives from the Sydney Morning Herald: "Podcast lectures a hit with conscientious university students" . Looks like the student feedback is positive – based on the reports from this article.I rather like this comment (right at the end of the…
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