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…
Read MoreLoosing your voice, finding your voice
What happens to your blog when you loose your voice?No – it’s not a rhetorical question. And no, I don’t mean physiologically loosing voice, like laryngitis, or from writer’s block like procrastination. I mean when you just can’t write due to an emotional reaction to a traumatic personal event? For me – it’s 4 weeks,…
Read MoreEffective communication?!
Thought for the day: I’m not so sure that what you said is what you think you said or what you thought you said or what you heard yourself say is what you think I heard you say Powered by Qumana
Read MoreMerry Christmas from a couple of Elves
Clearly the girls at the Learning Technology User Group need to get out more.. and stop playing with their computers… just look at what Carol has created as a Christmas wish to all LTUG members: Elf yourself.And yes, you too can look silly, in fact… you can make several team members look silly if you…
Read MoreWhy God never got a PhD
He had only one major publication It was in Hebrew It had no references It wasn’t published in a refereed journal Some even doubt he wrote it by himself It may be true that he created the world, but what has he done since then? The scientific community has had a hard time replicating his…
Read MoreLearning Technologies 2007 Revisited
Did you miss the Learning Technologies 2007 conference… ? The videostreams of the presentations are now available on the conference website.. Here are some of the highlights (for me) from the 10th Learning Technologies conference.I know I’ve said this before… but one of the reasons I love this conference is we always manage to gather …
Read More14th AiMiA awards
AiMiA – The Australian Interactive Media Industry Association – is running their 14th annual awards: The AIMIA Awards are the longest running and most prestigious awards in Australia’s Digital Media Industry. Celebrating the very best in digital content innovation across all genres and interactive media platforms, the AIMIA Awards recognise the industry’s finest…
Read MoreLearning Technologies 2007 starts today
In about 5 hours the Learning Technologies 2007 conference will kick-off!Sun’s out in Mooloolaba – surf’s good – and the conference program is looking great!And as usual, Hot Pipi’s Cafe is the place for wireless access… tough life sitting here beachside, watching the surf, drinking cappuccino’s and of course, trying to finish off my presentations…there’s…
Read MoreAuthentic assessment tasks
As the end of semester approaches, last classes this week, and final projects and assignments are being submitted, a recurring question needs to be addressed: Why am I being inundated with emails and advertisements for software tools that detect plagiarism? Why aren’t we designing authentic assessment tasks that require the individual to develop their own…
Read MoreLMS Survey Results
The results from the October LTUG survye on LMS are in… and the findings are…. well – summarised below: Q. What do you think of LMS? (Respondents could select more than one response – in case you’re adding up percentages!)47.6% They’re OK but limited31% Loved them28.6% Use them becuase they have toAnd the most revealing…
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