Knowledge Tree Edition Seven Launched. Edition seven of the Knowledge Tree, the journal of the 2005 Australian Flexible Learning Framework, was recently launched. The Knowledge Tree aims to share research and innovation in global e-learning practice. This edition has the theme 'tensions in the convergence of technology and pedagogy', with contributions including a lead article on tensions between pedagogy and…
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ABC/iTunes Deal Cracks Open The TV Business Model. The iPod video player doesn't matter. Downloading episodes of Lost and Desperate Housewives to computers barely matters. What does matter is the crack in the traditional television business model opened by the Apple/ABC deal to allow consumers on-demand access to current hit TV shows. Unwittingly, Apple is building the proof of concept…
Lest We Forget. Remembrance Day 11:00am 11th November 2005 They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. Hear the last Post [MP3] [Source: Dept Veterans Affairs] [Central Ranges LLEN News]
SA Schools to Select Their Own Teachers. South Australian government schools will be able to advertise vacancies and choose the best teacher for the job as part of sweeping changes to teacher recruitment in South Australia. Local school communities will have the power to interview and select the teacher they believe is best matched to the job vacancy, their school…
Work has started to provide broadband Internet services to more than 1600 Victorian Government school under the Victorian Government's $89 million VicSmart initiative funded in this year's State Budget. Link: Broadband Rollout to 1600 Victorian Schools Underway
A major intitiative in online education 'CensusAtSchool' has now been launched. The program, which will involve students from Years 5 to 12, is free, voluntary and open to all Australian schools. It basically involves students from around the country taking part in their own census. The questionnaire response data will then be released back to teachers and students providing real,…
A report summarising the key factors identified as influencing parents’ decisions to enrol their children at 20 government schools for which there was high demand for enrolments is now available from the Department of Education Science and Training's Web Site. The Age newspaper has also covered the publication of this report in an article today. It can be read here.…
Bush admits to being hotter and gassier, blames humans. G-8 commits to inaction [The Register]
Senior Secondary School Students Perceptions of the World of Work. A new report into the perceptions of work held by senior secondary school students provides a valuable insight into the current skills shortage and youth unemployment rate by uncovering a significant mismatch between student career aspirations and the reality of the labour market. The study of 3,018 year 10, 11…