Arte - non - vi : By skill, not - force. This is how lasting, peaceful change is made. At the 25th Anniversary of the ground-breaking International Education and Resource Network [ I*EARN], I wanted to send a warm and heart-felt congratulations to all involved at the 20th International Conference in iEARN-Qatar/ROTA (Reach Out To Asia) in Doha, Qatar. Although I have…
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This paper outlines the research methodology and findings of a unit development project on an online collaborative learning component, for a first year Bachelor of Education course run in 2001, at the University of New England. The original premise for the project was that the application of activity based processes that required students to participate with one another in focussed…
The impact of podcasting and voice technologies on global e-learning practice is the focus of Edition 10 of The Knowledge Tree: an e-Journal of Learning Innovation. Published by the national training system's e-learning strategy, the 2005-2006 Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework), Edition 10 contains contributions from voice specialists who discuss the latest innovations and their applications for education and training.…
More than 1200 'learning objects' drawn from Toolbox materials designed to support the delivery of vocational and technical education (VTE) qualifications are now available for download from a new repository. The Toolbox Learning Object Repository is a searchable database of 'learning objects' that has been made available by the Flexible Learning Toolbox Project of the national training system's e-learning strategy,…
Applications for the Access to Bandwidth Pilot Project are open until 10 May 2006. The Australian Flexible Learning Framework project pilots the use of national high capacity connectivity for teaching, learning and assessment. Criteria for applicants is available from the web site. Link: Applications for Access to Bandwidth Project
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
After a Four year study, the University of Bristol has concluded that teachers are failing to take advantage of IT in the classroom. The ESRC funded study focused on 10 institutions and explored ways in which IT could be used in English, history, geography, modern languages, science, music and mathematics lessons. Link: Teachers Fear Computers In The Classroom.
A colleague of mine, Jon Mason. A chapter in Knowledge Management Tools and Techniques by Jon Mason. This chapter focuses on the growing importance of e-learning as knowledge scaffolding, the emerging significance of knowledge management practice in informing strategic directions for the development of e-learning systems. Link: From e-learning to e-knowledge.
Easypodcast is a free software tool for easy podcast publication. Podcasting is making audio files (most commonly in MP3 format) available online in a way that allows software to automatically download the files for listening at the user's convenience. Link: Easy Podcast.
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