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.…
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More and more parents are willing to make big sacrifices to send their children to private schools. And the schools are coming up with ways to help them pay. David Rood and Chee Chee Leung explain how - and why - they do it. Link: Average income, private school.
The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) has commenced a new and important study into teacher retention. The study will explore the experiences of early career teachers, with findings set to inform teacher recruitment and retention strategies. Link: Retaining Effective Early Career Teachers.
An extra 4600 Australian students will undertake tertiary study next year, with more than half of the new places created in medical and teaching courses. Victoria is the largest beneficiary of the extra funding, securing 1326 new places, under a Federal Government plan to increase the number of university places. NSW universities are next, with 1307 extra students. Federal Education…
Australia's school population will start to fall within two years as the country's declining birth rate makes an impact on enrolments, according to a new report. Link: Low birth rate to hit school enrolments.
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,…
EVERY Victorian school and TAFE student will be given an academic identification number to track their performance and better help students with literacy and numeracy problems.
The McIntire School of Commerce held its seventh annual fall symposium on Friday, Sept. 29 in Old Cabell Hall. The School's symposia, organized by its Center for Growth Enterprises, each year examines the complex nature and origins of organizational success. "With every symposium, we work to facilitate compelling, multidimensional discussions of timely and important issues," said McIntire Dean Carl Zeithaml.…