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First and most obvious, setting up schools requires that learning take place in a defined place at a defined time. It brings together a group of people who do not necessarily have anything in common apart from their ignorance, and requires them to learn a subject through a sequence of arbitrarily defined attendance slots in a physical setting selected for…
MindManager Comes to the Mac. A mind map is a diagram of connected ideas. In the past, I've written about various mind-mappers, including the minimalist Pyramid ("Pyramid Therapy," 2004-09-13) and the full-featured NovaMind ("Draw What's On Your Mind With NovaMind," 2006-04-17). Recently, a new heavy hitter has appeared on the scene: Mindjet MindManager 6. The "6," a surprisingly high version…
Towards a world-leading skills passport for Australian students. A consortium of 14 universities, led by the University of New England, will develop a single agreed template for an Australian Diploma Supplement. Development of the Australian Diploma Supplement is in response to feedback from the discussion paper 'The Bologna Process and Australia: Next Steps'. The Bologna Process in Europe aims to…
VET is the way forward for half of Australian school leavers. More than 50% of school leavers attend vocational education and training (VET) soon after leaving school, according to a new study released by the National Centre for Vocational Education and Training (NCVER). [Vocational Education & Training Headlines]
How broadband eHealth will work. One of the big supposed applications of high speed broadband is ‘eHealth.’ Usually, what is envisaged is a surgeon in Sydney operating on a critically injured patient at some outback station. My prediction is that eHealth will be most critical for the most routine and mundane of medical issues rather than the most specialised and…
Career development standards revised. The Revised Professional Standards for Australian Career Development Practitioners (2007) will provide Australians with assurance that career development services provided by Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA) members are supported by published ethical and professional standards and fully implemented by 2012. A complete pdf version of the document is now on the CICA website. [edna education…
Predictions of a long, hot summer may please many Australians, but it is not good news for one of the country's top tourist attractions. Satellite images show sea surface temperatures in the Coral Sea are already higher than average and the Bureau of Meteorology and the American National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have both forecast a high risk of coral…
Andrew Leigh points to some very interesting work on attitudes to redistribution. Who wants more rungs on the ladder of opportunity?. For anyone interested in understanding attitudes about redistribution, a new working paper from Alberto Alesina and Paola Giuliano titled Preferences for Redistribution is a must-read. Some snippets.We start our analysis by examining the individual determinants of preferences for redistribution…