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JAMES FARMER
09.09.03 10:07PM
Subverting the Discussion Board
I like things that I can use in a whole ton of ways. I don’t like things that tell me exactly how I should use them. Take, for example, your average discussion board… really the key learning tool in […]

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INTEGRATION
Incorporated Subversion
JAMES FARMER
09.25.03 2:24AM
The Potential of Personal Publishing in Education I: What’s doing & who’s doing it?
“So what’s already going on:
Anne Davis is training student teachers in using weblogs and offers up a host of possibilities for use by teachers and a host […]

WestCoast College of TAFE
“The Flexible Learning option allows students:
· Flexibility to learn at your own pace, either on Campus or at home.
· Ability to enrol at any time of the year.
· Freedom to choose when you want to be assessed.
· Extended open hours.
· Support services including career information and program advising.
· Recognition of […]

Strategic considerations of evidence game
“About the activity:
This activity has been adapted from Kit 4, ANTA Training Package Assessment Materials Kit which was originally designed for a unit of competency from the Construction Training Package.
We have adopted the activity for: Information Technology; Aged Care/Childrens Services/Community Services; Automotive/Transport; Tourism & Hospitality.
How it works:
Evaluate examples […]

Article
By Bersin & Associates
“Abstract:
After nearly 2 years of research in blended learning, and detailed interviews with more than 30 companies, we find that blended learning is replacing “e-learning” as the next big thing. Our research finds that blended learning programs are perhaps the highest impact, lowest cost way to drive major corporate initiatives. […]

Using multimedia to achieve learning outcomes
George Siemens
Originally Presented at AMTEC 2002
with Stephen Yurkiw
February 7 , 2003
Introduction
“Many media formats are available to designers of learning materials (for elearning, classroom learning, or any stage on the continuum). The challenge is to select the media type that most effectively presents the learning material in order to achieve […]

Balancing the Learning Equation - Exploring Effective Mixtures of Technology, Teaching, and Learning
From The Technology Source
by Bonnie B. Mullinix and David McCurry
“At present, faculty experience with technology varies widely: Some instructors have been developing Web-enhanced learning environments for quite a while, and others have just joined these ranks. In general, though, technology has come to […]

Jill’s final report

Based at Challenger TAFE in WA, Jill’s FLL program focussed on 3 questions:
Question 1: What are the features of a vocational learning environment that will develop the attitudes, values, skills and knowledge required,
currently and in the future, by learners to successfully engage in work or the community?
Question 2:What new skills and knowledge are […]

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By Jackie Dobrovolny
“Here’s a model for how adults learn from self-paced, technology-based corporate training.
Did you ever wonder how adults learn from self-paced, technology-based corporate training? What do these learners do to make the content personally meaningful? How do they learn to apply it on the job? What features of a self-paced, technology-based course do they […]

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Lead Balloons, Stone Canoes, and Learning Styles
By Frank L. Greenagel
“The concept of learning styles has gained considerable attention in recent years, but it hasn’t been a generative concept in e-learning. Most of the learning styles research has been in formal (classroom-based) education, which reinforces the idea that learning is basically an information transmission process. Other […]

Overview, Definitions, Uses, and Implications Part One.
“Blogging is using a new medium for what it is good for - connecting and interacting. Blogging is a first generation tool built on, and taking advantage of, the unique attributes of the Internet. It has been dismissed as a self-centered passing fad…and as the new model of interactive […]

Setting the wi-fi course - smh.com.au
Setting the wi-fi course
By Darryl Nelson
September 16, 2003
“Wireless notebooks are likely to become as ubiquitous as textbooks on Australian campuses over the next few years. With one eye on providing the best possible student experience and the other on potential cost savings in student computer labs, wireless networks are sprouting […]

Online Community Toolkit
Last edited 3/03
Thinking about building or hosting an online community? Looking for specific tips, tools and ideas? Start here. The following is a collection of articles that may help inform your work.

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* updated link March 2005.

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Associate Professor John Henry
Research Institute for Professional and Vocational Education & Training
Deakin University
“This paper draws on recent research and evaluation work undertaken by Associate Professor John Henry and colleagues at the Research Institute for Professional and Education & Training (RIPVET) exploring the concept of Registered Training Organisation (RTO) preparedness for flexible learning, and the dynamics […]