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Teachers guide (incorporating the Technical guide) for the Admin Toolbox 2. Warning! 92 pages long think before you print!

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By Nancy Deviney and Christopher Von Koschembahr
“Imagine a pharmaceutical sales representative preparing to meet with a client. While he waits for his meeting to start, he uses his personal digital assistant for communications and e-learning. With the information accessible to him, not only does he stay up-to-date on the market issues essential […]

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By Peter-Paul Koch
published on February 18 2004
“At the moment we Web developers are learning the basics of accessibility, as once we mastered the basics of usability. However, in my last column I hinted at a potentially dangerous accessibility vs. usability question. The time has come to study this question in more detail.
First, let’s […]

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the Guerra Scale. The scale outlines the range of online content that we can use. It describes an increasingly interactive user experience using a one-to-ten scale, in which “one” involves the common experience of simply reading text on a screen and “ten” represents a virtual reality scenario. In addition to a more interactive […]

John and Gary talked about the approach they have devised for their first year apprentices. This came about as a result of their LearnScope project in 2003, and a Reframing the Future project in 2002.
One problem the Electrical team has faced has been the poor retention of information by students as they progress through the […]

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offer a 21 day trial - could be good one to try after mindGenius runs out.

“Creating, growing and sustaining learning environments”
Keynote paper from Prof John Hedberg, ODLAA Forum 2003
Educational Uses of Technology - augmented from an earlier version, Barab 1998)

Information Resource
provide information to support learner inquiry (e.g., databases, hypermedia, www)

Content Contextualization
material to be learned situated within rich contexts (e.g., experiential simulations)

Communication Tool
facilitating collaborative and distributed learning

Construction Kit
providing concrete Tools for […]

“eBusiness and Education: an evolutionary journey”
By Louise Turnbull and Arlene Gofers, both from OTEN
The eBusiness appproaches that have been implemented at OTEN have been:
“� provision of extensive online pre-enrolment information and assistance
� online enrolment in an increasing number of courses
� development of the OTEN Learning Support Site (OLS) to provide a gateway
to information and additional […]

“Supporting distance students online: OTEN initiatives”
By Margot McNeill and Phillip Lantry, both of OTEN.
OTEN has found that ‘amongst the highest priorities for students are: faster turnaround and more feedback on assessment, more contact with teachers and other students for motivation, and, more structure in their study programs’ (p2-3)
In addition to providing a site for student […]

“Implications for COLIS for course development: The need for secondary usage metadata”
By Robyn Philip and Prof. James Dalziel, both from Macquarie Uni.
ODLAA Forum Paper 2003
The message for me out of this paper was the importance of the context in which a learning object [or digital asset or whatever] is to be used. It suggests that […]

LMS convened a panel of teachers and team leaders to speak about their experiences - this included Kevin Donovan, Vicki Cleaver, Rob Prior, Robin Petterd, Andrew Richardson and Eric Ortman.

Questions asked of the panel were:
A) as a program/team how do you go about choosing and sourcing resources?
B) are you aware of STP, Aesharenet, TAFE Frontiers, […]

Rob Prior talked about the Transportable Learning Resources - the idea is that the learning resources are not locked into the classroom, but can be taken into a workplace, home or elsewhere.
We were given an in-depth explanation of the quiz approach that the Auto team has developed.

Here’s some key points:
A) Questions within quizzes are […]

Liz spoke about the transition the Clothing & Textiles team has been through over the past 5 years to implement the National Training Package. Through that implementation process, a major shift in the way teaching and learning is managed in their area has been made.
In planning for this change, there were 3 main questions […]

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“LINKup offers a proven, practical way to assess and improve your Key Competencies - otherwise known as Employability Skills or Generic Skills.”
developed by Torrens Valley TAFE

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Clicking the bookmarklet when a book page is current……looks up the book in your local library.
If your local public (or college) library is one of these Innovative, Voyager, iPac, DRA, or Talis Web-enabled libraries, find your library on the list and drag its link to your browser’s link toolbar.
After you’ve “installed” your […]