I spotted this on someone else’s blog …
You need to be a Flickr member to set one up, so sign up, load up some photos and create one at http://www.flickr.com/badge_new.gne
HTML Version (for some reason the Flash one only wants to work in the sidebar of my blog and not in the body of a blog […]
Auricle
Derek Morrison queries in Auricle about the continuing dominance of proprietory VLEs (LMSs) in the University sector.
“As Neil Pollock and James Cornford have pointed out in their various writings this is a corporate model which technology tends to reinforce but is, at the same time, at variance with the creative, diverse and collegiate nature […]
Earlier this week I took part in a forum coordinated by Dr John Mitchell for the NCVER Project, “Critical Issues in Teaching, Learning and Assessment”.
Link to project page and papers
One of the issues under discussion was innovation and how to create environments to encourage innovation and also stifling factors. Recently I’ve been dipping into Stephen […]
link to pdf
“Technology_of_cooperation” by Andrea Saveri, Howard Rheingold, and Kathi Vian
Intro…
“Emerging digital technologies present new opportunities for developing complex cooperative strategies
that change the way people work together to solve problems and generate wealth. Central to
this class of cooperation-amplifying technologies are eight key clusters, each with distinctive contributions to cooperative strategy.”
link to website
includes link to pdf
Three types of e-portfolios are described in this report: student e-portfolios, teaching e-portfolios, and institutional e-portfolios. E-portfolios can support student advisement, career preparation, and credential documentation; the sharing of teaching philosophies and practices; department and program self-studies; and institutional and program accreditation processes. This report defines and categorizes e-portfolios, offers […]
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from Albert Ip about games in learning….
“While educators can select games which have attributes positive towards learning, I would still like to ask if “playing game” is the best use of time of the students. For those who are motivated to learn, playing game may be considered a waste of their time. They […]
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“CSO has been designed for people who are interested in learning more about dogging, rigging, scaffolding or hoist operation.
These are highly skilled areas of construction work, and require the individual to hold a certificate of competency from the appropriate licensing body in each state or territory.
The contents of CSO are based on four […]
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“safe@work is a health and safety resource package for secondary school students who undertake workplace learning programs.”
SafetyLine Institute: Home
The SafetyLine Institute is an online education and training facility established by WorkSafe Western Australia, a State government enforcement agency, to provide resources to assist individuals improve their knowledge of work safety, and increase workplace access to nationally accredited or endorsed, competency based, work safety training. - You can sign up and gain […]
Weblogg-ed - The Read/Write Web in the Classroom :
RSS: The New Killer App for Eduators
link to website
just as fun as the Tag Browser from the same people at this address http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/related_tag_browser/app/
Flickr Postcard Browser
This application lets you browse Flickr’s huge image database, by searching for tags (keywords). Flickr Postcard Browser use the real world metaphor of a set of postcards shuffled onto a surface.
Many thanks to the Flickr team […]
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this looks like the start of an ongoing series..
“Creating an Inexpensive PowerPoint Online Module”
link to website
“The Clinical Skills Online (CSO) is a project aimed at providing online videos demonstrating core clinical skills common to a wide range of medical and health-based courses.
This project has been funded by the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine.”
all materials are under a creative commons licence
Software
Shareware and Free Software list from Dept of Education Tasmania which covers:
# Web Tools
# Graphics, animation and Image manipulation
# CAD and 3D software
# Concept mapping
# Programming (inc games programming)
# Typing Tutors
# Sound and Music Editors
# Tutorial Building
# Utilities
# Video
link to pdf
Enterprises’ commitment to nationally recognised training for existing workers
Authors:
Erica Smith, Richard Pickersgill, Andy Smith, Peter Rushbrook
“This report aims to provide a clearer understanding of how and why enterprises use nationally recognised type of training. It finds that an enterprise’s decision to engage in recognised training is not made lightly and decisions are made […]
