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from Kathy Sierra of Creating Passionate Users
“One thing that could make a big difference [to training]
Non-fiction writing: write conversationally
Blogs: reduce talking about yourself by 80% (make up the difference with things that benefit the reader)
Classroom teaching: reduce lecture by 50% (make up the difference in listening with interaction and doing
Tech books and articles […]

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Interesting reflection from Michael Nelson about the way a resource for the new TAA Cert 4 is structured.
’sure our training packages talk about holistic assessment etc., but the framework of CBT has certainly directed the ‘delivery’ of learning on the book I’m reading (Learning Design - Participant Guide, from Pearson Education). I’d […]

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a collection of nearly 200 visualisations of networks. Could prove a useful source of images for future use. includes inks to original sources of images.

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from Dave Cormier comes the notion of the Feedbook
“The feedbook is a collection of feeds (including podcast, blogs and someday soon hopefully vlogs) contained in an open ended opml first seeded by a course instructor and added to (or pared down) according to student needs.
The feedbook is a collection of feeds (including podcast, […]

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Good reminder from Ian Robertson of Rogers’ Theory of Diffusion of Innovation:
“Diffusion of innovation theory posits that there are four factors that influence the uptake of an innovation: relative advantage; compatibility; trialability; and observability.
Relative advantage:the perceived benefit that will accrue as a result of adoption in comparison to existing practices. The greater the […]

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from James Farmer
I’m just gathering some new resources for sessions on blogging and thought that this would form a good, gentle introduction to blogging, bloglines and the potential for individual publishing.
The original pointer to this presentation was at http://incsub.org/blog/2005/sbs-presentation-blogs-and-broadcast-the-kodak-web but the Flash wouldn’t load nicely for me, so I hunted down this […]

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via James Farmer at incsub.org
This is a series of case studies about various online offerings at Deakin Uni. They each include audio (I do like the small audio grabs by topic) and walkthroughs of the courses with text box explanations. Being from Deakin the examples are higher ed sector. I found the categorising […]

Ron Oliver Keynote from our internal Learning Design Showcase in early October.
“Learning designs that promote learning”
Slides for this presentation available at http://elrond.scam.ecu.edu.au/oliver/2005/tasmania.pdf
There’s lots of doom and gloom about the use of technology in teaching and learning in literature, but can you imagine a world without technology? Use of technology, it is suggested, is used to […]

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from Alan Levine
“good handful of sites that allow you to mix in a collection of disparate RSS feed URLs, and it mixes them into a new one, with its own RSS feed.”

This toolkit grew out of discussions with teaching teams, looking at and using the Designing Elearning website and searching for tools to use in my work.
The visual nature of the learning design maps in the Designing Elearning website seem to strike a chord with most people (http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/designing/), which got me thinking about creating a toolkit […]

Clive Chappell afternoon session: Integrating Learning and Work: issues for pedagogy
Message about changing pedagogy came through the High Level Review of Training Packages - learning needed to become more learner centred, work centered, attribute focused
Learning about work should have more than a simple task focus. Attributes about problem solving, thinking, team work etc. VET practitioners […]

Recently we hosted an internal Learning Design Showcase. Two invited speakers were Clive Chappell and Ron Oliver who both presented keynotes and afternoon talks.
These first notes are from Clive Chappell’s keynote session titled “The Future of Learning and Work”
What might the future mean?
Changes in: the workplace, employment, and types of work. Skills expectations of workers […]

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For NCVER by Mark Cully - What it’s worth: Establishing the value of vocational qualifications to employers
Key messages
This research starts from the premise that the value of qualifications to employers is what they are prepared to pay for them in the labour market.
There are clear differences in the way employers value the importance […]

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World trends in staff development: Implications on the performance of technical education institutions
by PHIL LOVEDER
There are a range of important challenges for technical education institutions arising from the
trends and issues reported earlier in this paper. In particular, institutions are increasingly
concerned about their ability to adapt their staff and professional development practices to the
new […]