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This post from Jay Cross brings together his similar lists, including a link to the Internet Time Wiki where the Stocks page includes a Seminal Documents section.

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from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework…

In 2006 some of the past New Practices in Flexible Learning project
teams developed workshop resources for their projects.  These workshops
are now available as professional development opportunities on a fee
for service basis, and to further enhance the sustainability of these
innovative practices the resources are available here to download.

Projects covered are

2005 projects

• Different Voices, Different Spaces
• Beyond Text: using your voice online
• ARED: applications for rapid e-learning development
• QTI m-Player: question and testing interoperability (QTI) player for mobile devices

2004 projects

• Interactive Ochre: enhancing Indigenous Interactive Ochre: enhancing Indigenous cultural awareness among service professionals
• Mobile learning: handheld innovations in flexible learning
• NurseryLive! 2

2003 projects

• Port - Ability: Integrated People Learning Options, Skilling People, Growing Business, Building Community
• Just in Time Learning Assistant

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* course audio files, e.g. bird calls or heart sounds
* mini lessons with audio and visuals, eg., glossaries with sound and images, slides with voice-over explanations
* audio or video case studies containing interview with experts or other speakers
* multimedia presentations created by students

Zac has just pointed out that we can get unmetered downloads from the ABC site. Pretty neat considering the plethora of topics and formats they have available. Seems to be more and more every week.

“Creativity is no longer about which companies have the most visionary executives, but which have the most compelling architecture of participation. That is, which companies make it easy, interesting and rewarding for a wide range of contributors to offer ideas, solve problems and improve products” - Tim O’Reilly, O’Reilly Media

How do I foster this environment in my direct teams?

• consciously plan activities that will encourage joint and collaborative action by participants
• by role modelling idea offering myself
• opening up our ideas and team actions for consideration and continuous improvement

This week’s action (only 3 days left but anyhow…)

gather several, and then select two ‘problems’ for consideration and action. Place on agenda for team meeting next week.

Link - http://www.aatinfo.com.au/\_Other\New%20Apps%202006A.ppt

So my learning plan for 2 days?

Here’s my effort - imagine, plan, build, reflect, evaluate, share.

 Some from Jay Cross as a comment on Mark Oehlert’s post: The first one tickled my fancy - very applicable to vocational training :-)

do it. screw up. try again.

try. reflect. share with others. remember.

watch. listen. feel. mimic. perform. teach.

Jay Cross

The project was a research project to see what was involved - because of the diverse environments we work in, and different ways we enrol students it’s not simple. You have to draw in the course enquiry, counselling, enrolment and payment as part of the whole workflow. It involved collaboration with the Student Admin System people and this gave a very practical perspective to it.

The team looked at a whole range of scenarios about what might happen and the implications of various choices. Potential problems such as overenrolments and recognition of prior qualifications (eg for prerequisites) were uncovered. Some enrolment types are a lot easier, while some manual intervention may be required in other courses. Tension between need for issuing invoices and upfront payment and the implications for finance processes. Options for off-campus enrolment through mobile wireless could be a possibility and raises some IT security concerns. Commercial shortcourses are likely to be first cab off the rank next year :-)