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…

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…

link to website 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…

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…

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…

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…

link to website “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…

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…

link to website “safe@work is a health and safety resource package for secondary school students who undertake workplace learning programs.”

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…

link to website 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…

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…

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…

link to website What value do Australian employers give to qualifications? Authors: Lee Ridoutt, Chris Selby Smith, Kevin Hummel, Christina Cheang “This report is about employers and how they value and use qualifications in their business decisions. The…

link to website Infrastructure of sharing in the commons Tuesday 28 June - Teemu Arina “What strikes me the most these days is that everyone is talking about sharing in the commons. There is an increased amount of contributions in the commons without any…

link to website from Learning Circuits by Eva Kaplan-Leiserson Implications for learning Listening to digital audio content won’t replace reading, listening to live presentations, or the multitude of other ways learners take in information, but it can…

link to pdf summary of 2004 ncver student stats - demographics, aqf levels, participation rates etc

OMN: Mentoring and Coaching Resources from the edna groups - is a wiki on this topic

From the Creating Passionate Users Blog come a few posts about learning …. link to website This is where so many teachers (and books) go wrong. In trying to make the learning smooth, and in a well-intentioned attempt to save the learner from having to learn…

link to website Learning Development Cycle: Bridging Learning Design and Modern Knowledge Needs from George Siemens “To better reflect the centrality of learners, the term “learning design” will be used in place of instructional design. Instructional design…

link to pdf This foldable ipod stand could be a good solution to the cable tangle on my desk. Need to hunt out a great image/pattern for it too.

link to website Dave Pollard “…began to realize that appreciating enterprises, organizations and systems as (mostly) complex rather than merely complicated is more than just a basis for re-framing business methodologies, it is a completely different way of…

link to website by Barry Wellman Connecting Community: On- and Offline “> The Internet is no longer a separate world for the in-group; millions of people routinely come online. Rather than isolating users in a virtual world, the Internet extends community in…

link to website This archive of resources is drawn from member contributions, collaborations and other content developed in the Australian Flexible Learning Community between the years 2001 - 2004. The content is sorted into the following theme areas: *…

link to website from Leon Bambrick “A master procrastinator presents the solution. Draw up a little piece of paper like the one shown below. Start taking notes. On the left you write in your current tasks (the tasks you’re blocked with) In the right column…