link to website 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…

link to website 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…

CogDogBlog » Blog Archive » link to website/a> 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.”

link to website 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.

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…

link to flash presentation 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…

link to website 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…

link to website 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…

Link to website 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…

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…

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…

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…

link to pdf 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…

link to pdf 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…