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Monthly Archives: June 2008

Digital Education Revolution (DER) - finale!!

June 17, 2008 – 11:46 am

Alan Hird, Director, Professional Learning Team at the Department of Education, Employment, and workplace relations (DEEWR) spoke about the relationships that have been developed to govern the DER. He spoke particularly about the Australian ICT in Education Committee (AICTEC) which is taking responsibility for determining the priorities for the spend of the DER. AICTEC is establishing […]

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E-portfolio Symposium

June 11, 2008 – 1:39 pm

education.au is holding a national symposium on e-portfolios today. We have just seen four presentations alluding to the fact that e-portfolios at an institution level are already used significantly. However, as Jerry Leeson pointed out, if the web is shifting to a more learner centred mode, then the e-portfolio world is very complex from a […]

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Those Wacky Kids and the Well Meaning Adults - Mark Pesce

June 11, 2008 – 10:58 am

Mark Pesce is the keynote for the ACER/education.au symposium. He speaks of the generation gap between those wacky kids and those well meaning adults. He has now made his speech available on video and in text.

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Digital Education Revolution - Day 4 - Melbourne

June 3, 2008 – 1:12 pm

In my presentation I show a video of people building  a plane while they are flying the plane. Its a nice metaphor for what we have been doing for sometime. We seem to be making it up as we go along.  That seems appropriate given the fast pace at which the technology and the world is […]

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