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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Death of the author: killed by an algorithm (patent pending)

22 April, 2008 – 3:48 pm

I am able to announce death of the author.
Forget Peter Carey. Forget J. K. Rowling. Forget Manning Clark. The monkey has been at the machine long enough and has written Shakespeare (sort of…).
Reportedly, Philip M Parker has written more than 85,000 books - and they are listed on Amazon ready for purchase. Another report has him […]

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Update on e-portfolios

21 April, 2008 – 9:06 am

A great update on e-portfolios from education.au’s Jerry Leeson which was presented at the Australian VET Research Association conference in Adelaide on 3-4 April 2008. The paper provides a summary of some major initiatives including the Australian ePortfolio Project (AeP), the PILIN project and the Australian Higher Education Graduate Statement, and reviews how social networking […]

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Snack attack learning?

7 April, 2008 – 10:00 am

The trend towards short dramas for delivery via mobile phone is a great opportunity for educators. If people, particularly the young, are looking to commercial ISPs for 4 minute doses of drama, what’s to say that they won’t be interested in a 4 minute refresher on their biology prac, their French verbs, or the lyrics […]

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