I’m recalling all the controversial discussion we’ve had in the past about the appropriateness of January 26, the date of Cook’s landing at Botany Bay in 1788, and the consequent annexing of Australia to the British Empire by the simple planting of a flag that ignored the rights of the traditional owners, as a day […]
The transition of the internet into a more interactive read/write phase has had huge implications for teaching and learning, both for students and for teachers.
Online learning is very different when it is not simply a matter of finding resources in a cyber library. It is far more engaging when the learners can actually participate.
We […]
Those who talk up the role of ICT in education often refer to the internet as a”cyber library”. They believe books are obsolete technology, that libraries will become an anachronism, and the economists have even been heard to say that schools will be able to save money by doing away with their libraries.
Back in 2000 […]
The issue of digital divides is a very complex one and, as I see it, like a prism with a number of facets. In Australia each obvious digital divide has more divides within it, depending on your point of view.
For example, let’s think about the DD in the school sector. There is, some literature/anecdotal research […]
A discussion here yesterday with colleagues at education.au got me thinking about how different things might be once you can assume that every Year 9-12 secondary student has access to a computer all the time while at school.
One of our group commented that everything that has happened so far in the last 20 years with […]
Today I got notification that my presentation for the Moodle Moot in Brisbane 2-3 October has been accepted. So hopefully I will be meeting up with some of my “virtual friends” there.
Currently the organisers are still looking for presenters.
The keynote speakers are
Martin Dougiamas, Founder and Lead Developer of Moodle
Professor Erica McWilliams, assistant Dean(research) for the […]
The Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee (AICTEC) is a national, cross-sectoral committee responsible for providing advice to all Australian Ministers of Education and Training on the economic and effective utilisation of online technologies in Australian education and training. AICTEC Website.
Most recently published:
Students’ voices learning with technologies: Students’ expectations about learning with technologies: […]
The Initial Report from the 2020 Summit to the Prime Minister, sets out the key results of discussion by 1000 Australians over the weekend of 19 and 20 April in Canberra.The Report includes results across the 10 streams of the Summit, including ambitions, priority themes and top ideas from each stream.
A more […]
TV Coverage
Saturday, April 19
ABC1 - 8.40am - 10.15am (EST) - Opening Ceremony
ABC2 - 8.40am to 6pm - live continuously EST (Sessions - Population, Sustainability and Climate Change, Rural Communities, Economy, Productivity, Health, Creative Australia)
Sunday, April 20
ABC1 - 1.25pm to 3.05pm (EST) - Closing session
ABC2 - 8.55am EST to 3.05pm - live continuously EST (Highlights and […]
An interesting study has come to my notice today, into factors in the rising rate of early retirement by secondary school teachers. This appears to be happening even despite (or perhaps because of) the shortage of qualified, experienced teachers.
Mark Keogh, a researcher at Queensland University of Technology, is “inviting secondary teachers who have retired between […]
