The Educational Development Group of the Australian National University (ANU), College of Engineering and Computer Science has advertised for an “Educational Technologist”:Educational Technologist (G157-11MY) Research School of Engineering, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science Come join the education team in Engineering and Computer Science in redeveloping College courses to realise Original post
John Joergensen of the Rutgers Camden Law Library has created a new, free, full-text database of what appear to be all judicial decisions issued by U.S. state and federal courts from January 2011 to present: State and Federal Caselaw from the RECOP Project. The database contains data from RECOP, The Weekly Report of Current Opinions,Read… Read more »
Metro-North Railroad (NY) officials relocated a historic pre-digital clock within Grand Central Terminal. Original post
Ted Nelson, Founding Designer, Project Xanadu is speaking in Australia: Melbourne 4 Apri, Sydney 6 April, Brisbane 12 April.The Computer World Could be Completely Different Theodor Holm Nelson, Founding Designer, Project Xanadu Co-presented with the Department of Media and Communications, and Digital Cultures at the University of Sydney Fish, they say, aren’t aware of water.Read… Read more »
Humans organize to get big things done. And for years leaders and thinkers have tried to optimize organizations. You have no doubt studied this yourself. Do you remember reading books like “The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong” or perhaps the true genius of Scott Adams in works like “This Is the Part WhereRead… Read more »
St Monica’s Primary, North Parramatta (NSW) opened a multi-purpose learning centre last May. Funded by the Australian Government Building the Education Revolution, the centre has an open plan area accommodating up to 200 students. The students are divided into groups by stage of development (not strictly by age) with two teachers and an assistant forRead… Read more »
The Center for Future Civic Media is “developing the emerging ‘Fifth Estate’ of participatory news, media, and civic change. Civic media is any form of communication that strengthens the social bonds within a community or creates a strong sense of civic engagement among its residents. Civic media goes beyond news gathering and reporting. Learn moreRead… Read more »
As part of Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) Vivek Kundra’s 25 point plan to improve the management of Federal IT resources, a vital component in need of attention is the poor state of communications between government and industry. Although this fact was highlighted in Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFFP) Administrator Dan Gordon’s Mythbusters memoRead… Read more »
I have started listening occasionally to Garrison Keillor’s daily Writer’s Almanac on NPR on my commute into work in the morning. These segments are also available (in text or podcast) at this link. I find his brief, 5 minute notes on historically significant figures (tied to that day’s date) and poetry readings to be compelling.Read… Read more »
Subscribe to CEIL’s e-newsletter by visit: www.ceileadership.org Home Focus Areas Networking Podcasts News GOVgreen Products Green Government Update March 25, 2011 In This Issue From the President Federal grant to reduce waste produces results From the CEIL Blog This Week’s Top Stories Featured News Quick Links CEILeadership.org CEIL Blog GOVgreen Podcast Series GOVgreen Videos CallRead… Read more »