Today I attended a meeting at the Moot Court at the Australian National University in Canberra from 12:30pm to 4pm. Fourteen people from academia, government and industry were discussing the creation of the “Australia Forum”, a project for enabling public policy discussion. I attended for the School of Computer Science at ANU which researches theRead… Read more »
Media reports indicate that the new Victorian government is considering scrapping or modifying the Myki transport ticket system. The contact-less smart card system has had problems with capacity.MyKi was modified so that most tram commuter do not need to “touch off” the card at the end of their journey. It is likely this change wouldRead… Read more »
Today I attended a meeting at the Moot Court at the Australian National University in Canberra from 12:30pm to 4pm. Fourteen people from academia, government and industry were discussing the creation of the “Australia Forum”, a project for enabling public policy discussion. I attended for the School of Computer Science at ANU which researches theRead… Read more »
Today I attended “Engaging students with discussion forums”, the second in a series of Education Innovation Workshops being run during February 2011, by the Educational Development Group, College of Engineering & Computer Science at the Australian National University. These are short, sharp hands-on sessions intended for those developing courses with ANU’s “Wattle” (Moodle based) LearningRead… Read more »
Justice Catherine Holmes, Jim O’Sullivan AC and Phillip Cummins commenced the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry today. Their Terms of Reference include the adequacy of equipment and communications systems. Written submissions are invited by 5.00pm, 11 March 2011. The final report is due by January 2012. My postings on the January 2010 Australian Floods mayRead… Read more »
The Link Mailing List was established by Tony Barry and Eric Wainwright, in 1993. Link has provided a forum on the use of the Internet and for creating public policy for Australia for 17 years. Tony recently announced he was standing down as list administrator and Eric has invited “Linkers”, both old and new, toRead… Read more »
Previously I grouped 8 SFIA Skills for an Electronic Document and Records Management course at the ANU under three headings:Strategy & architecture Information strategyInformation managementInformation policy formationInformation content publishingBusiness change Business change managementBusiness analysisSolution development and implementation Systems developmentData analysisDatabase/ Original post
Greetings from the ANU where I am in a discussion of “Blended learning: Uncovering its transformative potential in higher education” by D. Randy Garrison and Heather Kanuka (2003). On the other end of a video link the the University of South Australia. What strikes me about this and many other papers on blended and e-learningRead… Read more »
A memorial service for Australian computer pioneer Professor John Bennett AO will be held at the University of Sydney, 24 February 2011. Please register your attendance by 18 February 2011.The Australian Computer Society (ACS) reported the death of its founder Professor John Bennett AO, on 9 December 2010. John helped to build one of theRead… Read more »
Greetings from the Main Reading Room of the National Library of Australia. Building work for the new “Treasures Gallery” and “Temporary Exhibition Gallery” had meant that new serials had been removed from the Main Reading Room to the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room downstairs. This left the main reading rooms with a few token shelvesRead… Read more »