Mal Booth, UTS, talked on “How we are taking UTS to the library of the future” at at CCA-EDUCAUSE Australasia 2011 in Sydney.It was refreshing to have a presenter who invited the audience to find the notes for their talk online and read it. Unfortunately as the material is in Slideshare it is very difficultRead… Read more »
The last speaker for the day at CCA-EDUCAUSE Australasia 2011 in Sydney was Diana Oblinger, President of Educause, on “Next Generation Learning”. She pointed out that the US and Austrlaian goals for increased participation in post secondary education will require courses to be provided for people had not expected to do them. To me thatRead… Read more »
Michael Nycyk, Curtin University talked on “Online Student Conferences as Assessment Instruments” at at CCA-EDUCAUSE Australasia 2011 in Sydney. The Internet studies students were required to organise and run an academic online conference as part of their course “Debating Communities and Networks Conference 2010”. They had to write their own paper and review others andRead… Read more »
At CCA-EDUCAUSE Australasia 2011 in Sydney the closing keynote talk on the first day was “Visions of the higher education horizon: possible futures” by Bryan Alexander, NITLE. But Bryan’s vision was still somewhat limited. He saw a future where scholarly papers were “peer reviewed” by anyone human on the planet. I suggest that it isRead… Read more »
The Gallery of Modern Art Queensland (GOMA) proved an entertaining place to spend a half a day. The gallery is part of the Brisbane South Bank cultural precienct, next to the Queensland State Library. The venue was lively with many groups of school chldren interacting with modern artworks, such as a slippery slide (Carsten Holler’sRead… Read more »
I talk a lot about the need to do a better job of integrating social media into the world of higher education. That’s why when my my alma mater asked me to speak at their annual Communication Week this year, I jumped at the opportunity (well, that and I was able to take my daughterRead… Read more »
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There are about 700 people registered for CCA-EDUCAUSE Australasia 2011 at Darling Harbour in Sydney this week. They are from universities, mostly librarians and ICT managers, plus a few educators, such as myself. The conference started Sunday with meetings of representatives from organisations such as CAUDIT and a tall ship harbour cruse for the restRead… Read more »
If you’re involved in construction in Illinois, you are probably well aware of new CCDD law passed last year and made effective immediately by our state legislators and governor. Many of us have been struggling to understand this new law because it was created with little guidance but severe penalties for noncompliance. Fortunately the ChicagoRead… Read more »
Georgia is launching a $19.4 million education innovation fund to award grants to partnerships between local education entities businesses and nonprofit organizations that develop innovative programs for students. The fund was created with the help of a federal grant awarded through Georgia’s Race to the Top (RT3) plan. The Innovation Fund will provide competitive grantsRead… Read more »