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 »
This Machiavellian quote encapsulates this week’s blog, which is a continuation of last week’s blog https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/people-dont-resist-change-they where we categorized the six tactics people utilize to avoid accepting change. To recap, there are several different tactics that are typically taken that can be classified into the following six categories Only Game in Town We Are theRead… 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 »
The first talk after lunch at CCA-EDUCAUSE Australasia 2011 in Sydney is “Regulatory Frameworks for Distance Education in the Asia/Pacific Region” by Stephen Marshall, Victoria University of Wellington. This was the result of a small research project on what is happening in the region. Organisations involved included DeHub, INQAAHE. Issues included social inclusion, role ofRead… Read more »
The US Department of Commerce is home to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). One of the many virtuous things done by NIST is coordination of best practices for enterprise IT, especially practices dealing with ensuring both security and functionality of IT. NIST provides configuration checklists relevant to enterprise software and hardware atRead… 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 »
Greetings from day 2 of CCA-EDUCAUSE Australasia 2011 in Sydney. Dennis Sharpe, Memorial University of Newfoundland discussed a study of “E-learning in Small Remote Aboriginal Communities”. They found that web based learning was accepted as a viable option for remote locations, using both asynchronous and synchronous. Some students use the e-learning as a supplement toRead… Read more »
At CCA-EDUCAUSE Australasia 2011 in Sydney, Simon Porter from University of Melbourne talked about “eResearch Administration: The Game will change”. He demonstrated the on-line information provided about staff at University of Melbourne. This provides a list of publications by each staff member. They also produce diagrams of who collaborates with who.University of Melbourne no longerRead… 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 »