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On Monday I gave a presentation titled “Some short-term futures of learning @ CQU”. The aim was to provide CQU staff with an understanding of the services and work being done by CD&DU. The slides and video of the presentation are available here It uses the metaphor of developing a course as being similar to […]
D’arcy Norman (yes, I did borrow the look of my blog from his, though I use my own photos which aren’t quite as accomplished as his) has a post about the results of an online survey which apparently evaluates your temperament type. My results… You Are An INTP The Thinker You are analytical and logical […]
This is a collection of rough ideas about what the overall aim should be for a curriculum design group at a University. In particular, a University like Central Queensland University. The driver for this is that I’m now the “leader” of just such a group. A group that has been newly formed. We’re starting from […]
Last week I gave a presentation to new academic staff at CQU, a part of their “induction” process. The presentation was titled Some possible futures of e-learning: Lessons and enablers. The basic premise was something along the lines Current e-learning practice is far from good. Future e-learning practice will look nothing like it. What are […]
Linda Larsen has posted a summary of a presentation – “Aligning IT Innovation with Institutional Strategic Priorities” by Freeman Hrabowski (his bio is somewhat impressive), the President of the University of Maryland. A major point he tries to make is summarised in these two quotes “our real challenge is that the academy is slow to […]
Coates, James and Baldwin (2005) identify/propose 5 drivers behind the adoption of LMS Means of increasing the efficiency of teaching Promise of enriched student learning The drive of new student expectations Competitive pressure between institutions A response to massive and increasing demands for greater access to higher education A culture shift towards the control and […]
Christian Dalsgaard in a 2006 paper suggests Social software has initiated discussions about the extent to which tools should be separated or integrated in systems (see Levine 2004; Blackall 2005; Cormier 2005; Wilson 2005; Siemens 2005; Anderson 2006a; 2006b). However, the discussion will find no answer, unless it is placed within a context of pedagogy. […]
The BBC has an article touching on Mao’s “four pests” campaign. A perfect example of the difficulty of top-down design and the unexpected consequence that arise from limited overall knowledge of a system. In the 1950s China is seen to have four big evils – rats, flies, mosquitoes and sparrows. The method for dealing with […]
