2013 Award for Teaching Excellence and Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning It was with much excitement on the evening of November 19, that the Partnership in Teaching Excellence program, begun in July 2008 between UTAS and the DoE Tasmania…
FIT: The Core Elements of Online Learning – A Prezi Presentation
FIT: The Core Elements of Online Learning – A Prezi Presentation This Prezi on the core elements of online learning – the FIT model of Online Pedagogy, was presented at the Faculty of Health Showcase, 21 Nov, 2013. Follow this link…
Transformative Practices in Higher Education
Presentation for the SAFFIRE Showcase November 21, 2013. I asked a lecturer, Keith Lyons, retiring from the University of Canberra, to present at a showcase on what is doable in embedding elearning practices in Higher Education. I asked Keith as…
Lecturing in Oil and Gas
There are times in a lecturer’s life when unique opportunities come our way. Working in the School of Oil and Gas presented one such opportunity. When the need arose to re-do this lecture series I put up my hand. Drawing…
Visible Thinking in the classroom
The Visible Thinking website from Harvard Graduate School of Education has to be one of the most powerful and fun websites for teachers. The routines are innovative and work in classrooms from K to Masters! The ideals are important ways…
Australian Education and the role of the Commonwealth Government
As I was re-reading my last post, I recalled using that paper as the foundation for a chapter on the context in my PhD thesis (2004). The chapter, however, had a broader context, and included a rather extensive section on…
Curriculum Change in Australia, Reflections on the National Curriculum
I found this paper, I had written in 1999, recently and decided it was worth another airing. The Australian National Curriculum is well on its way to implementation in Australian schools, both private and State systems. It is worth a…