Digital Dialogues

e-Learning Design made simple

From the new Training Pacakges @ Work website - teachers, trainers and stakeholders in the Australian vocational education and training system can now benefit from the latest tips on developing and delivering e-learning programs. The website offers simple guidelines for developing e-learning courses, and includes case studies of successful e-learning programs and a detailed guide to online assessment - and lots more!

Patently Absurd

An article appearing in the SMH - Patently Absurd - links well to my current visit to the EU!

Copyright of digital materials is challenging enough - but if you start to consider the implications of IP on software and the legislation that is being considered - I really start to wonder where all this will end up?

And if you extrapolate this out, the effects further down the line and cases of precedence may have huge implications for learning technologies!

London wins the Olympic bid!

Well, I'm currently in London for the summer...hmmm...12C is not summer!

They may have won the Olympic bid for 2012 but the weather won't have been one of the deciding factors....and according to Jacques Chirac, the food isn't either...but I won't enter into that debate!

Not that I'm obessed by the weather but you can keep track of the Sydney (winter) versus London (summer) forecasts in the left hand side bar! :)

Transforming Learning through ICT from Education.au

It might be winter, and it might be raining (particularly down the east coast of Australia) but there's some really good events happening down here! Another - not to be missed one for your calendars:

Building Thriving Learning Communities Seminar

Where: Sydney

When: 18 July, 2005  10am - 3pm

Organised by Education.au, this seminar focusing on communities of practice will offer:

- Practical ideas to assist you to build learning communities and maximise
the potential within your community;
- Opportunities to build relationships with peers and practitioners from
innovative organisations;
- Contemporary thinking about learning communities.

Keynote speaker for this seminar is Dr Etienne Wenger, the pioneer of "Communities of practice" research and globally recognised as the pre-eminent thought leader in this field.
Further information including registration details is available at: Education.au