Time and services network/ community currency, I wopnder whetehr this could be applied in large organisations

Convert Moodle 1.9 courses to Moodle 2.0

"Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success."

Here are tools for creating ideas, either individually or with other people."

Free and open archiving software

The amount of time people now spend on social networking sites has soared to six hours a week - that's up more than 80 per cent in a year, and the longer we spend online, the harder it is to connect with the real world. Psychologist Arthur Cassidy says that friendships forged via social networking sites and messaging services are different to those we make in the real world.

This is very much a talking point for PIE, what can students learn from social networked learning approach with guidance from an informed teacher on the pros and cons and what to do if something is not right within a social networking context

CLI's learning design presentation.

"Welcome to HI Online. HI Online is Hunter TAFE's elearning platform for the delivery of online course content. "

Moodle is TAFE Western's elearning platform for the delivery of online courseware.

"Welcome to the RI LearnOnline Development Server. This space is provided for RI Staff for development of online spaces. If you have applied for a course you can click on the relevant faculty icon below and then select from the course list."

Good list of Moodle sites with good info

The Moodle User Group has been established to encourage sharing and professional collaboration between Institutes who are exploring the use of Moodle for teaching and learning.

The Official Guide to Copyright Issues for Australian Schools and TAFE.

'…I think most educators do have the desire to be excellent instructors that's why we got into this field in the first place some of us aren't here because we're hoping to get rich we have a genuine passionate commitment to students. It's the roles of managers to create an environment where that natural desire that teachers have to deliver excellent level of instruction can be nurtured. That requires removing barriers it does require building skills and extending an instructor competence so they can do the things that they want to do. That's why I refer to an ecology being created by management so that instructors can do what they want to do I am quite convinced if management plays a role of removing rather that becoming barriers then the people hired by the organisation in the first place will be well capable in achieving the objectives that are required…''…I think most educators do have the desire to be excellent instructors that's why we got into this field in the first place some of us aren't here because we're hoping to get rich we have a genuine passionate commitment to students. It's the roles of managers to create an environment where that natural desire that teachers have to deliver excellent level of instruction can be nurtured. That requires removing barriers it does require building skills and extending an instructor competence so they can do the things that they want to do. That's why I refer to an ecology being created by management so that instructors can do what they want to do I am quite convinced if management plays a role of removing rather that becoming barriers then the people hired by the organisation in the first place will be well capable in achieving the objectives that are required…'

Conversation with Vicki Marchant around the concept of the person as a learning object and the systemisation of learning, top down management that enables rather than controls, a bottom up 'People Learning Management System' that aggregates people to come together around a particular subject, task, problem...when needed. I'm lucky enough to be going to the ILTA Edtech conference in Dublin! this week. Looking forward to Don Dron's discussion on Designing the undesignable around the systemisation of social software where he'll be presenting on:Conversation with Vicki Marchant around the concept of the person as a learning object and the systemisation of learning, top down management that enables rather than controls, a bottom up 'People Learning Management System' that aggregates people to come together around a particular subject, task, problem...when needed.

Links to the AFLF E-portfolio guidelines, some good articulation of embedding E-portfolio practice.

Good conversation starters for teachers to question their approach to teaching in contemporary technological digital context

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