There will be an official opening of the InSPIRE Centre at the University of Canberra this week. I see the Centre as a physical tipping point in my own thinking about and practice in educational technology. I like the idea of being InSPIRED and hope to spend much of my nomadic time at the University [...]
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InSPIRING
Posted in Australia, Communication, Community, Creative Commons, Education, Ethnography, Networks, Open Access, Public Sphere, Radical Transparency, Teaching and Learning, Wayfinding, tagged Dan Schultz, Hiperwall, InSPIRE Centre, UCNISS on 27 May, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Leadership: Conversations with Neil Armstrong
Posted in Teaching and Learning, Digital Media, Communication, Australia, Education, Leadership, tagged Leadership, Alex Malley, CPA, Votadino on 26 May, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I was driving home on Thursday evening and was listening in to Radio National’s PM program. By coincidence I was think about some correspondence with a PhD student about authentic leadership. Serendipity brought me news of a series of CPA interviews with Neil Armstrong. Alex Malley, the CEO of CPA, interviewed Neil Armstrong and observed [...]
Critical Care Nursing: Sharing Insights
Posted in Australia, Communication, Community, Digital Media, Education, Teaching and Learning, tagged Critical Care Nursing, Holly Northam, Ian Miller, James Neill, UCNISS, Wikiversity on 24 May, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I had the good fortune to work with some remarkable critical care nurses today. We were exploring how to develop a Wikiversity resource to support continuing professional development. I feel more comfortable each time I use Wikiversity but I have lots to learn. I am hoping that this project will help me do so. James [...]
@Inspireoz for an eportfolio workshop
Posted in Teaching and Learning, Digital Media, Communication, Australia, tagged UCNISS, InSPIRE Centre, Shane Nuessler, Eportfolio on 23 May, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Shane Nuessler is facilitating an eportfolio workshop in the InSPIRE Centre at the University of Canberra this afternoon. Some proposed outcomes for the workshop are: Locate an existing professional portfolio relevant to you and deconstruct by identifying and extracting key concepts and features. Plan your own professional portfolio by integrating and organising the key concepts [...]
Down the Lane: Socialising and Socialisation
Posted in Teaching and Learning, Australia, Community, tagged Play, Braidwood, Parent Gym, Dojo's on 20 May, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Most Saturday mornings we have a family visit to Dojo Bakery in Braidwood. I was particularly aware of it being a family occasion this Saturday. My early morning read, thanks to my wife Sue’s find, was a story in The Guardian about Parent Gym. In his post, Robert Booth pointed out that: Parent Gym is [...]