Category: Future
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Another Survey that Says More Training
Every now and then another survey comes out that indicates how important employees (people) think training is. From the survey: The latest Kelly Global Workforce Index released today reveals more than half of Australian employees (56%) believe they are not receiving enough training from their current employer to gain the skills necessary to progress in…
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Do I need to say anything?
Gillard Government to spend $50 million on Gonski advertising campaign Maybe I do need to say something. A lot of good friends were asked to re-apply for their positions in TAFE recently and then some of them were told the day before the holiday break that they had to accept volunteer redundancy (we don’t appear…
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Education as one strategy
How to fix a nation in a few easy steps. Is it that easy? I am sure it isn’t but using the shotgun approach to everything and then half completing what you start is a recipe for disaster. Everything is connected in the modern world and I am not talking about social media. I am…
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What are our Educational Priorities?
I know that we hear all the time that education (of our kids) is the number one priority but is it really? Where is it on our list of priorities? Second, third, midway or somewhere near the end. All of the evidence tends to indicate that it is really somewhere down the list of priorities.…
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How does the World see Gonski?
It is interesting that while we criticise and rant and rave about the Gonski reforms other parts of the world see the issue differently to us. Have a quick read of this article from the well respected News24, South Africa/Africa online news resource. This is a very positive article. Why don’t we see it this…
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Free Learning
Free learning, love it or hate it is very popular at the moment and many providers are clombing over each other to provide a better more unique service. Try this one out (Open Universities Australia). Click here to access OPEN2STUDY.
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Dangers of Free
Below is a good article about the negative affects of free online education like MOOC’s. It is an interesting view and worth taking into account. Will it stop anyone, no. Free has made a lot of money in other areas of the internet. Read the article here.
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Some good MOOC’s
From the Edudemic blog here is a list of good MOOC’s for teachers. I can also recommend: A beginners guide to irrational behaviour Try one out. What have you got to lose? Nothing.
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What is a MOOC?
Still trying to figure out what all this MOOC stuff is about? Here is a good video explaining it all. I will give you my views in the next post. Can’t see the video – click here.
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Raising the Bar
Finally we are going to raise the standard of teachers in NSW (why not every state) or are we? The minimum entry standard into teaching will be at least 80 per cent in three subjects including English and, once at university, all students will have to pass a literacy and numeracy test before the end of…