Tweet The digital revolution is already here and it is changing the way people expect to communicate or share knowledge and information. Educators are facing technology changes together with changing expectations from students about the use of technology in an educational context. A key challenge for teachers is also the delivery of personalised learning. This [...]
Entries Tagged as 'education'
The Digital Revolution and the Educator's Dilemma
May 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · ideas
Tags: education·social media·social networking·society·technology
Libraries for the future
May 5th, 2010 · 6 Comments · ideas
Tweet I spent most of my youth and childhood hanging about in public libraries and reading their books. In fact I blame libraries for most of my quirks these days, since it was there that I was exposed to dangerous ideas from philosophers, historians and fiction authors. The local, school and state libraries provided a [...]
Tags: collaboration·community·education·future·hyperconnectivity·people·sustainability
TAFE Showcase – some cool use of technology in education
April 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · ideas
Tweet I love going along to the TAFE NSW Western Sydney Institute Showcases because they always have demonstrations of innovative uses of technology. It is great to hear practising teachers share how they are using technology to improve outcomes for their students and also to make their own jobs easier. Often with limited budgets these [...]
Tags: education·social media·social networking·society·technology
International Women's Day 2010 #IWD
March 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · community, ideas
Tweet It is fascinating to note on this International Women’s Day that one of our major newspapers has an article titled “Gender pay gap shows no sign of abating” The gender pay gap can cost women up to $1 million over a lifetime * Women earn 17pc less than men * Pay inequality worth $1m [...]
Just got my #Febusave blog ambassador badge
January 19th, 2010 · Comments Off · ideas
Tweet Getting women to think about their finances, to plan and save more is important. The better control we have over our finances the more choices we have in life. Why not click the badge below and join us for Febusave? Tweet
Social media and its implications for education Part 2
December 18th, 2009 · 5 Comments · ideas, speaking
Tweet There are three areas that are relevant to both our society in general and to us as educators in particular. They are: (1) the overall landscape in which we are operating; (2) the social implications of the changes being driven by technology and how we are using it; and (3) the changing models that [...]
Tags: collaboration·education·innovation·internet·social computing·social media·social networking
Social computing and its implications for education
December 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments · ideas, speaking
Tweet I really enjoyed the opportunity to present to the TAFE teachers of the Western Sydney Insititute recently about social computing and its implications for education. Slides follow and more detailed notes will be posted shortly. Social & Learning Implications View more presentations from Kate Carruthers. Tweet
Tags: collaboration·education·innovation·internet·social computing·social media·social networking
Full fees mean universities owe good customer service
November 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · ideas
Tweet In recent times I had parallel customer service experiences with two different universities: Queensland University of Technology and Charles Sturt University. It was very strange to hang up from one phone call only to have a diametrically different conversation on the next call with the other university. Also, it seemed bizarre to be having [...]
