There is evidence in current literature describing how institutions have, in many instances, been slow to adopt properly resourced and supported online teaching endeavours (eg: (DiPaola, Dorosh, & Brandt, 2004; Hannon, 2008), and how time poor teachers often feel resentful ...
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VET funding under spotlight
Funding for the VET sector might be better allocated if based on completion rates rather than enrolments, says the head of the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). Managing director Tom Karmel made his comment after the release of ...
More »Governments move on student travel
Reports that Australian governments will consider nationalising student travel concessions has fuelled the long campaign to extend the concessions to all international students. Student groups and Universities Australia seized the moment to yet again call on the Victorian and NSW ...
More »Dealing with capacity and the law
‘What should the duty nurse do when a relative arrives unannounced in the ward with a bunch of papers for an elderly, frail patient to sign?” asks Nick O’Neill. This he says is just one of many familiar situations people ...
More »Is it time to update your online status?
Last week Lindsay Tanner said that the students of tomorrow will be born digital: they'll have known nothing else but the web 2.0 world. They'll want to be entertained as they learn. They'll demand instant feedback. They'll compare learning experiences with ...
More »Laureate: is he an Aussie or isn’t he?
A state government cannot determine under which Table a university sits. That is the purview of the Commonwealth. Doubt and confusion surrounds the entry of US Laureate University’s plans to establish an Adelaide campus. In its 2010 application to establish ...
More »Science in focus
As the national spotlight falls on achievements in science teaching and research, faculties around the country have reason to be proud.
More »Australia can reach for the cloud
Report on cloud computing potential and an online campus for geoscientists make the news.
More »Assessing research excellence
Funding councils in the UK have been trying to find metrics that would be able to replace the costly process of peers reading and judging all submissions. By Jeroen Huisman.
More »Playing follow-the-leader has pitfalls
The NSW Minister for Education wants to consult widely with his stakeholders before adopting any interstate ideas on VET funding. By John Mitchell.
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