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Immersive learning environments: it's game on!

This video explores the educational use of immersive environments and provides case studies from Second LIfe, Quest Atlantis and World of Warcraft. Includes interviews with educators and a student. Produced for Education.au's Immersive Learning Unit. For more information, visit http://educationau.edu.au/iluIt is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/au/Note: While we endeavour to m...

Susan Mann summarises discussions on professiona...

From the SICTAS Symposium, 1 May 2009. Susan Mann, CEO of Curriculum Corporation, summarizes discussions on the implications of continuously emerging technologies for professional learning and educators. For more information on the SICTAS project, visit http://educationau.edu.au/sictas

Jen Dunbabin summarises the open discussion sess...

From the SICTAS Symposium, 1 May 2009. Jen Dunbabin - E-learning Coordinator - Skills Tasmania, summarizes discussions on the implications of continuously emerging technologies for professional learning and educators. Dr. Margaret Lloyd shares a summary of her table's discussions. For more information on the SICTAS project, visit http://educationau.edu.au/sictas

Greg Black interviews Evan Arthur at SICTAS

From the SICTAS Symposium, 1 May 2009. Greg Black - CEO of Educaiton.au - puts some interesting scenarios to Dr. Evan Arthur - Group ManagerDigital Education GroupDepartment of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations to finish up the day. For more information on the SICTAS project, visit http://educationau.edu.au/sictas

Evan Arthur sums up SICTAS session on policy mak...

From the SICTAS Symposium, 1 May 2009. Dr. Evan Arthur - Group Manager, Digital Education Group, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, summarizes discussions on the implications of continuously emerging technologies for infrastructure and policy makers. For more information on the SICTAS project, visit http://educationau.edu.au/sictas

Alan Bevan Sums up session on learning and learn...

Alan Bevan sums up the morning session from the Strategic ICT Advisory Service's Symposium on education held in Sydney on Friday, 1 May 2009. The theme of the morning session was The implications of continuously emerging technologies for learning and learners. The Strategic ICT Advisory Service (SICTAS) is funded by the Australian Governments Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). Visit http://educationau.edu.au/sictas for more information on the project.

Interview with Professor Uma Kanjilal

Imagine 2 million students, 1 institution and satellite offices scatttered throughout an immense country. Now imagine an internet penetration of only 1%. Education.au CEO Greg Black interviews Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director, School of Social Sciences, Indira Ghandi National Open University about the challenges her institution faces and how those challenges are being overcome.

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Collaboration in Teaching and Learning - Findings

Education.au provides strategic advice to the Australian government on the use of ICTs in Education. This video is a summary of an investigation into how collaborative learning is supported by technology and how we can harness that technology to deliver more relvant learning outcomes.CEO Greg Black also shares the recommendations being forwarded to the Australian government that have resulted from this consultative investigation.Educator Tomaz Lasic, Educational Designer Cherry Stewart and Voc...

The newly released Australia New Zealand Horizon...

As part of the advisory board that produced the 2008 Australia New Zealand Horizon report, Education.au GM Garry Putland hs unique perspectives to share. He discusses the report along with other research on emerging technologies in Australian education and training with Education.au CEO Greg Black.