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Finger, Glenn, Ed.; Ghirelli, Paola S., Ed. – Australian College of Educators, 2015
The 2015 Australian College of Educators (ACE) National Conference theme is "Educators on the Edge: Big Ideas for Change and Innovation." ACE presented an opportunity for all education professionals to gather, discuss, and share cutting-edge, creative and innovative practices, nationally and globally at the conference held on September…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Conferences (Gatherings)
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Tan, Grace; Venables, Anne – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2010
There exists a wealth of computing education literature devoted to interventions designed to overcome novices' difficulties in learning to write computer programs. However, various studies have shown that the majority of students at the end of a semester of instruction are still unable to write a simple computer program, despite the best efforts…
Descriptors: Action Research, Program Effectiveness, Workshops, Programming
Olmos, Martin; Corrin, Linda – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2012
The ability to visualize student engagement and experience data provides valuable opportunities for learning support and curriculum design. With the rise of the use of learning analytics to provide "actionable intelligence" on students' learning, the challenge is to create visualizations of the data, which are clear and useful to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Graphics, Internet, Open Source Technology
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Peterson, J. Fiona – London Review of Education, 2009
The inherent opportunities for communication, collaboration and experiential learning in an online and global network create the impetus for the new network paradigm in higher education. A strategic knowledge network in education was designed and developed to build "Mode 2" knowledge capabilities; create new knowledge for innovative…
Descriptors: Global Education, Masters Programs, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
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Kirkwood, Keith – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: This paper aims to introduce an enterprise-wide Web 2.0 learning support platform--SNAP, developed at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. Design/methodology/approach: Pointing to the evolution of the social web, the paper discusses the potential for the development of e-learning platforms that employ constructivist, connectivist,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Communities of Practice, Knowledge Management
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Herrington, Anthony; Herrington, Jan; Kervin, Lisa; Ferry, Brian – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2006
Beginning teachers face enormous challenges in their first year of teaching. High attrition rates of teachers within the first five years attest to the difficulties inherent in commencing professional life as a teacher. This paper describes the design of a Web site developed to overcome many of the problems of professional isolation encountered by…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Beginning Teacher Induction, Online Courses, Computer System Design