Disenchantment, Disengagement, Disappearance: Some Recent Statistics and a Commentary on Non-attendance in School Failure to be in school long enough (early leaving) or often enough (truancy) to gain basic skills and knowledge has personal and social costs. This ACER paper delivered at the Dusseldorf Skills Forum examines statistics on school non-attendance, and makes recommendations for future data collection and policies. This links to the paper summary on ACER with a link to the full paper at Dusseldorf Skills Forum. From EdNA Online on September 30, 2004 at 9:30 p.m..
All Change on the Job Front This article from business magazine BRW predicts that Australia will reach full employment in 2007 and that there will be some critical shortages of workers. The writer analyses the unemployment of the last 30 years and looks at what full employment really means. From EdNA Online on September 30, 2004 at 8:30 p.m..
Computer-based Calculus at Old Dominion University This is a page of links to several different learning/teaching materials, including: an extensive laboratory manual of computer activities for calculus in pdf format, a page of animations in various calculus subjects produced by Mathcad 6.0 but viewable in most browsers, an interactive tutorial in infinite series and an interactive test in integration techniques. While this site is described here as primarily "Lecture/Presentation," unquestionably parts of it would serve well for "tutorial" purposes and even "drill and practice." From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 30, 2004 at 10:59 a.m..
Genius in a Bottle This CBC program was originally presented to describe an advertising campaign for a baby formula that suggested the formula can make your baby smarter. There is a clip to the video in either Real Video or Quick Time. At the top of the story is the clarification that these ads are no longer airing due to consumer protest. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 30, 2004 at 10:59 a.m..
About Genes The site has a number of sections that will be of interest to school teachers, secondary and tertiary students and other members of the public interested in human genetics and molecular biology. From EdNA Online on September 30, 2004 at 5:30 a.m..
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Science TIF Project This project, entitled: Enhancing the employability of Science graduates: increasing the awareness of staff and students to the needs of the employers, has been coordinated by UniServe Science with the aim to encourage students to develop a range of generic attributes required for future employment, and adopt mechanisms to self-assess the development of these attributes during the duration of a degree program. From EdNA Online on September 30, 2004 at 4:30 a.m..
Interlingua Interlingua is a small language school situated in central Auckland. They offer quality, private tuition. They understand that the needs of every student is different, so they tailor their courses to suit individual needs. At Interlingua students can have one to one tuition so they can learn what they want to learn very quickly. This website provides information about classes including TOEFL and IELTS classes, latest news and course information. At Interlingua students can have one to one tuition so you can learn what you want to learn very quickly. From EdNA Online on September 30, 2004 at 4:30 a.m..
Life Long Earning A website from UniServe Science for the Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, to assist science and technology students in developing a range of graduate skills. It allows students to check what the employers say about graduates' skills, find about job skills, start to develop their portfolio, explore how a portfolio can be used to write a CV, and how both of these can be used to help them apply for a job. From EdNA Online on September 30, 2004 at 4:30 a.m..
Australian Sports Commission - Topics in Sport The Topics section of the Australian Sports Commissions Sport Information attempts to bring together a number of different information sources on the Internet on a wide range of sports-related topics. Each topic may have slightly different types of information, but most will have a short introduction, weblinks, full-text sites and organisations relevant to the topic. From EdNA Online on September 30, 2004 at 3:24 a.m..
User Perspectives on Learning Object Systems Paper presented at AusWEB 04 by staff at the Centre for Flexible Learning, Macquarie University. Research on learning object systems has traditionally centered on the development of standards for metadata, interoperability, and digital rights. The assumption seems to be that once the standards are accomplished, these systems will naturally be embraced by the intended users. The problem is that often these users have not been properly defined and have rarely been given a chance to speak about their needs and concerns. This paper reports on a study which invited teachers, educational developers From EdNA Online on September 30, 2004 at 2:30 a.m..
AusWeb 04 Conference - Papers and Presentations The site provides access to papers and presentations from the conference. From EdNA Online on September 30, 2004 at 12:30 a.m..
Future of Online Learning and Knowledge Networks Slides from the presentation by Stephen Downes at education.au in Adelaide on 29 September 2004 in which he outlined the 'consensus view' (or 'orthodox view') of learning objects, repositories and federated search, and explained why he thinks this view misreads the marketplace, technology, business models and convergence on the internet. From EdNA Online on September 29, 2004 at 11:30 p.m..
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Essential Science for Teachers: Life Science Essential Science for Teachers courses are designed to help K–6 teachers gain an understanding of some of the bedrock science concepts they need to teach today’s standards-based curricula. Life Science consists of eight one-hour video programs accompanied by print and Web materials that provide in-class activities and homework explorations. Real-world examples, demonstrations, animations, still graphics, and interviews with scientists compose content segments that are intertwined with in-depth interviews with children that uncover their ideas about the topic at hand. Each program also featur From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 29, 2004 at 11:30 p.m..
Essential Science: Earth and Space Science The Essential Science for Teachers courses are designed to help K–6 teachers gain an understanding of some of the bedrock science concepts they need to teach today’s standards-based curricula. Earth and Space Science consists of eight one-hour video programs accompanied by print and Web materials that provide in-class activities and homework explorations. Real-world examples, demonstrations, animations, still graphics, and interviews with scientists compose content segments that are intertwined with in-depth interviews with children that uncover their ideas about the topic at hand. Each prog From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 29, 2004 at 11:30 p.m..
Ink Stink This CBC presentation describes the pricing of ink cartridges as a consumable. A clip to the presentation is available in either Real Video or Quick Time, as well as the written material. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 29, 2004 at 11:30 p.m..
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