Monash to Provide Worldwide Training and Education to Finance Sector Monash University's Department of Accounting and Finance and Finsia Education have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will provide quality training and education to people worldwide in the banking, finance and securities industries. Monash Newsline, 3 March 2006 From EdNA Online on March 2, 2006 at 10:30 p.m..
2nd International Digital Curation Conference - Digital Data Curation in Practice The conference will explore the topic of Digital Data Curation in Practice. Keynote speeches will be made by Dr Hans F Hoffmann, CMS Team Leader, CERN and Clifford Lynch, Director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). Submission of papers by 3 April 2006. From EdNA Online on March 2, 2006 at 10:30 p.m..
Credit Matrix - Building Bridges Between Qualifications Presented to the 'Transitions and Risk: New Directions in Social Policy Conference', this refereed paper focuses on the need for a common system to describe all learning. It argues that a 'credit matrix' would make it easier for individuals to access education. From EdNA Online on March 2, 2006 at 10:30 p.m..
SC: 02/03 Botnets growing at 'alarming' rate - Web Trends report This is an information article - there is no specific threat referred to in this bulletin. The trend of hackers and cybercriminals using 'botnets' to conduct large-scale denial-of-service attacks increased at an “alarming rate” during the second half of last year, new research has revealed ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on March 2, 2006 at 9:31 p.m..
Workplace Reform in the Higher Education Sector Universities across Australia have taken a step towards becoming more competitive, nationally and internationally, by meeting the Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements (HEWRRs). The Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, today announced that 40 higher education providers met the HEWRRS as at 30 November 2005. Ministerial media release, 1 March 2006 From EdNA Online on March 2, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Australia and the United States Strengthen Research Ties A new treaty-level agreement signed in Canberra will facilitate closer ties and cooperation between Australia and the United States of America in the areas of science and innovation. The Agreement relating to Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia was signed by the US Charge d'Affaires ad interim, William A. Stanton, and the Minister for Education, Science and Training, The Hon Julie Bishop MP. Ministerial media release, 1 March 2006 From EdNA Online on March 2, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Research Roadmap Pinpoints Priorities The National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) has taken another step towards implementation with the release today of the NCRIS Roadmap. The Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, announced details of the Roadmap which will outline priority areas of the Australian Government's major research infrastructure investment through the NCRIS over the next five years. Ministerial media release, 28 February 2006 From EdNA Online on March 2, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
SCORM 2004 3rd Edition Public Draft Available for Comment SCORM is a collection of standards and specifications adapted from multiple sources to provide a comprehensive suite of e-learning capabilities that enable interoperability, accessibility and reusability of Web-based learning content. The SCORM 2004 3rd Edition Public Draft is available for comment until 1 May 2006. From EdNA Online on March 2, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
2006 Year of the Sea Turtle Launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on March 1 2006, the Year of the Turtle 2006 focuses on the Indian Ocean - South-East Asia region, which contains six of the world's seven species of marine turtles. Australia is home to these six species of sea turtles and supports some of the world's most important remaining populations. The international campaign pulls 25 countries together under the banner 'Cooperating to Conserve Marine Turtles: Our Ocean's Ambassadors'. From EdNA Online on March 2, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..
IOSEA Year of the Turtle 2006 The Indian Ocean - South-East Asia (IOSEA) 'Year of the Turtle 2006' campaign will unite nations and communities to conserve and celebrate marine turtles. While increasing public awareness and understanding of the threats faced by marine turtles, the campaign will also highlight the work of dedicated organisations that are striving to conserve these ancient creatures and the habitats on which they depend. From EdNA Online on March 2, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..
Social-Personality Psychology Questionnaire Instrument Compendium (QIC) This is a collection of social and personality psychology measures. The site provides links to pages where (a) the full instrument is shown, and (b) the instrument was put on the web by the person who created the instrument, thus ensuring that the instrument was intended to be put into the public domain. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on March 2, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..
Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling Educators at all levels can use Digital Storytelling in many ways, from introducing new material to helping students learn to conduct research, synthesize large amounts of content and gain expertise in the use of digital communication and authoring tools. It also can help students organize these ideas as they learn to create stories for an audience, and present their ideas and knowledge in an individual and meaningful way. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on March 2, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..
Lemur Conservation Foundation Stop by here to visit a project in Florida where lemurs are studied and concerned humans work to protect them into the future. One of the lemurs you will meet there, either if you go in person to the Florida location or virtually online, is Bud whose picture is shown above. The website also links [...] From Golden Swamp on March 2, 2006 at 12:01 p.m..
'Infectious' Open Source Software? An official document out of New Zealand about open source has caused considerable ruckus both on /. (general open source / geek forum) and on groklaw (paralegal dissection of open source issues). I've got to agree with one of the groklaw participants: While I find the article quite unbalanced, particularly in the way it careless throws around very loaded From StuartYeates's blog on March 2, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
UMBC Summer Discovery Program: Learn English in Maryland! From usjournal.com: U.S. Journal of Academics on March 2, 2006 at 9:30 a.m..
International Children's Digital Library The International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) is a research project funded primarily by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and Microsoft Research to create a digital library of outstanding children's books from all over the world. The site is a public library for the world's children. Read 913 free children's books written in 34 different languages! From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on March 2, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
International Conference On Information Literacy (ICIL 2006) The theme of this Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA with the Librarians Association of Malaysia conference is 'Information Literacy and Knowledge Society: Development, Changes, Challenges'. The conference will provide an opportunity for practitioners and academicians to share experiences and insights on the development and challenges in areas of information literacy/information skills. From EdNA Online on March 2, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..
Global Education Survey Take part in the Global Education survey and win resources. First 50 respondents receive a copy of Globalise Me! book/CDROM; or Deserts resource pack. Complete the survey by 30 April 2006 and include your email address. From Global Education on March 2, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..
Tensions at the Educational Interface This refereed paper, presented at the 'Transitions and Risk: New Directions in Social Policy Conference', presents the learning experiences of two teachers who have been involved in the development of an alternative education program for regional youth who had left mainstream schooling. From EdNA Online on March 2, 2006 at 2:30 a.m..
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