Engaging Kids Today – It’s about Pedagogy

Dan Haesler is an international keynote speaker, educator, writer and consultant. Working with schools across the country around issues of engagement and wellbeing, he is passionate about equity in education and engaging our hardest-to-reach kids. In recent years Dan has developed a reputation as one of the Asia Pacific’s most dynamic educational thinkers and speakers.…

Mobile Video Conference Device from Logitech

OK this sounds pretty cool!  AUSTRALIA — February 6th, 2015 — Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI) today announced a transformation in communication. The new Logitech® ConferenceCam Connect is a portable all-in-one videoconference solution with a breakthrough design for small and medium sized rooms. It works with any computing device with a USB connection (PC, MAC®,…

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Custom Moodle Setups

Something we been working on for quite a while, in fact from the very beginning, has been customising Moodle and other open source software to work in a way that we wanted to. We haven’t done any code hacks because we are extra sensitive to the extra work and problems that can necessitate around upgrade…

Quick Moodle Tip

Send an email to all students who have not completed a quiz 1. Go to your course. 2. In the Administration block, click Course administration > Reports > Course participation. 3. Select your quiz in the drop-down list. 4. In Show only, choose “Student” and in Actions, choose “Post”; then click Go. 5. In the…

Better Office

Most office workers and managers spend a lot of their day using their common office software such as word processing, spreadsheeting, presentations and email clients. In fact if you throw in web browsing then you could account for over 90% of computer time in the average office. A few hints and shortcuts could easily help…

Mobile Devices and Apps

Filling the Gaps In our working days there are often times where we are away from our normal productive environment, or in between important tasks and appointments. This time is often wasted and with a little planning, could vastly improve our overall daily effectiveness. With the advent of super powerful mobile devices from the smartphone…

eAssessment Resources

We are hosting some e-Assessment resources that we had a hand in producing a few years ago now at the domain http://elearningtraining.net The materials were produced as a part of a professional development program by the Queensland VET Development Centre. They offer an introduction to the issues involved in using technology in assessment for the VET sector.…