New Research

The role of simulations in the authentic learning for national security policy development

24 May 2012This report provides examples of practice that illustrate the use of authentic learning and simulations in post-graduate and on-campus learning environments, especially when applied to national security policy education.

A best practice review of the role of schools forums

21 May 2012Schools forums have a consultative and advisory role in school funding and financial matters and have been a statutory requirement in every local authority in England since 2003. 

Empowering independent media: Second edition 2012

Empowering independent media: Second edition 2012

18 May 2012Media development entails various activities aimed at strengthening the media to be independent, pluralistic, and professional.

Impacts of COAG reforms: business regulation and VET

15 May 2012This research report for the study on the impacts of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Reforms: Business Regulation and Vocational Education and Training (VET). The report has three sections detailing an overview, Business Regulation and VET.

Online k-12 schooling in the U.S.: uncertain private ventures in need of public regulation

10 May 2012Over just the past decade, online learning at the K-12 level has grown from a novelty to a movement in the US, yet little or no research is yet available on the outcomes of such full-time virtual schooling.

Workforce skills development and engagement in training through skill sets

Workforce skills development and engagement in training through skill sets

10 May 2012The utilisation of Australian vocational education and training (VET), specifically, the origin of skill sets and the key features of the two available types of skill sets are the topics covered by this literature review.

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Education policy

"Teaching…I can see myself not doing that forever": The beginning teacher experience

17 May 2012Data suggests beginning teachers in the Western world, having invested their time, finances and effort into their University education, resign from their chosen profession within three to five years at a rate of 25% to 40%.

Partnerships between schools and the professional arts sector: evaluation of impact on student outcomes

  • Jennifer Stevens-Ballenger, Neryl Jeanneret, Wesley Imms, , Dr , Ms ,
  • Arts Victoria

16 May 2012This two part report considers the impact of school-arts partnerships on student engagement, student voice, social learning, creative skills and arts-related knowledge and skills.

Vocational education and training

Schools workforce

04 May 2012Australia's future will depend on how well it develops the ‘human capital’ of its population.

Commentary

Troves of personal data, forbidden to researchers

24 May 2012When scientists publish their research, they also make the underlying data available so the results can be verified by other scientists writes John Markoff for the New York Times.

ICT – across the curriculum or not?

23 May 2012ICT in education has been well embedded in the curriculum for over a decade now, writes Gerry White in DERN.

Virtual education

10 May 2012Education is expensive in many ways, especially for the cost of delivery which includes teachers, buildings, equipment and resources, write Gerry White in DERN.

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Topic Guides

NBN: guide for consumers

  • Australian Communications Consumer Action Network & Internet Society Australia

21 March 2012Developed by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) and the Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) and now updated for 2012, this guide is designed to offer all Australians information about the National Broadband Network.

Choice and values in schooling

  • Public Policy Institute - Australian Catholic University

12 December 2011School choice has been a divisive issue in education policy for a long time, often the subject of heated debate based more on ideology than evidence.

Parental contributions

  • Public Policy Institute - Australian Catholic University

12 December 2011Providing incentives for parents to pay for schooling is good public policy.

Audio

Explosion in free online classes may change course of higher education

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10 May 2012Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are teaming up in a $60 million venture to provide classes online for free. The move is the latest by top universities to expand their intellectual reach through the Internet — a trend that is changing higher education.

Online people power: how social media is transforming the world

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11 April 2012On Tuesday 13 March 2012, the BBC's Mishal Husein spoke at the Lowy Institute on her TV series 'How Facebook changed the world: the Arab Spring'.

Schools

Video

The next mobile media trends for Australia

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14 May 2012Social, mobile and locative media are collapsing into one and gaming is now the best mode for storytelling.

Nobel winner's press conference at Parliament House

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13 October 2011ANU Professor Brian Schmidt gives a press conference at Canberra's Parliament House to discuss receiving the Nobel Prize for Physics. He is introduced by ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Young.

Higher education

Open access publishing practices in a complex environment: conditions, barriers, and bases of power

17 May 2012The system of scholarly communication is a complex environment made up of various stakeholders including not only researchers, librarians, and publishers, but also academic administrators.

Websites

Datacite

15 September 2011 DataCite helps researchers to find, access, and reuse data

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)

21 June 2011The UIS has redesigned its website in English and French to better serve the needs of its users.

Older and online

20 September 2010This collection of video presentations from a March forum in Launceston discuss the latest research on social networking for older adults, learning online through U3A, and the latest advances in e-health.

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Books

Cultural technologies, mobile communication, and the iPhone

Cultural technologies, mobile communication, and the iPhone

  • Larissa Hjorth, Jean Burgess and Ingrid Richardson
  • Routledge
The iPhone represents an important moment in both the short history of mobile media and the long history of cultural technologies. Like the Walkman of the 1980s, it marks a juncture in which notions about identity, individualism, lifestyle and sociality require rearticulation.
Cultures and globalization cities, cultural policy and governance

Cultures and globalization cities, cultural policy and governance

  • Helmut K Anheier and Yudhishthir Raj Isar
  • SAGE
Cities, Cultural Policy and Governance examines how governance and cultural policy play out in a national and international framework, and covers issues that fully comprehend a city's cultural dynamics and its impact on policy including alternative economies, creativity, migration, diversity, sustainability, education and urban planning.

Noticeboard

Online conservation game wins communicator awards
17 June 2009

Mission H2o, an online game themed around water conservation and developed by Swinburne University students and staff, has received two prestigious design awards.

Topic Guides

NBN: guide for consumers

  • Australian Communications Consumer Action Network & Internet Society Australia

21 March 2012Developed by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) and the Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) and now updated for 2012, this guide is designed to offer all Australians information about the National Broadband Network.

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