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The following is a record of the process of adding a "deleted" state for a blog post in BIM. This is in response to an issue that has arisen out of BIM usage at CQU....more...
The following signals a slight change in direction around the curriculum mapping project. First, the project is now going under the label "alignment project" (curriculum mapping is just one aspect of the project). Second, the project is likely to be re-framed as an application for an ALTC leadership grant. This post is an attempt to begin this re-framing. It's really just thinking out loud....more...
In mid-October last year I blogged about my search for a research publication outlet. The conclusion was that in my context, the Australasian Journal of Education Technology (AJET) was probably the best fit. It is an open journal and the first round of the Australian government's Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative had ranked AJET as an A journal, second only to A*....more...
During the last week I have been in Canberra for various events, including giving a presentation on BIM at University of Canberra. Somewhat surprisingly (as last I knew, he was in New Zealand), Leigh Blackall was in "audience" at the presentation, and as is Leigh's wont, he asked some serious questions. I was troubled by those questions and needed time to reflect on what an answer might be....more...
Am at the University of Canberra for a second day today talking about the possibility of an ALTC grant application around alignment/curriculum mapping. The aim today is to try and clarify where the project would go and this post is an attempt to make concrete some of my thinking. The final ideas for the project may be radically different....more...
Markus has finally posted the set of questions for framing a research proposal idea that he showed me weeks ago. This post is an attempt to use those questions to frame what I'm doing in my current position/....more...
This post is an attempt to synthesize and reflect more upon two posts from yesterday. One from me trying to explain an early form of a framework for improving L&T based on findings from psychology behavior change research. The second from Markus that expands on the potential psychological foundations for this thinking by mentioning:...more...
The following is an attempt to describe early attempts at developing a framework for evaluating existing and developing new interventions aimed at improving learning and teaching within universities. It builds on some ideas from an earlier post....more...
I should be writing other things, but there's a wave amongst some of the "innovation bloggers" at the moment that I wanted to ride for the purposes of - once again - trying to get those driving university e-learning (and learning and teaching more generally) to realise they have something fundamentally wrong. They are using the wrong type of process....more...
Two weekly PhD updates in a row, will be interesting to see how long this keeps going....more...
In a couple of weeks I'm off to Canberra to talk PhD, potential ALTC grants and promote the use of BIM. As part of the latter task, I'm giving a quick talk at the University of Canberra as part of their Stuff the works lunches. The title of the talk is "Reducing the aggravation of student blogging: The story of BIM"....more...
My current institution has adopted Moodle as its institutional LMS as of 2010. Due to my role, I haven't really had to think about how you best go about designing a Moodle course. Now, however, due to the curriculum mapping project it is likely that I am going to have to engage with this. Hence the question, what are the different principles, guidelines or approaches for designing a Moodle course site?...more...
The last PhD update I posted here was in early November last year. It's time to get back into the discipline of posting these updates, especially now I'm in the downhill stretch....more...
This will be a brief extension of previous work around this project. The main aim is to start identifying some of the methods used by Moodle with its current outcomes approach and how those might be harnessed and modified to support curriculum mapping. In particular, some specific questions include: What's necessary to...more...
Over the next few weeks I am going to have a few meetings in which I'll need to explain and justify the curriculum mapping project. This post is an attempt to further develop and share some of the perspectives and to develop an elevator pitch for the project....more...