Learning Technologies Inspiration | General | Tuesday January 17, 2012 | By Brooke WALTERS

Watch a demonstration from Deakin on how an online learning environment like iLearn can be used to allow flexibility to the way participants work through a unit of study.  This is great version of a blended learning approach to units. 

Swinburne Library Blog | General | Monday January 09, 2012 | By Kim Tairi

If you visit the Hawthorn campus library you will notice that collections are moving around. No - we don't need to call the Ghostbusters.    It is part of a ongoing upgrade to the library space. The Library is moving up! From March 2012...

Learning Technology News | Online Professional Development Resources | Monday January 09, 2012 | By Lisa GERMANY

Faculty Focus is a free, online website that publishes articles on effective teaching strategies - both face-to-face and online. Their articles cover a broad range of topics from Academic Leadership through to Teaching with Technology.  You can sign up...

Learning Technology News | iLearn | Friday January 06, 2012 | By Lisa GERMANY

As many of you are aware, we submitted a proposal for a Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate) site license for the University around September 2011.   The IT Governance Committee has yet to make a decision about whether to fund this proposal (they...

Swinburne Test | General | Thursday January 05, 2012 | By Min-Jin TSAI

Through incredibly detailed terrain models and high-resolution stereo photographs from key NASA missions, you can  join the search for signs of life on the Red Planet in stunning High Definition 3D.  It?s the closest thing to going there...

Swinburne Test | General | Thursday January 05, 2012 | By Min-Jin TSAI

This is the content for the feed. Swinburne film and television lecturer Gerald Mair is the brains behind Melbourne's newest innovative sound arts project, Docklands SoundWalk.The first of its kind in Australia, the SoundWalk uses quick response (QR)...

Swinburne Library Blog | General | Tuesday December 20, 2011 | By Rebecca Parker

It feels like everything is winding down in the lead up to the end of the year. The weather is hotter; Parliament has retired for the summer ; and it's snowing on Google's search results . But the Library is still open on every campus at Swinburne. We've...

Higher Ground blog | General | Tuesday December 13, 2011 | By Shirley LEITCH

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Shirley Leitch, who is also the chair of Swinburne Online, talks about today's learners and the Swinburne approach to online learning. Swinburne Online   delivers high quality online degrees...

Vice-Chancellor's News | General | Monday December 12, 2011 | By Heather CROSLING

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FHEL Research | General | Friday December 09, 2011 | By Nadine WHITE

Members of the Faculty of Higher Education, Lilydale (FHEL) recently attended the Ascilite 2011 Conference in Hobart.   The conference was themed Changing Demands, Changing Directions and focused on engagement, equity of experience, and evidence-based...

Higher Ground blog | General | Monday December 05, 2011 | By Shirley LEITCH

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Shirley Leitch invites University Professor of Education Quality and Innovation, Professor Janet Gregory, to share her thoughts from EDUCAUSE 2011, held in Philadelphia from October 18 to 21. I have always been...

Learning Technology News | Projects | Monday December 05, 2011 | By Brooke WALTERS

As you read this, we are busily gathering information and news for you.  The different types of news we are planning are listed after the jump. We plan to include news such as: Upcoming information sessions, events and training related to learning...

Swinburne Library Blog | General | Tuesday November 29, 2011 | By Rebecca Parker

The Australian Government recently released the 2011 State of Australian Cities report . This fascinating document compares Australian cities against each other, and with cities internationally, in terms of economy, social factors and the...

Vice-Chancellor's News | General | Wednesday November 23, 2011 | By Heather CROSLING

Three Distinguished Early Career Researcher Awards, three Future Fellowships, and involvement in three of six successful bids for new Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) - just another week at Swinburne. Each week I receive news of student and staff success,...

Swinburne Library Blog | General | Wednesday November 23, 2011 | By Sue FOSTER

Andy Lau is one of Hong Kong's most successful actors and singers. His initial popularity was in early 80's TV series until Chow Yun-Fat helped him find more work in movies. I n the early days he was known more for his good looks than acting ability...

Swinburne Test | General | Friday November 18, 2011 | By Ramiro Rosales

You are invited to a Public Astronomy lecture by Professor Bob Carswell from the University of Cambridge on 'Gravity and Light - Gravitational Lenses and Black Holes'. Details can be found below: We explore how light behaves near massive objects, and...

Higher Ground blog | General | Wednesday November 16, 2011 | By Shirley LEITCH

Today I am the Chair of the inaugural  Technology for Learning and Teaching 2011 in Melbourne. You can read my opening address below. It is a very special day for Swinburne and for me personally - applications open today at...

Swinburne Library Blog | General | Tuesday November 15, 2011 | By Jane O'Donnell

You can now create a link to any or all of the more than  12,000 individual articles from the Harvard Business Review. Here are the  instructions   Here is an example of a linked article. Dean, N. J. (1968). The computer comes...

Swinburne Library Blog | General | Tuesday November 15, 2011 | By Lauren Dunstan

"A brief history of the textbook, from ancient texts to open-source digital downloads" Using Tiki-Toki software, Michael Peters from Framingham University has created a gorgeous interactive multimedia timeline showing the history of the textbook....

FHEL Research | General | Thursday November 10, 2011 | By Nadine WHITE

  In this presentation, Professor Arnold explores the ways in which recognition and involvement of the story of self means that the 'I' becomes data and methodology. Professor Arnold also looks at the ways in which such a narrative of...

Higher Ground blog | General | Wednesday November 09, 2011 | By Shirley LEITCH

Online education has experienced explosive growth, both internationally and in Australia. By 2012, there are expected to be more than 18 million online students in the US alone. As online education continues to grow, I expect we will see two key trends...

Vice-Chancellor's News | General | Monday November 07, 2011 | By Heather CROSLING

Last month I visited China, meeting current and prospective partners in universities, government and non-government agencies, and research.  The importance of our relationship with China can be demonstrated by the depth of the partnerships we have...

Plugged In | General | Friday November 04, 2011 | By Judith GRUNDY

Soon, most of you will be sitting exams. There are a few things you can do to help yourself and make this time easier. I always did what I could to make the exam as calm an experience as possible. The two main ways I did this were: When sitting exams in...

Swinburne Library Blog | General | Wednesday October 26, 2011 | By Lauren Dunstan

One of the handy things to know about Google searching is to use a minus sign to exclude stuff you don't want, and the plus sign to identify words that you want in the results. While the minus sign to exclude specific words or websites is still active, Google...