Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Thursday, October 29, 2015

Fostering Entrepreneurship and innovation in Australian universities

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Last week I was privileged to be invited to  speak at the Canberra Startup Showcase , run by the  UC Advertising and Marketing Society  an...
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Friday, June 20, 2014

UK makes learning to program mandatory in all state-run primary and secondary schools from September

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In the UK, from September this year (the start of their school year), all primary and secondary students in state-run schools will be taugh...
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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Canberra University launches Graduate Certificate in Social Media and Public Engagement

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Universities in Australia have lagged behind public and commercial use of social media and need for their staff to be trained in effective ...
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Monday, November 19, 2012

But we're the experts! Why the 'internal expert' democratic governance model is gradually failing and what can be done about it.

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Most public sector agencies are designed as centres of expertise on policy and service delivery. By gathering, or training, experts in a...
Monday, July 09, 2012

Mapping government policies online - Govmonitor, a great new aussie site

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For all the attention on government policies, the various announcements and documentation on political party sites, it can be very difficul...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Would you mandate that your staff must have a social media presence?

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Would you mandate that all your staff must use social media, at least to give it a try? That's what one company in the US, Domo (a bu...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

How should public servants report online volunteer work?

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Last week the Department of Human Services changed its policy regarding staff who participated in volunteer activities - unpaid work underta...
Thursday, December 08, 2011

Building a learning culture

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Continuous learning is a way of life for me, I can't recall spending a day where I didn't attempt to broaden my knowledge or unders...
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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Traditional media insiders are the least qualified to comment on the future of traditional media

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With the release of News Ltd's Future of journalism 'discussion' I've submitted a 'Your view' to the site which may...
Saturday, September 24, 2011

TedXCanberra 2011 liveblog

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I'm at TEDxCanberra 2011 today liveblogging the event. It is also being livestreamed via the website, tedxcanberra.org and can be fo...
Thursday, May 05, 2011

Is this the first eGovernment research paper? Published 1954

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I've been reading the excellent blog post by Richard Heeks in ICTs for Development on The First e-Government Research Paper . He discu...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

How do we keep the idiots at bay?

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I read an excellent article today in the Harvard Business review by Bill Taylor about Why Do Smart People Do Such Dumb Things? . Taylor ex...
Tuesday, December 07, 2010

What should be included in a Gov 2.0/Web 2.0 university subject?

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Tom Worthington, a well-known lecturer at the ANU, is revamping the COMP7420: Electronic Data Management summer session course to integrate ...
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Monday, September 13, 2010

Tips for hiring a public sector social media manager

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We are now starting to see government departments advertising social media roles - although the titles vary, including 'New Media Advise...
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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Targeting Gov 2.0 apps development - US government combating child obesity with Apps for Healthy Kids

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The mash-up (or Apps) competitions we've seen in Australia thus far have been broad and largely untargeted. Governments have released a...
Monday, May 03, 2010

The many styles of blogging - selecting the right approach for your goals and audience

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A blog is a blog is a blog in the same way that a TV show is a TV show is a TV show. That is to say, there are many kinds of blogs in the ...
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Monday, April 19, 2010

When public means public - Australian political party members suspended from social networking sites

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The last week has seen several incidents where members of Australian political parties has been suspended from social networking sites and o...
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Monday, April 12, 2010

What value should government place on online expertise?

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On Sunday I was made aware of a Seek advertisement for a 'web and social media expert' position in a 'VERY high-profile governme...
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Sunday, February 28, 2010

How governments can use gameplay to educate and upskill a community

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I'm a big fan for the use of gameplay to encourage people to explore concepts, test ideas, build skills and model behaviours while gener...
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Dealing with video accessibility - automating captions and transcripts

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I found out last week that Google had recently integrated YouTube with Google's speech-text technology, allowing videos displayed on You...