Higher Education Whisperer

In 2016 I started looking at how to training computer professionals  to teach, and wrote 14 posts over the next three years. Part 14 w...

For some years I have been considering the question of how to improve the quality of teaching at universities. One obvious way is to have ac...

In Part 13 I looked at  " Guidelines for Teaching @MIT and Beyond ".  But teacher training do universities require their new tea...

In Part 12 I looked at the documentation associated with Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) teaching quali...

In Part 11 I chose three skills from the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) for three micro-credentials for teaching: Delive...

In Part 10 I looked at having three micro-credentials on teaching, which taken consecutively would count as one university course. The Aus...

In Part 9 I looked at what quantum is reasonable to teach those who teach. The NZ government recently recognized Micro-credentials of 1 to...

In Part 8 I decided the task of designing an entire qualification in teaching for computer professionals is perhaps a bit too much. But wh...

In Part 7 I looked at how curriculum for Digital Education in the vocational sector is standardized and packaged. That was a year ago and I...

In Part 6 I looked at ACM and IEEE CS curriculum guidelines. That was back in December last year. I have been a bit distracted by completi...

The Australian Computer Society has proposed an "Australian ICT Educators Program" (" A new paradigm: Why our education syst...

This is to propose recognizing teaching as an area of specialization for computer professionals. I suggest that computer professionals who ...

The EU funded Digital Competencies for Teachers Project (DIGICOMP) has provided a Moodle based e-Learning Portal for teacher training. The...

In Part 5 I looked at the Industry Certifications for IT instructors. However it would also be useful to see what guidance professional bod...

In Part 4 I looked at combining VET and university teaching. However, before considering any new qualifications, what industry certificati...

In Part 3 I looked at the carefully thought out set of teaching qualifications for the Vocational Education and Training Sector (VET). One...

In Part 2 ' I looked at what  standards professional bodies have for IT teaching. The Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET)...

In Part 1 I considered if we should have more IT professionals, trained to teach part time.  But what  standards and qualifications could b...

A few weeks ago I finished a semester helping teach project management to university IT students in ANU Techlauncher . I was asked to help...