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Showing posts with label University of Cambridge. Show all posts

Showing posts with label University of Cambridge. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Learning to be Entrepreneurial in Cambridge

King's College Chapel at Dusk, by Tom Worthington 1996 Inger Mewburn, the Thesis Whisperer & ANU Director of Researcher Developmen...

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Research Should Be Driven by Both Curiosity, and Commerce

In an opinion piece, astrophysicist and ANU VC, Brian Schmidt urged that " Research in Australia’s universities should be driven by cur...

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Cambridge University Cancels Lectures Until 2021

The University of Cambridge (UK) has suspended mass face to face lectures until the northern summer in 2021. Small group teaching will ...

Saturday, November 2, 2019

Open Access, Funding and International Student Numbers at Australian Universities

Dr Danny Kingsley , Scholarly Communication Consultant Kingsley and Vandegrift (2019) suggest that open access scholarly publishing h...

Sunday, December 10, 2017

Failure of UK Research Open Access Policy

Dr Danny Kingsley , Head of Scholarly Communication at Cambridge University Library has concluded that the UK's policy for free and ...

Friday, October 6, 2017

University-level innovation policy

In a working paper for the University of Cambridge Engineering Department, Livesey, O’Sullivan, Hughes, Valli and Minshall (2008) look at ...

Saturday, July 25, 2015

e-Learning at Cambridge University

On Wednesday I talked on " Quickly developing online versions of learning materials for graduate students " at the Office of...

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Quickly developing online versions of learning materials for graduate students at Cambridge University

I will be discussing " Quickly developing online versions of learning materials for graduate students " at Cambridge University,...

Friday, June 12, 2015

What to see in Hong Kong and Cambridge in July

I will be in Hong Kong 16 to 18 July for the Second International Conference on Open and Flexible Education (ICOFE 2015) at Open University...

Friday, March 20, 2015

Computer Science Education Conference in Cambridge

The Call for Papers for the 10th International Conference on Computer Science and Education (ICCSE 2015) closes on 1 April 2015. The conf...

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Higher Education and Economic Development

Eugene P. Trani and Robert D. Holsworth's book " The Indispensable University: Higher Education, Economic Development, and the...

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About Me

Tom Worthington: Canberra, ACT, Australia; Tom Worthington is an independent computer professional, educational design consultant and an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Research School of Computer Science at the Australian National University. A Certified Professional member of the Australian Computer Society, in 2015 Tom received a national gold Digital Disruptors Award for "ICT Education" and in 2010 was Canberra ICT Educator of the Year. Tom previously worked on IT policy for the Australian Government and in 1999 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society for his contribution to the development of public Internet policy. He is a Past President, Honorary Life Member, Certified Professional and a Certified Computer Professional of the society as well as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Tom has a Masters of Education (specializing in Distance Education) from Athabasca University, a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education from the Australian National University and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment from the Canberra Institute of Technology.

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