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Showing posts with label video lectures. Show all posts

Showing posts with label video lectures. Show all posts

Friday, May 15, 2020

Universities Should Not Plan a Return to Lectures-as-Usual

Recently US colleagues asked about plans for the return to the university campus for students, after COVID-19 lock-downs. The consensus emer...

Friday, March 13, 2020

The Idea of the University Has Not Been Canceled

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert M. Pirsig, 2006 Universities are canceling events to minimize the risk of the tran...

Don't Postpone Examinations: Replace Them With Realistic Tests

Media reports indicate that some universities are postponing examinations due to the about the COVID-19 Coronavirus . Unfortunately this e...

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Online Courses on Coronavirus from World Health Organization

The World Health Organization has released a series of web based courses about the COVID-19 Coronavirus . These are intended for health p...

Friday, February 7, 2020

Ten Tips for Quickly Converting Courses for Online Delivery

Yesterday I was asked for some tips on how to provide courses for online delivery, for students who are unable to get to class due to the ...

Thursday, February 6, 2020

TARDIS to Record for Off-campus Students

ANU One-Button-Studio If educational institutions need to record audio podcasts or videos, due to the Novel Coronavirus , they can use ...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

A wall of screens is not the classroom of the future

CSU College of Business collaborative classroom . Photo by CSU Photography Colorado State University’s College of Business has installe...

Monday, December 31, 2018

Social Media for Researchers

Some time ago, one of my colleagues suggested I join ResearchGate , describing it as "social media for researchers". I was skeptic...

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Are live lectures better than videos?

A study by Trenholm, Hajek, Robinson, Chinnappan, Albrecht, and Ashman (2018) found that students who watched videos, rather than attend li...

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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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