Indigenous Australians The Mitchell Library website has digitised early Indigenous material from the State Library of NSW making it available online as an education resource. It includes early written records of Indigenous people, the work of the first Indigenous artists to use European art materials, works by David Unaipon, and early protraits of Aboriginal people. From EdNA Online on August 23, 2005 at 9:30 p.m..
Open Source Software Advisory Service (OSS) OSS develops best-practice guidelines, investigative reports, and briefing materials. As well as a web-based clearing-house for up to date information, OSS Watch organizes national conferences, expert workshops and offers focused assistance for institutions and software projects. OSS Watch is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee. From EdNA Online on August 23, 2005 at 9:30 p.m..
Discovering new Vistas in Hepatitis C(HCV) and HIV treatment Modalities Phoenix Body Positive-learning new treatment modalities in treating HIV and Hepatitis C. From Maricopa Learning eXchange (MLX) Newest on August 23, 2005 at 8:30 p.m..
Educating the Net Generation Seminar Learnings to share from the Educause Seminar on 8/18/05. From Maricopa Learning eXchange (MLX) Newest on August 23, 2005 at 4:30 p.m..
Radiation Reassessed The article posted here on August 11th by TheWHYfiles updates radiation dangers into the 21st century. The reassessment marks the 50th anniversary of the invention of the atomic bomb—which introduced the still lurking dangers of radiation to human life and health. Concerns today include “dirty bombs,” nuclear waste, nuclear power, depleted weapons and radiation diagnostic [...] From Golden Swamp on August 23, 2005 at 9:30 a.m..
Determinants for Success and Failure of Innovation - The Road to Sustainable Educational Innovation Commissioned by Stichting SURF. This report presents the results of the in-depth study into success factors of innovative ICT projects in education. This research was financed by the SURF Foundation, ICT and Education. From EdNA Online on August 23, 2005 at 5:30 a.m..
Technorati Technorati is a real-time search engine that keeps track of what is going on in the world of weblogs. It gives the most popular blogs in music, books, news and Top 100 blogs. From EdNA Online on August 23, 2005 at 3:30 a.m..
iPods In Education The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the functionality and potential of iPods in a loosely defined educational context. iPods (portable music players) have been a phenomenal success for Apple Computers and would seem to be setting the benchmark for these types of devices. Although initially designed as portable music players, over time a number of alternative uses and applications have emerged for iPods which potentially give them a high degree of utility in other areas. This review should not be treated as a formal evaluation of the devices, but rather as an informal look a From EdNA Online on August 23, 2005 at 3:30 a.m..
Mekong Delta Poverty Analysis: Final Report The findings of this report by AusAID highlight increased differentiation within communities in the Mekong Delta and a movement to groups of poor with similar characteristics of poverty. The research found that people are more at risk of being poor in the region if they are landless or land scarce; live in rural areas; are dependent on unstable employment; are Khmer and/or female. This is a more complex social and economic situation than existed a decade ago. Poverty reduction programs need to be tailored much more specifically to the particular situation and needs of these socially and econom From Recent Items on August 23, 2005 at 3:30 a.m..
Darfur Drawn: the Conflict in Darfur Through Children's Eyes When Human Rights Watch researchers Dr. Annie Sparrow and Olivier Bercault visited Chad in February 2005 to assess the issues of protection and sexual violence in the refugee camps along the Darfur/Chad border they collected drawings from schoolchildren from seven refugee camps and the border town of Tine. The website displays the drawings in the hope that the rest of the world would see their stories as described in their own unique visual vocabulary of war. From Recent Items on August 23, 2005 at 3:30 a.m..
Partners Magazine Partners in Research for Development is an annual magazine featuring in-depth articles on Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) projects, emerging outcomes from these projects and the impacts in developing countries and Australia. The ACIAR mandate directs activities to developing countries in five regions: Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, North Asia, South Asia and Southern Africa. From Recent Items on August 23, 2005 at 3:30 a.m..
The Never-Ending Quest: Effective Strategy-Making and Change Management for High-Performing VET Organisations This report summarises the evaluation of projects undertaken in 2001-02 as part of Reframing the Future's sub-program on Strategic Management and Change Management. It argues every Registered Training Organisation (RTO) in the vocational education and training (VET) sector in Australia needs managers who can design effective strategies. From EdNA Online on August 23, 2005 at 1:30 a.m..
Learning to Work In Information and Communication Technology: A Guide To Structured Workplace Learning The guide has been created for schools, Structured Workplace Learning coordinators and employers involved in Structured Workplace Learning placements. It provides activities which students can complete as part of their placements, case studies and other resources to assist in the placement. From EdNA Online on August 23, 2005 at 1:30 a.m..
Nepal - Case Studies This case study describes the project of collecting water from mountain fog. In the hills of Nepal, collecting fresh water presents a great challenge. Many villagers walk up to three hours to collect this essential resource. In response WaterAid partner Nepal Water for Health (NEWAH) has developed a new technology that uses giant meshes to collect water from mountain fog. The website also provides statistical information about Nepal and links to other resources. From Recent Items on August 23, 2005 at 1:30 a.m..
Audio-Text Synchronized books Audio books that are played by the specially developed software program that uses the text of the book for navigation and also shows translations of the separate sentences to other languages. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 23, 2005 at 12:30 a.m..
Bioimages Around the country, a number of academic departments in a host of natural science fields have assembled databases of images that are meant to be utilized by researchers and the general public alike. One such project is the Bioimages database, developed by the Department of Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt University. Working in cooperation with a number of other participating institutions and agencies, the department has created this site that allows visitors to peruse a number of detailed image databases. The databases cover a wide range of topical and geographical areas, such as southeaster From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 23, 2005 at 12:30 a.m..
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