ACDS TL conference 2015 highlights The annual ACDS Teaching and Learning Conference sparkled this year with vigorous discussion in all sessions. The Conference kicked off … Continue Reading»
Rethinking laboratory activities At the recent ACDS TL Conference, Les Kirkup from UTS gave a presentation on an OLT funded Seed project:’ Matching … Continue Reading»
ACDS Receives $150,000 grant for Work Integrated Learning The Office of the Chief Scientist has provided a $150,000 grant to the ACDS to establish a national network supporting … Continue Reading»
Review the SMART directory The SMART Directory is a directory of resources for science learning and teaching. The Directory is being constructed as an … Continue Reading»
2015 OLT Fellows in Science July 14, 2015 The ACDS TL Centre is delighted to see three new OLT National Teaching Fellowships in science in … Continue Reading»
ACDS Teaching and Learning Conference 2015 The 2015 ACDS Teaching and Learning Conference will be held in Brisbane from July 16-17. Faculties of Science are invited … Continue Reading»
Government announces Industry Innovation and Competitiveness Agenda The announcement amounts to six measures including industry growth centres and a package promoting STEM skills in schools. How it … Continue Reading»
Government Announces Commonwealth Science Committee This committee replaces PMSEIC. The announcement details membership and includes a $12m STEM education package. Read press commentary from The Australian … Continue Reading»
Consumer rights and deregulation Are softer alternatives to hard prerequisites in danger of contravening consumer rights? A recent presentation from a deputy commissioner of … Continue Reading»
ACDS TL Projects 2015 This year the ACDS Executive has approved three ACDS TL projects to continue on themes raised at the ACDS TL … Continue Reading»
Mathematics Pathways for VET students – new online courses The Mathematics Pathways website has been developed from an Office for Learning and Teaching project, ’Development of mathematical pathways for VET … Continue Reading»
ASELL workshops 2015 ASELL (Advancing Science and Engineering through Laboratory Learning) has created a database of peer-reviewed, educationally sound undergraduate science experiments. ASELL experiments … Continue Reading»