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»
Science stars at national LT awards Susan Rowland, Louise Lutze-Mann, Kieran Lim (L-R) Photographer: Jonathon Lim The Australia Learning and Teaching awards announced in December 2014 … Continue Reading»
Bright ideas for Australian university science and maths This month sees the release of two issues on biology education futures from the International Journal of Innovative Science and … Continue Reading»
International Collaborative Writing Groups 2015 As part of the ISSOTL 2015 Conference hosted in Melbourne Australia, colleagues are invited to apply to participate in a … Continue Reading»
Work-it-Out with Chris Creagh: OLT Fellowship Work It Out: Enhancing students’ problem solving skills by modelling how to “Work It Out” in a just-in-time learning environment … Continue Reading»
The Science TLOs: a “student-friendly version” The Science Threshold Learning Outcomes (TLOs) presented us with a nationally agreed framework for bachelor level degrees in science. The … Continue Reading»
Assumed Knowledge in Maths Assumed Knowledge in Maths The First Year in Maths project has released a communique from its Assumed Knowledge in Maths national … Continue Reading»
