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	<title>Work @ TAFE</title>
	<link>http://www.absoludity.net/blog</link>
	<description>A Professional Development Journal</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Please update your links!</title>
		<link>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/please-update-your-links/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Education</category>
	<category>Projects</category>
		<guid>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/please-update-your-links/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
New blog address: http://liveandletlearn.net/learning/

During the last holidays I've been busy moving my blog from absoludity.net to liveandletlearn.net... why? Good question! Part of the Web Design course that I facilitate is a client project where participants are required to develop a site from start to finish - and it'd been a while since I'd been through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative</title>
		<link>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/educause-learning-initiative/</link>
		<comments>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/educause-learning-initiative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Education</category>
	<category>Professional Development</category>
	<category>Reflection on class</category>
		<guid>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/educause-learning-initiative/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From EDUCAUSE REVIEW | September/October 2005, Volume 40, Number 5:
Is covering content enough? Content-focused learning has a relatively short half-life, particularly since most learners’ careers will span a variety of different, possibly unrelated fields over the course of their lifetime. “Know-how and know-what is being supplemented with know-where (the understanding of where to find knowledge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drowning in Email?</title>
		<link>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/coping-with-email/</link>
		<comments>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/coping-with-email/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Education</category>
	<category>Professional Development</category>
		<guid>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/coping-with-email/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While taking part in some workshops over the past 6 months I became aware that there's heaps of   (edit: my exaggeration) teachers in TAFE who log in to their email once or twice a week just to delete all the unread email - without reading it! My initial reaction (as someone who loves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging in the Public Sector</title>
		<link>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/blogging-in-the-public-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/blogging-in-the-public-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2005 17:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Education</category>
	<category>Professional Development</category>
		<guid>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/blogging-in-the-public-sector/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Andy Budd has just posted Blogging in Government - a reflection on his experience speaking to Government officials at 10 Downing Street... the topic? "Blogging in the Public Sector". Kindof relevant to those of us blogging within TAFE or other public institutions here in Australia!

Andy and his mates talked about:
how governmental weblogs could give a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students reflecting on their TAFE experience&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/students-reflecting-on-their-tafe-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/students-reflecting-on-their-tafe-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Education</category>
	<category>Professional Development</category>
	<category>Ideas</category>
		<guid>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/students-reflecting-on-their-tafe-experience/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's interesting to do a Technorati tag search for TAFE and see what people are writing about their TAFE experience... of course, it's not always going to be posititve... One student, 'unwritten' wrote recently in a post entitled "bored *sigh*":

Man, i should really get going on my TAFE work, but tis soo soo soo boring, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Smackdown learning model</title>
		<link>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/the-smackdown-learning-model/</link>
		<comments>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/the-smackdown-learning-model/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Education</category>
	<category>Professional Development</category>
		<guid>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/the-smackdown-learning-model/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Forget social constructivism - even connectivism - Kathy Sierra of Creating Passionate Users has posted The Smackdown Learning model:

"Whether you're writing user instructions, teaching a class, writing a non-fiction book, or giving a conference presentation, consider including at least some aspect of the smackdown model. It's one of the most engaging ways to cause people's [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Competing with the Network</title>
		<link>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/competing-with-the-network/</link>
		<comments>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/competing-with-the-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2005 23:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Education</category>
	<category>Professional Development</category>
		<guid>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/competing-with-the-network/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Duncan Rawlingson observes from Canada:
"I couldn't help but notice how different my media consumption has been surrounding the terrorist attacks in London from September 11th. When my girlfriend came and hammered on my door on the morning of September 11th I turned on CNN and just watched. When I heard about the bombings in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten tips for new Trainers/Teachers</title>
		<link>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/ten-tips-for-new-trainersteachers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/ten-tips-for-new-trainersteachers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2005 12:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Education</category>
	<category>Professional Development</category>
		<guid>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/ten-tips-for-new-trainersteachers/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every now-and-then you come across an article that is worth reading over and over... the kind of article that you want to come back to it in a months time to reflect on how you've changed since reading it... so it is for me with post Ten tips for new Trainers/Teachers on the Creating Passionate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web Design @ Wikiversity</title>
		<link>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/web-design-wikiversity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/web-design-wikiversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Education</category>
	<category>Projects</category>
		<guid>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/web-design-wikiversity/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After reading David Hargreaves piece dealing with sharing knowledge in education (created together with the UK Department of Education and Skills) I've been thinking more and more about how innovation and collaboration networks within TAFE might enable better courses and further learning amongst it's facilitators like me!

I've since tried to contact other Web Design facilitators [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free and Easy Tools - Blue Mountains</title>
		<link>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/free-and-easy-tools-blue-mountains/</link>
		<comments>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/free-and-easy-tools-blue-mountains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2005 13:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Education</category>
	<category>Projects</category>
		<guid>http://www.absoludity.net/blog/free-and-easy-tools-blue-mountains/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday afternoon I had fun for 2 hours with another group of fellow TAFE staff, as we saw how easy it is to create our own website on the Internet. Judging from the feedback, most people were suprised at how easy it was!

We spent quite a bit of time at the beginning of our [...]]]></description>
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