Rita Chiu has over ten years’ experience as a learning designer across the VET, corporate and government sectors. But guess what? She also has ten years’ experience as a gamer. And it’s through gaming that she developed her online facilitation skills - skills that are crucial to her current role and associated flexible working arrangements. […]

Lilian Austin is a member of the professional team of accredited consultants at eWorks. The Consultant Program allows us to work with industry thought leaders to champion our award-winning learning solutions. Lilian’s specialty is learning design - but does she follow her own advice when it comes to e-portfolios? In this changing world of work […]

Did you know that one in two adult Australians are below the internationally recognised level of literacy and numeracy to effectively function in the workplace and beyond? explains the implications of this shocking statistic for the VET sector, and how technology can help to address the issue. What’s all the fuss about language, literacy and […]

Rodney Spark is the executive director of eWorks and chair of the E-standards for Training Expert Group (EEG). Rodney focuses on improving the flexibility and quality of learning through the application of information and communication technologies (ICT). Flexibility has proved particularly important in his recent work with the East Arnhem Regional Council (EARC). Together with a team of technical, educational and […]

Marlene Liontis is a member of the professional team of accredited consultants at eWorks. With a strong background in both learning and development (L&D) and e-learning, she knows a thing or two about building a business case to combine the two. What at first can seem like a daunting task can be as simple as […]

Slideshark App I received an email from Brainshark today announcing they have developed a new app that will display PowerPoint (PPT) presentations on the iPad. After you sign up for a free account, you upload the PPT file to the Slideshark website and it converts it into a file that is viewable on the iPad. [...]

Changing RSS feeds can be a real pain and inconvenience. To ease any inconvenience for changing RSS feeds, I am going to offer all subscribers to this blog an opportunity to win an Amazon gift card! No strings attached - just subscribe to this blog and leave a message in the comment section below this [...]

On this day of giving thanks, I was reminded of the many blessings I have in my life. I was also reminded that I had not completed the drawing for the Amazon gift card for new or subscribers moving from my old blog to this blog with me. I truly appreciate everyone’s support throughout the [...]

November 21 was the release of the Pre-Conference Keynote for the 2011 K12 Online Conference. The theme this year is purposeful play and people have submitted video presentations that fit into one of the four following strands: Sandbox Play Story Time Team Captains Level Up Angela Maiers kicked off the conference with a bang! She [...]

Lorna Costantini has definitely found her niche. Lorna blogs at ‘Our School.ca‘ and is a screencasting guru! She is presenting ‘Screencasting 101′ for the 2011 K12 Online Conference and I am thrilled to share the teaser with you. The following 68 second video, from Lorna Costantini, is a teaser for her presentation in the "Sandbox Play" strand: [...]