Lilian Austin is an e-learning consultant who offers learning design advice and services to educational organisations and companies. Having recently joined the team of Accredited Consultants at eWorks, she can now offer advice and solutions across the e-learning spectrum. Lilian has enjoyed huge successes with both designing and delivering online courses. Read on for some […]

Debbie has direct responsibility for business development and operations at eWorks. She has seen first-hand the impact of SMS/LMS integration and gets real satisfaction out of the positive feedback she receives from clients who have chosen to make this clever move. If you are not aware of the benefits of integration, or you are thinking […]

Darcy Nicolson is a learning and technology expert at eWorks. Passionate about lifelong learning, Darcy focuses on improving the use of media and technology to enable better personal development and learning outcomes. As a dad, he was pleased to learn at the recent MoodleMoot 2015 that he is not the only parent concerned about the […]

Lisa Wait has held key roles leading national digital education initiatives for government. She knows how challenging yet rewarding it can be to run a project that will be under the spotlight - especially if you’re responsible for public state-wide or national e-learning. That’s why it is so important to ask the right questions at […]

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: [...]

Today, December 2nd, at midnight EST is the last day to nominate a blog/site for the Edublog Awards (#eddies11). Our webinar series, Classroom 2.0 LIVE, was nominated last year and we won first runner up and were greatly honored to be nominated and to have won among some stiff competitors. The Edublog Awards is a fun [...]

This is a great time of year if you have little ones that are eagerly awaiting Santa’s arrival Christmas Eve! In addition to taking them to talk with Santa at the mall as has been the tradition for a number of years, there are a variety of ways that children can interact with Santa Claus electronically. There [...]

It is time to vote for the Edublogs Awards again! Please vote for me/us in the following categories: * My blog -  Best ed tech resource sharing blog - http://edublogawards.com/2011-3/best-ed-tech-resource-sharing-blog-2011/ Voting is open until 11:59 PM US EST on Tuesday, December 13th with the winners announced at the Edublog Awards ceremony on the 14th at 7pm [...]

The 2011 K12 Online Conference came to a close tonight with an AfterGlow live event tonight. The recording link will soon be posted on the K12 Online Conference blog. There was a great representation of presenters and viewers tonight. We got into a discussion about the theme ‘purposeful play’ and how many in education view [...]

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I am sure you have heard the old joke, "What is black and white and red/read all over?" Answer: a newspaper! Well, the same joke/riddle can apply to QR codes as well. A QR code is a bar code as shown in the black and white bar code to the right. It is considered a [...]

If you attended TCEA in Austin recently, you may have noticed the abundance of mobile devices people were using to participate in sessions, workshops or just walking around the convention center and at social events. I presented a session on using cell phones in the classroom that had over 200 participants join me in the [...]

As an educator for the past 20 plus years, I am definitely not in this career for the money. Yes, I need money to pay bills and would love to be frequently requested speaker or published author that makes a living where money is not a concern for my family members. But some times I [...]

Come Join the TX DEN for our first Tweet Chat Appy Hour on Twitter ~ Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 at 6pm CST with hashtag #appyhour. During this fun hour of learning, the TX DEN will lead discussions on using Apps effectively throughout the content areas in k-12 education. While its important to know the best [...]

I recently received an email stating that March is designated as ‘National March into Literacy Month’ and included a great infographic that I wanted to share with everyone. The purpose of this initiative is to, The month of March is considered National "March into Literacy" Month, and was created to promote reading among children. Literacy [...]