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		<title>Is a PhD really necessary?</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2010/02/04/is-a-phd-really-necessary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw a job advertised recently as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Teaching and Learning at Deakin University. The role revolves around working with academic staff to improve their teaching and learning practice, provide staff development, evaluation of teaching, dissemination of good practice, provide educational technology leadership and lots of the standard stuff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye to eportfolios for a fee?</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2010/01/13/goodbye-to-eportfolios-for-a-fee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve argued for a while that, whilst I agree with the idea of eportfolios as a way of demonstrating student learning, I have a few concerns about the way that some universities have implemented eportfolios. I have always believed that an eportfolio should ‘belong’ to the student user and should be independant of the university. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Decade Ahead in Higher EdTech</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2010/01/03/the-decade-ahead-in-higher-edtech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Read Write Web]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[augmented reality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well it&#8217;s the end of the decade and the new one has just started. I thought that, in the name of a harmless bit of fun, I would stick my neck out and make a few predictions about where we might be going with edtech in universities over the next decade.  I&#8217;ve kept it brief [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Direct from the Innovation Prevention Department</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/12/09/direct-from-the-innovation-prevention-department/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was watching the Twitter stream for the ASCILITE 2009 conference this morning during the final keynote from @jamesclay with a certain amount of dismay as tweets regarding the ‘Innovation Prevention Department’ (IPD) started to appear. The reference was to IT Services organisations in tertiary education. Now I wasn’t at the conference so I don’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Additions to Public LMS Evaluations</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/11/30/new-additions-to-public-lms-evaluations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/11/30/new-additions-to-public-lms-evaluations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just to let you all know that I have added another two universities to the list publically available LMS evaluations bring the total to ten. You can find the full list here.
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		<title>Say Hello to the Newest TLA on the Block &#8211; LMP</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/11/19/say-hello-to-the-newest-tla-on-the-block-lmp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/11/19/say-hello-to-the-newest-tla-on-the-block-lmp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I noticed a reference to Moodle LMP in my Twitter stream tonight and, wondering what an LMP actually was, I ended up at this post by Mary Bold talking about upcoming conferences.

Well it turns out that LMP means Learning Management Platform and, as Mary herself points out:
LMP has some nice connotations, among them the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BlackBoard, Sakai and Moodle &#8211; Point/Counterpoint at Educause 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/11/06/blackboard-sakai-and-moodle-pointcounterpoint-at-educause-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/11/06/blackboard-sakai-and-moodle-pointcounterpoint-at-educause-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This very interesting discussion was held recently at the Educause 2009 Conference in Denver.
  
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		<title>Social and cultural aspects of the Internet (PhD scholarships, Melbourne)</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/11/05/social-and-cultural-aspects-of-the-internet-phd-scholarships-melbourne/</link>
		<comments>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/11/05/social-and-cultural-aspects-of-the-internet-phd-scholarships-melbourne/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the content of an email that has been distributed about PhD Scholarships at RMIT University. For more information you can contact 
Professor Supriya Singh at RMIT University.
Here is the email:
Hello smart tech people,
The people that I work with at RMIT Business have a couple of PhD scholarships going at the moment. I&#8217;m hoping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Wave in a Sentence</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/10/19/google-wave-in-a-sentence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/10/19/google-wave-in-a-sentence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well it’s been a week since I was kindly sent an invitation to Google Wave. I have to admit that at first I was a little underwhelmed but since then, as I have started to add contacts, I I have started to see it’s potential. Before I talk a bit about it’s positives I would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comparing the Horizon Report 2009 and Horizon Report 2009 for Australia and New Zealand</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/10/07/comparing-horizon-2009-and-horizon-2009-australia-and-new-zealand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/10/07/comparing-horizon-2009-and-horizon-2009-australia-and-new-zealand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EDUCAUSE Horizon Report for Australia and New Zealand 2009 was published recently. I thought I would just compare the findings for Australia and New Zealand with those for the US Horizon Report 2009 published earlier this year.



Time to Adoption
Horizon Report 2009
Horizon Report 2009 Australia and New Zealand


One year or less
Mobiles
Mobile internet



Cloud Computing
Private clouds


Two to [...]]]></description>
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