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welcome. ...a rich past. During the 1970s and 1980s, Australian distance education provided a benchmark and a guide for new distance education institutions across the Third World. The perfect storm for an Australian perspective. Learning and teaching Open education resources Attrition

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  1. welcome

  2. ...a rich past... During the 1970s and 1980s, Australian distance education provided a benchmark and a guide for new distance education institutions across the Third World.

  3. The perfect storm for an Australian perspective Learning and teaching Open education resources Attrition Regional Evaluation The web Technologies Learner voices Reconsider research designs

  4. An idea..... Would it be possible to bring together...a group with an extended history...experience...collective knowledge...dispersed scholarship to inform the challenges facing the changes in our higher education collective landscapes?

  5. Aim • Aggregate research • Bring together scholarship • Become a knowledge powerhouse • Build reputation • Work collectively on issues and challenges • Demonstrate collaboration • Create the research agenda • Connect with the International scene

  6. Consortia Charles Sturt University CQUniversity Massey University University of Southern Queensland

  7. When did we all start….. • CQU 1967: First intake of students to the then 'Institute of Technology' at Rockhampton. (Current student population over 20,000) • UNE 1938 New England University College, a College of the University of Sydney; 1954 It became fully independent. (Current enrolments 16,000 external and 4,000+ internal students) • USQ: 1967 Queensland Institute of Technology (Darling Downs) • (Currently has 26,000 students) • CSU: 1895 Establishment of Bathurst Experiment Farm offering vocational agricultural education. (currently has 34,000 students) • Massey: 1879 Massey began as an agricultural college in Palmerston North. The college officially opened on 20 March 1928 as a fully constituent college of the University of New Zealand • (currently has 36,000 students)

  8. Steering Committee Professor Michael Keppell Director, The Flexible Learning Institute Professor of Higher Education Charles Sturt University Professor Alan Smith Professor, Distance and e-Learning and Executive Director Division of Academic Information Services University of Southern Queensland Associate Professor Bobby Harreveld Director, Learning and Teaching Education Research CentreCQUniversity Associate Professor Mark Brown Associate Professor Director, Blended and Distance Education Massey University

  9. An International Reference Group Mike Rebbechi (Chair) Research and Higher Education Consultant Michael Crock General Manager, Academic Products and Services, Open Universities Australia Allison Littlejohn Chair of Learning Technology and Director of the Caledonian Academy at Glasgow Caledonian University Rory McGreal Professor and Associate VP Research, Athabasca University Don Olcott Chief Executive, The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (OBHE) Susan D'Antoni Programme Specialist, UNESCO The Reference Group will provide external review, feedback, and advice on DE Hub activities and ensure that DE Hub activities are smart, sensible, and in line with the goals of the project. Given the international nature of the Reference Group, communication will primarily be via conference calls, skype, and email.

  10. Hot research topics Quality assurance Professional development and faculty support (2010 Research Focus) Innovation and change Learner support services (2010 Research Focus) Costs and benefits Management & organization Educational technology (possible linkage with Innovation & change) Curriculum design (2010 Research Focus) • Theories and models (2010 Research Focus) • Globalisation of education and cross-cultural aspects (2010 Research Focus) • Access, equity, social inclusion and ethics (2010 Research Focus) • Distance teaching systems and institutions • Research methods in distance education and knowledge transfer • Interaction and communication in learning communities (2010 Research Focus) • Learner characteristics

  11. Sample Collaboration • A systematic review and environmental analysis of the use of 3D immersive virtual worlds in Australian Universities • e-Teaching Leadership: Planning and Implementing a Benefits-Oriented Costs Model for Technology Enhanced Learning • Southern Skies Distance Education Academic Exchange • eDST: Decision Support Tools for Multi-Disciplinary Applications in Higher Education

  12. DE Hub website

  13. Conference website dehub.edu.au/conference2011

  14. DE Hub Database of Research on Distance Education

  15. DE Hub Blog

  16. DE Hub WikiEducator

  17. DE Hub WikiEducator Open Forums

  18. DE Hub Delicious

  19. Thank you A hub is only a hub if it has spokes....

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