Comments on: DECS Draft E-Learning Policy

By: Leigh Blackall

Leigh Blackall — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 22:07:08 +0000

Thanks Graham,

While the grant does seem to focus on primary and secondary schools, I’m impressed with the round of projects for 2005! Revives my hope for Australian (all be it South) digital literacies.
Thanks for the referal to your blogs for school websites by the way.. comments dropped in there.

By: Graham Wegner

Graham Wegner — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:12:45 +0000

The action research I had in mind was the PLICT research grants 2003 - 2005 funded via TSOF here in Adelaide. I'm not sure if they fit your definition of action research but they are all from practicing South Australian educators with the focus on investigating the impact of ICT on student achievement and learning programs. You'll find my attempt from 2003 - I posted earlier that I didn't think we addressed the research part of the project very well in my earlier post Making School Websites Relevant Through Blog Structures. I have a friend of mine who is assistant principal at a primary school in Adelaide whose main focus at his site is on team learning. He has done a bit on action research and has a model mapped that he and his staff use. If I get his permission I'll forward that onto you as well. Thanks for the comments. I'm a bit more conservative in my observations than your good self but I love the way you call things as you see them.

By: Leigh Blackall

Leigh Blackall — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 06:43:13 +0000

Could you send a link to the action research you mention? I recently finished a critique and proposal for action research and wasn't aware of any examples of such work in Australia. Pleased to see you expressing views I share. I like your point especially on the continuous lip service given to digital devides. Hope we'll see more opinion, policy review and banter in the Australian edublog sphere soon.