EDUPOV Office Opening
January 10, 2010 by alexanderhayes · Leave a Comment
EDUPOV Pty Ltd will officially open it’s office in Orange, NSW Australia on Sunday, 31st January 2010.
We will also be welcoming to Orange as it’s newest resident, Geoff Lubich, Director at EDUPOV who has made the brave decision to move permanently from sunny Karratha, Western Australia to even sunnier Orange, NSW !
You are officially invited to join the festivities of this event which will feature an online guest and numerous local identities.
We will also give a short presentation on the day of what EDUPOV is, what our future plans involve and how you to can keep track of the many and varied projects that we find ourselves embroiled in.
Champagne and beer will be served amongst an array of local delicacies.
The event kicks off at 2pm on Sunday.
Please RSVP to Alex if you would like to join us for this event.
Alex can be contacted on 0427996984.
CEBIT : Matching VET Needs Using POV Realism
May 15, 2009 by alexanderhayes · Leave a Comment
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On Wednesday evening I paid $71.50 AUD to attend the CEBIT Australia 2009 conference of which I was able to catch 80 minutes of sheer exhibitor delight. Some accuse CEBIT of being nothing more than a tech-fan-fest meeting only industry needs however I’d refute that assertion given the number of diverse exhibitors present.
One of the more intersting stands I encountered was the http://www.scitech.com.au product presentation with it’s main representative harking from my old stomping ground of Perth, Western Australia.
Yes, the gym bunny’s were present and the coffee stands in place but how did I view this event in relation to where we are at the moment with VET needs in Australia ? …and what has this got to do with Michael Coghlan above.
Well, as my WIAOC09 presentation will attest, in addition to the reading I did to complete my recent interview presentation with the Framework , the Australian VET community stands united in it’s resolve not to be left behind in the wake of the Bradley Report or any emphasis of the current Labour government on ensuring each and every child is part of the DER debate.
Vocational training in Australia seems transfixed in a parallax of participation – on the one hand duty bound and AQTF -paper compliant and on the other searching madly for equitable solutions that will augment workplace assessors needs to travel into far-flung isolated paradises to remain digitally ASH competitive. Likewise it’s national mandate for whole-of-business national training package affordance is still tested as it offers chunks of wisdom in every thing that keeps our printers printing.
POV or wearable assessment/ connection / evidence generating human computing for some must resemble a far off dream, to others a gross infringement on civil rights and to others still a magical solution for providing live, real and affordable solutions for getting the work done. As many of our photos will confirm, we are immeersed in determining where POV might fit in the workforce development and participation debate, where it works as an e-portfolio enriched evidence gathering mechanism and where it might fit into the serious connection challenged educator / learner paradigm.
No matter which way we look at this technology, it seems to have it’s place ( and challenges ) in all areas of the education sector, has it’s critics and it’s growing community of practice and now we have an opportunity to build, report upon and seriously reflect on it’s importance in bringing us forward into a 21st century mode of learning.
Please inform the community you live within during those workplace hours that there will be an opportunity to network this discussion, to view up-coming versions of the technology and to connect with others who may inspire you to think more laterally as to its application at the upcoming AUPOV inaugural conference in Wollongong.
We have 90 tickets left, 4 weeks to go and a budget to expend.
Let others know and check out who is keynoting, presenting and genuinely happy to share a cocktail or two with you.
The Aftermath : Upskirting
April 2, 2009 by alexanderhayes · Leave a Comment
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Well….Leigh Blackall has returned home and we are now in full swing to getting the AUPOV 2009 Conference up and running.
Here’s what Leigh had to say on the matter of his visit…
From all accounts all three workshops conducted by Leigh and Geoff were a success in differing degrees and if nothing else it’s spurned people to think a little deeper on the concept of using POV in educational contexts.
Meanwhile Geoff and I are embroiled into discussions about whether there is value in offering any form of recordable media technologies as part of the EDUPOV suite. I’m of the opinion that we should be offering all and sundry whereas Geoff states;
“….geoff: there is no real educational context that justifies the use of something that has as its prime design feature pure covertness.”
What I’m trying to explore is that ANY technology that realizes a positive and appropriate educational outcome deserves to be marketed and showcased. We are not in the position to dictate what people choose to do with the technologies nor could we be held responsible for distributing technology which was used in any number of other myriad of ways that we’d not intended.
Like chewing gum. If we sell it are we then responsible for deposits underside of tables ?
Upskirting ? Swearing in the school yard ? Workplace assessors belittling apprentices in true Aussie style on YouTube ?
Nah…our job is to foster openness.
Let the chickens roam and try not to clip their wings.
Real Women : POV Wrap Around
March 21, 2009 by alexanderhayes · Leave a Comment
Brent Leideritz was sponsored by EDUPOV recently whereby a set of EDUPOV2’s were lent for the purposes of recording the event and building a differing aesthitic profile beyond the static domain of the exhibition space.
Check out the Real Women website.
A great example of POV technology use in the arts community.