<div>I quite agree Stephen, the edulist mailing list [elearning] doesnt quite have the same critical mass or audience ... still worth the while for eLearning Coordinators and Computer managers to join.</div>
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<div>I once described this as the Chandler Critical Mass a decade ago when Dr Paul Chandler reflected on this very problem when we explored the reasons behind why some early mailing lists really took off whilst other dignified lists sat there, humble and very quiet. It is something to do with the signal-noise ratio where teachers tend to ask questions where they feel that they might get an answer.
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<div>In light of this .. I was once puzzled why the staff here continually asked Info Teach Teachers first for help with unjambing the photocopier or vending machine coin jams. .. I suppose that we should take pleasure that our expertise embaces problem solving and manipulating information paper-jams.
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<div>Hope you all had a cool term break :-)</div>
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<div>Regards Roland<br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 27/03/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Stephen Digby</b> <<a href="mailto:digby.stephen.p@edumail.vic.gov.au">digby.stephen.p@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>> wrote:</span>
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<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://edulists.com.au/" target="_blank">edulists.com.au</a> IPM List both serve this purpose.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Better to get with the strength and make it stronger, rather then reinvent a smaller wheel.</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Have tried to get LT type discussion off the IPM list but IPM tchs have had such a large historic overlap with LT coord that there is a substantial inertia against separation.
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<p><font size="2">======================================================================================<br>Stephen Digby, Learning Technology Manager <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:digby.stephen.p@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">
digby.stephen.p@edumail.vic.gov.au</a><br>Cheltenham Secondary College <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au/" target="_blank">www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au</a> Ph: 613 955 55 955 Fx: 9555 8617
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Forrester, Graeme G [mailto:<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:forrester.graeme.g@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">forrester.graeme.g@edumail.vic.gov.au
</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 22 February 2006 1:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> DL Learning Technology Co-ordinators<br><b>Subject:</b> The LT job and some resouce sharing<br></font><br> </div>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I would most certainly like to hear whether other LT Coordinators are interested in starting a forum and would be most interested in collecting some info and maybe growing a resource that is underutilised in schools. I would certainly appreciate any shared info on web packages or the like to help grow the studet and staff experience.
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<p>--<br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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