80 research outputs found
Aircrane take-off, Katoomba Airfield, 1 February, 2003 [picture] /
No full textTitle supplied by photographer, see file NLA/16245.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Part of collection: Blue Mountains bushfires, New South Wales, 2002-2003.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. "The aircrane is manufactured by Erickson Air-Crane Inc (3100 Willow Springs Rd, PO Box 3247, Central Point, OR 97502, USA - 541-664 5544, www.ericksonaircrane.com) and specifically designed for bushfire operations. Aircraft are leased to governments around the world and in the 2002/03 season there were 11 such choppers operating in NSW and Victoria. The helicopter can lift 9 tonnes of water in a single lift. Local air operations throughout the mountains were managed by, among others, David Milsteed and his second-in-command, John Brell. Janne Bent of Bullaburra was in charge of mobile ground to air communications at the airfield and air reconnaissance was managed by NPWS's Chris Banffy. This aircrane was piloted by Matt Prach of Las Vegas and Jim Stone of British Columbia."--File NLA/16245
The early morning departure to the Hunter Valley from Lakemba Mosque in Sydney, for the performance of the Salatul Istisqa, the Islamic rain prayer, 19 January 2003 [picture] /
No full textTitle supplied by photographer, see file NLA/16245.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Part of collection: Salatul Istisqa, Islamic prayer for rain ceremony, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, 9 January 2003.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. "The party visiting the Hunter Valley included officials from the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils and the Lebanese Muslim Association, prominent Muslim academics living in Sydney (including Dr Ahmed Abdul Magid Hammoud, author of 'The Status of Women in Islam'), families and young people from the Sydney Muslim community. Some non-Muslim people also attended as a gesture of support."--File NLA/16245
Maha Habib with her children, Beverly and Terry Hicks, and Ahmend Habib at a rally for David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib at the Sydney Trades Hall, 20 September, 2003 [picture] /
No full textTitle from acquisition documentation.; Acquired in digital format; access copies available online.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. "These images were taken before the Hicks family had been granted any telephone contact with their son and before he (David) had received any visits from legal support people. The rally was addressed by David Hicks's father, Terry, and activist & academic Dr Tim Anderson (who spent time in prison while a member of Ananda Marga for allegedly plotting the Sydney Hilton bombing). The rally was also attended by Hicks's mother, Beverley, and Habib's wife Maha and family. The Hicks flew from Adelaide for the rally. Also addressing the rally were the Habibs' lawyer, Stephen Hopper. Speaking from the floor were Ian Cohen (Greens MLC) and Arthur Chesterfield-Evans (Australian Democrats MLC)."--Acquisition documentation
Gambling and social theory - part 1.
No full textIn this blog post from the journal Critical Gambling Studies, the author addresses biases found in gambling research, focusing on 'problem gambling' research, and argues for the inclusion of social theories in gambling studies. He analyses how a researcher’s participation or non-participation in gambling activities can affect their approaches and create biases in their research on gambling. Specifically addressing 'problem gambling' research, he argues that this research field inadvertently contributes to negative biases against gambling activities and focuses on the individual, limiting research results, and the type of research being conducted. The author introduces the journal Critical Gambling Studies, which will focus on the social organization of gambling and will diversify the research being conducted. He then outlines theories that will be included in Critical Gambling Studies such as sociological theory, systems theory, classical theory, fields, and phenomenology, and explains how they will contribute to the field
An investigation of students' experiences of using virtual learning environments: implications for academic professional development.
No full textIntroduction
Because virtual learning environments (VLEs) are amongst the most widely adopted
technologies in higher education, and to justify the widespread investment in VLE
technology, it is important to study patterns of actual student VLE use and student
satisfaction (Naveh et al., 2010). This chapter presents the work of a multi-institutional
group of educational developers who have collaborated since 2008 to gather students’
views on the use of VLEs across higher education in Ireland. The project has now developed
into a longitudinal study, open to participation by any educational institution, and is
currently integrated in the research strategy of the Irish Learning Technology Association
(ILTA). Surveys of students have been undertaken since 2008 using a common set of
questions. Participating institutions, on condition of anonymity, pooled their results for
comparison. The survey data provided each institution with useful information on how
VLE uptake and usage patterns compared with other institutions, in a framework which
prevented abuse of the findings for marketing or public benchmarking. The institutions
who have participated, thus far, represent a diversity of organisational histories and VLE
systems, and results to date include the responses of more than 15,000 students. The
resulting database constitutes the largest collection of information on student experience
related to technology enhanced learning in Ireland. We have presented and published
our methods and some of our earlier results (Cosgrave et al., 2008; Cosgrave et al., 2009;
Cosgrave et al., 2011). In this chapter, we will give an overview of the research methods
and findings, but will focus on the implications for academic professional development
and capacity building. We also describe our working processes as a self-sustaining
collaborative group. Like other chapters in this publication, where the collective voice
influences pedagogical practice, our contribution is driven by the desire to allow the
student voice to inform the continuous improvement of their learning experiences.
This chapter demonstrates how a sustainable collaborative project has contributed to
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Angelica Risquez, University of Limerick; Claire McAvinia, Dublin Institute
of Technology; Damien Raftery, IT Carlow; Fiona O’Riordan, Griffith College
Dublin; Nuala Harding, Athlone Institute of Technology; Robert Cosgrave,
independent professional; Theresa Logan-Phelan, Trinity College Dublin;
Tom Farrelly, Institute of Technology Tralee
Corresponding author: [email protected]
• EMERGING ISSUES IN HIGHER 100 EDUCATION III
VLE capacity building, through offering insight from lessons learned across institutions.
The drivers for change at national level will be discussed first with a brief overview of
other existing research on the use of VLEs. Following a summary of research methods,
the findings will be presented and discussed. The main themes we are going to explore
throughout this chapter are the student experience in using VLEs in HE and the implication
of this for academic professional development for lecturers. The results speak to issues
of capacity building in the sector, in terms of the relationship between staff and student
use of the VLE. We will conclude with plans for future research which include the impact
of supporting teaching and learning in higher education.ye
Iowa History and Culture : A Bibliography of Materials Published Between 1952 and 1986, 1989
No full textThis bibliography was compiled by two reference librarians, Patricia Dawson and David Hudson with the goal of making it easier of tracking down material on Iowa history and culture. This supplements the Iowa History Reference Guide published in 1952 by William Petersen
Public policies for Smart cities or Smart territories : Rethinking local governance to maximize public value creation
No full textInternational audienceIn 2021, more than 200 territories in France had launched Smart City or Smart Territory projects (Data Publica and KPMG 2021, p17), a particularly elaborated form of digital transformation for local authorities, combining digitalization trajectories and the will to create value on a territorial scale. The Smart City concept is indeed regularly associated with an ambition to create multidimensional value (Csukas and Szabo 2021). In this sense, several authors have proposed to address it from the perspective of public value theory (Cosgrave et al. 2014; Bolivar 2019; Chatfield et al. 2019)
Public policies for Smart cities or Smart territories : Rethinking local governance to maximize public value creation
No full textInternational audienceIn 2021, more than 200 territories in France had launched Smart City or Smart Territory projects (Data Publica and KPMG 2021, p17), a particularly elaborated form of digital transformation for local authorities, combining digitalization trajectories and the will to create value on a territorial scale. The Smart City concept is indeed regularly associated with an ambition to create multidimensional value (Csukas and Szabo 2021). In this sense, several authors have proposed to address it from the perspective of public value theory (Cosgrave et al. 2014; Bolivar 2019; Chatfield et al. 2019)
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