About INSPIRE
What is INSPIRE?
INSPIRE is a hub and network for excellence and enterprise in learning resulting from a strategic partnership between the Education and Training Directorate (the Department) and the University of Canberra (UC). INSPIRE works with the Faculty of Education on pre-service teacher education and the Centre for Teaching and Learning on new learning environments applying design-based approaches to learning. INSPIRE is learning commons, a place to imagine, experiment and design new ways of working and learning digitally. We focus on a futures perspective and developing foresight, not just knowledge and skills.
INSPIRE is different in so many ways... if you are looking to improve or extend your practice or just want to test your ideas, then INSPIRE is right for you ….we look forward to learning with you.
Law Careers Fair 2012
Words by Annie Caligari, President – Isaacs Law Society, University of Canberra On the 29th of February 2012, the Isaacs Law Society hosted their annual Law Careers Fair at the University of Canberra in the brand new INSPIRE Building. The night was an opportunity for law students to meet with prospective employers and for the …
Read moreRecent Changes Camp 2012
RecentChangesCamp2012 is an OpenSpace unconference focused on wikis and online collaborative practices. It has been held in Canberra twice so far, and held several times in other parts of the world and in 2012 the INSPIRE Centre hosted the event. The main characteristics of the event are that it is free to attend, open to …
Read moreImages of INSPIRE
New images of INSPIRE Courtesy of Cox Architecture. Photographer Ben Wrigley from photohub.
Read moreThe Don Aitkin Lecture – 8 December 2011
Stephen Parker gave the 2011 Don Aitkin lecture last Thursday evening at INSPIRE. The topic of “Canberra-versity: Pre-school, PhD and paperclips” asked the question what would a joined-up educational ecology offer the ACT community. The full-text of the lecture is here or you can watch it on ustream below.
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