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Karen Bonanno, Eduwebinar & Angie Stead, Owner & Director, Magic Sparks Care & Learning
11 October 2023 – Webinar replay 60 minutes

What is it about all the “-based” learning approaches? We hear about challenge, inquiry, play, passion, problem, project, and purpose in these contexts. Are they just buzzwords or is there something we need to know?

Play, project and purpose-based learning can be closely aligned to key learning experiences that students need during the different stages of development from infancy to young adulthood. Curriculum and methodology need to be based on a deep understanding of these phases.

In this webinar, Angie Stead and Karen Bonanno will share their understanding of the different stages of learning development during the early years through to young adulthood, and how teaching and learning methodologies need to be aligned with each stage through a focus on play, project and purpose based learning experiences. They will draw on their experience to share examples and connections with the curriculum and the skills students develop along the way.

They will also explore the other stages of development we go through as adults and share insights into the impact this has on our role as educators in different sectors of learning.

Outcomes for attendees:

• Become aware of the stages of development.
• Understand the different teaching & learning methodologies that can align with each 7-year cycle.
• Identify the curriculum connections that support play, project & purpose-based learning.
• Understand the range of skills students can develop throughout each stage of development.

Karen Bonanno is the Founder and National Director of Eduwebinar. She is based in North Brisbane and lives online as an educator. Her main area of work involves planning and hosting professional learning opportunities for educators with a specific focus on innovative teaching and learning strategies and resourcing as it applies to curriculum design and delivery. Karen has been acknowledged as a ‘learning commons visionary’, an ‘edupreneur’, and an ‘exponential entrepreneur’ by education and business colleagues for providing exceptional value. She has been a teacher, teacher librarian, head of department, acting deputy principal, regional adviser and state education officer, before commencing independent work in 1994. She has over 40 years of experience working in government and non-government schools, professional associations and private enterprises.

Angie Stead is the owner & director of Magic Sparks Care & Learning with four unique childcare centres in New Zealand. She is passionate about helping set children on the right path to lifelong learning and development. Her centres follow an ECE play-based learning philosophy that treats children as individuals and seeks to light their spark – whatever that may be.

For all States and Territories:
This webinar will provide self-identified professional development addressing the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Proficient level:
1.2 – Understand how students learn
3.3 – Use teaching strategies
6.2 – Engage in professional learning and improve practice
6.4 – Apply professional learning and improve student learning

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June Wall, Adjunct Lecturer, School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University
26 July 2023 – Webinar replay 60 minutes

Artificial Intelligence is here to stay. As we found with the advent of TV, the Internet, and smartphones – each new technology begins as a disruptor until we examine both sides of the coin. This session will discuss the advantages and disadvantages but more importantly, look at possibilities for schools and suggest some strategies that could be used to amplify critical thinking and problem-solving skills for students.

At the conclusion of the session, participants will:

• be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of AI for student learning,
• be able to discuss the possibilities for AI in learning,
• be aware of teaching strategies that could be used.

June Wall is an Adjunct Lecturer, School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University. She was previously an independent Consultant, eLearning and Libraries. She has been a teacher at primary and secondary levels, a lecturer, a professional development and education consultant, Head of Department, Head of Teaching and Learning, special librarian, teacher librarian, President of ASLA, President of SLANSW and computer coordinator in the government and non-government sectors for over 40 years.

For all States and Territories:
This webinar will provide self-identified professional development addressing the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Proficient level:
3.3 – Use teaching strategies
3.4 – Select and use resources

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Karen Bonanno, National Director, Eduwebinar
21 June 2023 – Webinar replay 60 minutes

In today’s world we can seize the opportunity to explore real world issues and personally meaningful projects with students. Educators can use digital tools, apps and resources to expand learning opportunities and provide students with the chance to develop essential lifelong skills. Students can use their imagination to identify something that is of interest to them, work out a solution, and be innovative with their creative responses.

In this webinar, Karen will discuss why real world projects are essential for student learning and skills development, how the project ideas can be generated and created in a digital age, key steps to consider when designing project based activities, teaching practices to keep in mind, and assessment options to address learning outcomes.

She will also share examples of classroom projects that address real world issues, including projects that have been turned into global organisations that have attracted worldwide attention and brought about significant change in how we take care of our planet.

Karen Bonanno is a Certified Genius School Educator working with parents and students worldwide. She has been a teacher, teacher librarian, head of department, acting deputy principal, regional adviser and state education officer, prior to commencing independent consultancy in 1994. She has over 40 years of experience working in government and non-government schools, professional associations and private enterprises.

For all States and Territories:
This webinar will provide self-identified professional development addressing the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Proficient level:
3.3 – Use teaching strategies
3.4 – Select and use resources
6.2 – Engage in professional learning and improve practice
6.4 – Apply professional learning and improve student learning
7.4 – Engage with professional teacher networks and broader communities

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Karen Bonanno, National Director, Eduwebinar
15 February 2023 – Webinar replay 60 minutes

Despite the challenges of the last couple of years for how education can be delivered, there is always discussion about how change needs to occur to meet the changing needs of students and staff. Significant changes in recent years have seen a shift in pedagogical and professional practices as schools endeavour to embrace future learning scenarios.

In this webinar, Karen will explore Blended Learning and Hybrid Learning opportunities for microcourse development for programs to suit students and staff. She will share her experience in the creation and delivery of online content across different age groups, keeping in mind the critical information needed to meet the expectations of end users. She will present the different tools and most popular platforms that can help you present and teach your topic in a way that demonstrates that you know what you are talking about and what you’re good at.

Outcomes for attendees:

• Appreciate the potential for the creation of microcourses to address diverse learner needs
• Discover the key steps to creating a microcourse
• Identify minimum standards for microcourse development
• Identify tools and platforms to support microcourses

Karen Bonanno is the Founder and National Director of Eduwebinar. Her main area of work involves planning and hosting professional learning opportunities for educators with a specific focus on innovative teaching and learning strategies and resourcing as it applies to curriculum design and delivery. She has been a teacher, teacher librarian, head of department, acting deputy principal, regional adviser and state education officer, prior to commencing independent consultancy in 1994. She has over 40 years of experience working in government and non-government schools, professional associations and private enterprises.

For all States and Territories:
This webinar will provide self-identified professional development addressing the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Proficient level:
1.5 – Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities
3.2 – Plan, structure and sequence learning programs
6.2 – Engage in professional learning and improve practice
6.4 – Apply professional learning and improve student learning

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Karen Bonanno, National Director, Eduwebinar
27 July 2022 – Webinar replay 60 minutes

The younger generation is growing up in a complex world where information is broadcast to them via multiple information and media channels. They encounter this in school and in everyday life. They must have the skills to successfully navigate the information overwhelm and apply these skills to be able to learn smarter and more efficiently now and in the future.

Karen Bonanno has been a strong advocate for preparing young people for a very different future through her writings, work on Inquiry Skills Scope & Sequence, Future Skills Future Schools Future Libraries presentations, and her involvement with the Genius School.

Together with a colleague, Leonie McIlvenny, she has recently developed and delivered an inquiry & purpose-based microschool that brings together four key components for being future-ready:

• Learning how to learn, not what to learn, as an essential lifelong capability.
• 21st Century Skills development for creative & innovative thinking.
• Authentic, real-life application of learning to become an active global citizen.
• Development of character qualities for interpersonal & emotional wellbeing.

Through a facilitated learning approach, students were engaged in active learning, ultimately taking charge of their individual learning outcomes.

This live webinar will explore:

• Why it’s necessary for future skills development for the younger generation.
• What it means to be “digitally literate” cf. being “technology literate”.
• 5 essential steps to help children be smarter learners in an ever-changing world.
• Examples of a student-centred approach to real-world learning.

Karen Bonanno is the Founder and National Director of Eduwebinar, an online professional learning portal delivering professional learning to teachers in the comfort of their own homes. She is based in North Brisbane and literally lives online as an educator. Her main area of work involves planning and hosting professional learning opportunities for educators with a specific focus on innovative teaching and learning strategies and resourcing as it applies to curriculum design and delivery. Karen has been acknowledged as a ‘learning commons visionary’, an ‘edupreneur’, and an ‘exponential entrepreneur’ by education and business colleagues for providing exceptional value to her clients. She has been a teacher, teacher librarian, head of department, acting deputy principal, regional adviser and state education officer, prior to commencing independent consultancy in 1994. She has over 40 years of experience working in government and non-government schools, professional associations and private enterprise.

This webinar will provide self-identified professional development addressing the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers:
6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice
6.4 Apply professional learning and improve student learning
7.4 Engage with professional teacher networks and broader communities

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Leonie McIlvenny (Sessional Lecturer) and Dr Rachel Sheffield (Associate Professor) Curtin University
18 May 2022 – Webinar replay 60 minutes

This webinar explores the opportunities for students to engage in creative and collaborative projects that blur the lines between subjects and promote problem-finding and problem-solving activities. It offers a global perspective on makerspaces and illustrates the commonalities between the approach and the pedagogy.

Included is the journey taken to create the book Teaching 21st Century skills using STEM Makerspaces. Leonie and Rachel discuss the underlying principles on which the book is premised which include:

• The Story of Makerspaces
• Makerspaces and STEM
• Makerspaces and Pedagogy
• Developing Transversal competencies in a Makerspace (in particular higher order thinking, collaboration, communication and resilience)
• Makerspaces in the Australian Curriculum

Participants will be able to:

• Identify ways that Makerspaces can support the development of STEM learning opportunities
• Identify key transversal competencies that can be developed in a STEM makerspace
• Plan and implement a Makerspace for their own earning context by applying a STEM Theoretical Framework
• Make links between makerspaces and the Curriculum.

Leonie McIlvenny is an educator and curriculum consultant who has worked across all educational systems and sectors in Western Australia. She currently works as Sessional Lecturer and Research Assistant at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. She researches and publishes in the areas of school libraries, information literacy, digital literacy and 21st-century (transversal) competencies. Leonie has written and published numerous articles on these topics and has presented at local, national and international conferences.

Rachel Sheffield is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Curtin University, Australia, and is a passionate science educator. She researches and publishes in science and STEM education and professional identity and is currently exploring the transversal competencies and their role in STEM. Rachel has won several faculty, university and national awards for teaching excellence and was awarded an Executive Endeavour Fellowship in 2016. She is also Chair of the prestigious Curtin Academy.

This webinar will provide self-identified professional development addressing the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers:
6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice
6.4 Apply professional learning and improve student learning
7.4 Engage with professional teacher networks and broader communities

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Karen Bonanno, Global Genius School Educator
17 March 2021 – Webinar replay 60 minutes

During 2020 we all had to change the way we delivered learning experiences for kids. The buzz word ‘pivot’ was heard across multiple environments, not just education.

As a Global Genius Educator, Karen was involved in a number of learning programs that had to be moved swiftly (and effectively) to a virtual learning environment and experience for pre-teens and teens. Some of these virtual learning programs were over a few days and others were spread over several weeks.

This webinar is a reflection on the design, preparation, delivery and evaluation of these virtual learning experiences with a global student cohort.

Karen will share some of the core principles she used in designing and delivering remote learning across different time zones.
She will also share teaching and learning strategies used to facilitate this virtual teaching and learning delivery.

Outcomes for attendee:

• Consider 5 core principles of remote learning
• Explore practical applications
• Design learning opportunities
• Apply strategies to your work environment

Karen Bonanno has been working in the education sector for over 40 years and has been a virtual edupreneur for over a decade. As a provider of professional learning for K-12 educators, Karen has delivered professional learning across a range of platforms for educators, and, more recently, delivered remote learning experiences for teens globally.

This webinar will provide self-identified professional development addressing the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers:
3.3 – Using teaching strategies
3.4 – Select and use resources
6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice
6.4 Apply professional learning and improve student learning
7.4 Engage with professional teacher networks and broader communities

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Sarah Marwick, Instructional Designer, Edutech KM Ltd
20 May 2020 – Webinar replay 60 minutes

We know that students learn at their own pace. Many want more control over their learning. If you have ever considered creating your own online or e-learning course for your students or mapping out the content for someone to develop for you, this webinar will cover the key points to consider.

We will start by discussing what we mean by e-learning, and clear up any confusion between e-learning, online, distance, blended learning, or any of the other terms out there today! We will then look at why you might invest time in developing an e-learning course and explore the benefits both for students and for teachers.

Sarah will use examples of her own work to demonstrate concepts of instructional design – addressing issues such as the type of content best suited to this form of delivery, different levels of initial understanding and different styles of learning. She will show how to make the content more interactive and engaging to the students and outline the opportunity for students to assess or expand their understanding.

After attending you will:

• Understand the reasons why you might develop an e-learning course
• Be aware of the steps to follow to create an e-learning course
• Realise some of the options available to add engagement and increase the effectiveness of the learning

Sarah is a former high school teacher and experienced instructional designer, with a passion for fun, effective and personalised learning. She is the Founder and Managing Director of Edutech KM Ltd, a learning solutions company in New Zealand.

This webinar may address the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers:
3.3 – Using teaching strategies
3.4 – Select and use resources

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Jackie Child, Junior School Technologies Coordinator
29 April 2020 – Webinar replay 60 minutes

Learning happens best by making tangible objects through authentic, real-life learning opportunities that allow for a guided and collaborative process.

Being at home is a wonderful way for children, with or without technology, to play, discover and build on the knowledge they have to grow and learn. A place where constructivism and constructionism thrive …. learning by doing!

Outcomes for attendees

• Theory of Constructionism and Constructivism will be explored.
• Ideas and activities to explore these theories.
• Examples of educational outcomes from activities.

Jackie is the Junior School Technologies Coordinator at St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School in Brisbane and the author of TinkeringChild.com blog. She is passionate about teaching with over 40 years’ experience and is a sessional tutor for pre-service teachers using technology to enhance their teaching and learning at Griffith University.

This webinar may address the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers:
3.3 – Using teaching strategies
3.4 – Select and use resources

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Linda Conyard, Gestalt Psychotherapist
22 April 2020 – Webinar replay 60 minutes

Disengaged students, disruptive behaviour that impacts the learning of all students in the classroom and current behaviour management strategies are weighing heavily on the shoulders of classroom teachers. Research suggests that teachers are underusing many evidence-based practices such as Schoolwide Positive Behaviour Support (Hepburn & Beamish, 2019). Student learning outcomes, the crowded curriculum, increase in administrative and reporting tasks, classroom management, additional roles in the school, increase in behaviour issues and professional development expectations places a significant amount of stress on teachers. There appears to be a dearth of recent literature addressing the impact of stress on teachers. Trauma is beginning to be discussed in schools which I believe will make a substantial change to the classroom environment. Understanding and recognizing trauma will support teachers in the way they interact with their students and it will assist them to identify their own reactions and give an opportunity for personal development. Becoming trauma-sensitive will reduce stress levels and will support engagement and student learning outcomes. Students cannot learn when their brain is in survival mode.

Hepburn, L., & Beamish, W. (2019). Towards Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices for Classroom Management in Australia: A Review of Research. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 44(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2018v44n2.6

Outcomes for attendee:

• Understand what trauma is;
• Understand what a trauma response can look like;
• Understand vicarious trauma; and
• Learn how to respond when someone is having a trauma response.

Linda is a Gestalt Psychotherapist and a Family Constellation (Systemic) Facilitator. Her mission is to eliminate unnecessary trauma through education and facilitation of Trauma Sensitive Workplace Training and The Truth About Trauma TV. She would love to see Trauma Sensitive Training implemented throughout all our major systems. All the studies Linda has completed over the years allows her to have a multi-faceted approach when working with clients.

This is a Teacher Identified Professional Learning Course.

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Jo Stevens, Co-Owner, The Zen Zone
28 October 2019 – Webinar replay 60 minutes

In order to live a higher quality life, maintaining optimal wellness is key. Wellness is more than being free from illness; it is a process of change and growth towards a mentally and physically healthy lifestyle. Everything we feel and do relates to our well-being and directly affects our actions and emotions. Applying wellness in your everyday life will allow you to achieve your full potential and live with passion and purpose. The Zen zone is a personal awakening that encourages you to be your very best, in all areas of your life.

This webinar will focus on:

• The importance of taking care of your own mental health
• Practical tools to help reduce stress
• Why laughter is so important

Jo is a mother of two, a wife, sister, friend and business owner. Like most women, Jo wears many hats and has learnt to juggle everyday life alongside a business. As a former defence force wife, Jo understands the stress on family life when your partner is away for extend periods of time. For 6 years Jo worked casual as a Teacher Aide in a Special School and believes that everyone is ‘special’ in their own little way, it is just that some are more noticeable than others! Jo’s goal is to empower both men and women to take control of their mental health.

This is a Teacher Identified Professional Learning Course.

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Brendan Kelly, Digital Media Officer, Brisbane Grammar School
11 September 2019 – Webinar replay 60 minutes

‘Servant Leadership’ is a critically important aspect of Student Wellbeing programs for students at Brisbane Grammar School. Identifying and implementing exciting and sustainable STEAM projects is no small feat. Making sure that such projects also contribute to the wider community makes for an even more ambitious challenge. When the formula is right, the results can be phenomenal for everyone involved. Warning: you may become addicted to making soap somewhere along the journey!

Following the webinar attendees will:

• Understand the importance and relevance of Servant Leadership programs.
• See simple yet effective Project Management tools and strategies in action.
• See how STEAM projects can be scaled to match your organisational aspirations.
• Witness how successful STEAM projects can be sustainable and support curriculum.

Brendan Kelly has enjoyed working across a range of academic and public libraries for the last fifteen years culminating in finding his dream job in digital media for one of the best performing schools in Australia. He works with teaching staff to enhance their capacity to create and deliver high quality digital learning resources as well as directly with students to increase their digital literacy skills. The unique and very special link between library services and education delivery and outcomes motivates his passion to explore meaningful ways to integrate technology into the mix.

This webinar may address the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers:
3.3 – Using teaching strategies
3.4 – Select and use resources
6.2 – Engage in professional learning and improve practice

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Karen Bonanno, Creative Director, KB Enterprises (Aust) Pty Ltd
Webinar replay – 60 minutes

Globally, young people are taking a stand on issues that concern them. Some have stepped up and taken action to bring about change.
As we begin to see students as ‘change agents’, it is important that we help them develop the essential skills and an entrepreneurial mindset for success.

In this webinar, Karen will explore the essential skills identified by global organisations, an entrepreneurial framework for personal & skills development,
curriculum connections, resources and learning spaces to support the development of an entrepreneurial mindset.

Over the last 5 years Karen has been involved with a number of social entrepreneurs, most recently with the Genius School; an education movement being inspired by a leading entrepreneur education group, Entrepreneurs Institute. The vision of the Genius School is to ignite the genius in every child, teenager and young adult, providing them with opportunities and resources to live a fulfilling life of learning and earning. As an accredited Global Genius Educator/Leader, Karen’s focus is to help tweens, teens and young adults identify their natural talent and capabilities. This provides a great foundation on which to build essential skills to help them develop confidence to step up and engage with the world around them and to be more on purpose with the direction they take for their future opportunities.

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Leonie McIlvenny, Director, Studyvibe
22 May 2019 – Webinar replay 60 minutes

‘Soft skills’, ‘new skills’, ’21st century skills’, ‘new collar skills’, ‘transversal skills’ – these are just some of the terms that are being used to describe an evolving set of competencies that are considered essential for an individual to successfully live and work in today’s society.

According to the OECD, ‘Skills have become the global currency of 21st century economies and Transversal knowledge, skills and competences are the building blocks for the development of the “hard” skills and competences required to succeed in the labour market.’

If we are preparing students for the future world of work then it is essential that we as educators understand what these skills are and how we can incorporate them into our learning programs and curriculum, particularly information literacy, which is an essential component of any program we facilitate from the library space.

This presentation will present some of the latest national and international information about Transversal Competencies and how they are impacting government and educational policy and curriculum development throughout the world.

It will also provide opportunities to discuss how these skills can be incorporated into our library programs and where they sit within the Australian Curriculum.

As a result of this session you will develop an understanding of:

• The nature of Transversal Competencies
• Where information literacy is placed within the Transversal Competency Framework
• Where Transversal Competencies are placed within the Australian Curriculum
• How Transversal Competencies can be embedded into the curriculum
• Ways that assessment data about Transversal Competencies can be captured.

Leonie McIlvenny has been an educator for over 35 years having taught in both primary and secondary schools in the public and private as a teacher and teacher librarian. She has been a curriculum consultant, online course developer, library consultant and ICT project manager for the Western Australian Education Department. She has lectured in digital literacy and inquiry learning for pre-service teachers at Curtin University and currently works as an educational consultant nationally and internationally. Her interest in information and digital literacies was the driver behind Studyvibe, the Research Safari, the UN SDG Digital Passport Challenge and other online websites.

This webinar may address the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers:
3.3 – Using teaching strategies
3.4 – Select and use resources
6.2 – Engage in professional learning and improve practice

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Leonie McIlvenny, Director, Studyvibe
Webinar replay 60 minutes

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals provide an excellent opportunity to implement problem-based learning in the classroom and an authentic context in which to address many of the outcomes from the Australian Curriculum.

This presentation will provide background information to the goals, explore links to the Australian Curriculum and the UNESCO Transversal Competencies and identify the growing range of resources, programs and initiatives that support the achievement of the goals. It will also describe a challenge website that has been created to help teachers and students engage with the goals individually and as a class. Students achieve digital badges as they progress through the 10 challenges. Teacher librarians will be provided with strategies for how to support the implementation of the goals within the school library and the school.

At the completion of the webinar attendees will be able to:

• Identify the UN Sustainable Development Goals
• Identify and access a range of resources that support the development of the goals within a school context
• Identify which outcomes from the Australian curriculum support the UN Sustainable Development Goals
• Establish how the UN Sustainable Development goals can be used to implement problem-based and inquiry learning in the classroom.

Leonie McIlvenny has been an educator for over 35 years having taught in both primary and secondary schools in the public and private as a teacher and teacher librarian. She has been a curriculum consultant, online course developer, library consultant and ICT project manager for the Western Australian Education Department. She has lectured in digital literacy and inquiry learning for pre-service teachers at Curtin University and currently works as an educational consultant nationally and internationally. Her interest in information and digital literacies was the driver behind Studyvibe, the Research Safari, the UN SDG Digital Passport Challenge and other online websites.

This webinar may address the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers:
3.3 – Using teaching strategies
3.4 – Select and use resources
6.2 – Engage in professional learning and improve practice

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Kay Oddone, PhD Candidate and Sessional Academic
Webinar replay 60 minutes

In the 21st century, we have witnessed tremendous change in how we understand knowledge and information, how we communicate, and how we see the world and ourselves. The way we understand learning and pedagogy must be transformed to reflect this new reality. One approach through which we can achieve this transformation is by applying the principles of connected learning to our practice.

The term connected learning is used frequently, and different interpretations of what connected learning is abound. In this webinar, I will present the empirically researched Connected Learning Framework, a pedagogical approach to understanding connected learning which is both a learning strategy and a blueprint for learning design.

Implementing a connected learning approach creates opportunities for collaboration, creativity, imagination & knowledge construction. This presentation will allow participants to become familiar with the Connected Learning Framework. It will also provide real life examples of connected learning, and suggestions for how this learning approach may be embedded in formal and informal learning contexts.

Outcomes for attendee:

• Understand what connected learning is
• Explain the elements, core properties and design principles of connected learning
• Identify connected learning opportunities in formal and informal contexts
• Argue the case for implementing connected learning for greater student engagement and participatory 21st century learning
• Access further reading and resources

Kay Oddone is an educator, librarian and constant inquirer who is passionate about exploring how we might leverage the connectivity of the social technologies to enhance how we learn. With over twenty years of experience working in education and information environments, Kay is committed to finding innovative and creative ways to enhance how we access and experience learning opportunities. She is currently completing the final year of her PhD candidature through QUT, exploring how teachers experience professional learning through online personal learning networks.

This webinar may address the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers:
3.3 – Using teaching strategies
3.4 – Select and use resources
6.2 – Engage in professional learning and improve practice

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Kay Oddone, PhD Candidate and Sessional Academic
Webinar replay – 60 minutes

How might we design learning experiences built upon curiosity and inquiry? It’s all about questions!

In a world where answers seem so easy to come by, it is important that we explicitly teach students how to ask effective questions. Knowing how to formulate critical and incisive questions, and how to use questioning to gather accurate and relevant information is a key skill which underpins all stages of the inquiry learning process. Questioning is central to learning – and yet it is easy to allow this skill to slide under the radar, and even more tempting to shut down questions in an attempt to cover content more quickly.

In this webinar we explore a range of question types, and investigate different questioning frameworks and strategies to actively develop students’ questioning skills. The webinar provides insight into how questioning changes throughout the inquiry process, and offers participants the opportunity to consider how they use questions and questioning within their own practice.

Outcomes for attendee:

• Become familiar with a range of question types and questioning frameworks
• Draw connections between different types of questions and stages of inquiry
• Learn strategies to develop students’ skills in creating effective questions
• Reflect upon the role of questioning in contemporary learning

Kay Oddone is an educator with experience across a range of settings, having worked at school, system and tertiary levels. She is currently completing the final year of her PhD research, investigating the role of personal learning networks in teachers’ professional learning. She has presented at a number of national and international conferences, and blogs at www.linkinglearning.com.au . Her interests include networked and connected learning, critical and digital literacy, contemporary libraries and resourcing as well as reading, cooking and travelling.

For all States and Territories:
This webinar addresses the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers:
3.3 – Using teaching strategies
3.4 – Select and use resources
6.2 – Engage in professional learning and improve practice

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Karen Bonanno, National Director, KB Enterprises (Aust)
Webinar replay – 60 minutes

Everyone has a preference for how they like information to be presented to them so they can process it with relative ease. We also have preferences for the way we analyse and evaluate information and then communicate it to others. Identifying personal learning styles is a major key to improving your performance and that of your students. When we become more familiar with learning styles we can help our students learn faster, more efficiently and easily.

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) can provide us with some insights into how we can learn and communicate best. ‘Neuro’ refers to the mind, ‘Linguistic’ is about language and ‘Programming’ is about our sequences of repetitive behaviour and how we can act with purpose. NLP modalities and submodalities can provide important distinctions that are evident in each learning style.

A blended learning approach will be presented as a pathway to help teachers develop teaching programs to engage students in active learning.

This webinar will help you to identify your preferred modality, and provide insight into how others learn and communicate. It will provide an introduction to basic NLP principles to help you identify teaching strategies and methods to help your students learn at their best.

Karen Bonanno has over 35 years’ experience working in government and non-government schools as a secondary teacher, teacher librarian, head of department, acting deputy principal, regional advisor, education officer and education consultant. Karen is also an accredited Flow Consultant in Talent Dynamics, a Performance Consultant in Talent Dynamics for Young People, and an accredited Ignition! Trainer. She has used her Creator/Astronaut profile to evolve professionally in business as an education consultant and webinar provider of professional learning.

For all States and Territories:
This webinar addresses the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers:
3.3 – Using teaching strategies
3.4 – Select and use resources
6.2 – Engage in professional learning and improve practice

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Karen Bonanno, National Director, Eduwebinar
Webinar replay – 60 minutes

Emeritus Professor, Frank Crowther, coined the phrase ‘pedagogical gifts’. He identifies ‘gifts’ as the unique talents, personalities, values, passions and interests of teachers in the everyday life of the classroom, and considers multiple meanings of pedagogy to then energise teaching.

In this session we will explore a process to identify your natural gifts/talents. Participants will complete a short psychometric questionnaire to identify, broadly speaking, their talent pool.

We will consider the pedagogical contexts within which your natural talents can thrive. As we explore the ‘cycle of relevance’ and events that can potentially lead to irrelevancy, we will consider five strategies that will help you to achieve viability and contemporary relevancy in your school community.

This digital broadcast is designed to encourage individuals to think about their future and take action to re-set their professional pathway.

Karen Bonanno is a Flow Consultant in Talent Dynamics, a Performance Consultant in Talent Dynamics for Young People and an accredited Ignition! Trainer. She is keen to help tweens, teens and adults identify their natural talent and use their strengths, weaknesses and challenges to transform their lives. She has over 35 years’ experience working in government and non-government schools as a secondary teacher, teacher librarian, head of department, acting deputy principal, regional adviser, education officer and education consultant.

For all States and Territories:
This webinar may address the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers:
1.2 – Understand how students learn
6.2 – Engage in professional learning and improve practice

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with Karen Bonanno, National Director, Eduwebinar
Webinar replay – 60 minutes

Throughout history there has been several changes in our capacity to learn. With each change it has increased our ability to learn more efficiently and effectively. Each paradigm shift in learning builds on our ability to learn through time and ultimately addresses the visual, auditory, kinaesthetic and read/write preferences. An emerging shift will challenge how schools will successfully engage students in learning as the learner seeks access to anything, anywhere, anytime, from any place and with anyone.

With the shift in skillsets required by our young people, schools need to be responsive to the way technology is integrated to assist learners to be smarter in their learning, thinking and doing. There is also a corresponding need to design learning spaces that will support the varied learning needs, interests and talents of each learner. The dynamics of teaching and learning will change to provide learning opportunities that will engage students with everyone needing to be a leading learner.

This webinar will explore the paradigm shifts in learning and then progress to the impact emerging technologies will have on instruction, learning environments and methodology. Primary and secondary teachers and teacher librarians will be able to consider a response to future learning by understanding

• how we learn best,
• the impact of new and emerging technology on teaching and learning,
• how the redesign of learning spaces can assist future learning, and
• the need to provide variety in learning opportunities.

Karen Bonanno has over 35 years’ experience working in government and non-government schools as a secondary teacher, teacher librarian, head of department, acting deputy principal, regional advisor, education officer and education consultant. For 12 years she was the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian School Library Association and has also held executive positions at state, national and international level in teacher librarian professional associations. Karen is also an accredited Flow Consultant in Talent Dynamics, a Performance Consultant in Talent Dynamics for Young People, and an accredited Ignition! Trainer. She has used her Creator/Astronaut profile to evolve professionally in business as an education consultant and webinar provider of professional learning.

This webinar addresses the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
3.3 – Using teaching strategies
3.4 – Select and use resources
6.2 – Engage in professional learning and improve practice

[Members, please log in to view this webinar and access the additional resources that accompany this webinar replay.]