The demand for further skills and qualifications in the educational technology field remains strong as the range of technologies increases and their potential use in educational contexts becomes more compelling. Students registering for the University of Cape Town (UCT) Masters level courses are employed in schools, government agencies, universities, non-governmental organisations, or in the co...

The first Editorial in the Australian Journal of Physiotherapy this year celebrated 100 years of physiotherapy education in Australia (Chipchase et al 2006). As was highlighted in this centenary Editorial, Australian physiotherapy has been privileged throughout the profession’s history to have leaders with foresight and vision at critical stages in its development. This is also true of the deve...

In this paper we address the challenge of teaching interaction design for children’s products especially pertaining to bridging the gap between child development theories and interaction design issues. We describe our experiences from developing a one-week course on interaction design and children, that is part of a competency based Masters program in design. We conclude that key elements in th...

Increased awareness of and interest in Open Source has led to a number of university teaching initiatives, at both national and European level. In this paper we present experiences from a practical assignment designed to give students on an Open Source Masters course an insight into real involvement in Open Source projects. It discusses the motivations for the assignment, and how it was set up ...