ideaslab Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

Microsoft

The Melbourne Graduate School of Education is the leading research-intensive school of education in Australia. As part of the recently introduced Melbourne Model – consisting of six broad undergraduate programs followed by professional graduate degrees – the Melbourne Graduate School of Education (MGSE) introduced MTeach in 2008.

There are two significant reforms in the new MTeach programs. The first is the introduction of clinical teaching models. The second reform relates to a substantially revised University curriculum, designed to deliver enhanced graduate attributes.

The program embraces the role of technology and recognises the importance of technology as a tool in education today. Research staff and graduate students will greatly benefit from the Ideas Lab facilities and learning and teaching technologies that will be available to keep Melbourne as a leading educational technology base. The collaboration with Ideas Lab provides an exciting opportunity to enhance the role of technology in learning.

To be competitive in the modern world students need to be educated for the 21st century. They require modern learning skills so they can successfully participate in an increasingly knowledge-based global economy. This is why Intel is committed in working towards an eLearning framework for teachers, by developing and nurturing best-practice methods through its association with the Ideas Lab.

Hume City Council is proud to be associated with Ideas Lab. The lab’s presence in the Hume Global Learning Centre in Broadmeadows reinforces the link between the Hume Global Learning Centre and the Council’s commitment to lifelong learning.
The Council’s support for the Lab is a commitment to education and a commitment to the future of our community. The initiative is a great demonstration of what can be achieved through productive partnerships and is a step towards a stronger economy within Hume City.

Cisco enables people to make powerful connections-whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible-providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 67000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies.

Cisco has a long track record in education reform through the implementation of technology-based solutions for improving the quality of teaching and learning and for the security, management and administration of schools. Cisco is also a global leader in the design of intervention strategies and measures that track the impact of technological investment and performance through in-depth research by educational practitioners. Cisco has a long history of successful partnerships in education from the Cisco Networking Academy, introduced in 1997, to its more recent social investment work with the joint World Economic Forum and UNESCO Global Education Initiative (www.weforum.org/gei) and closer to home in Djarragun College in Queensland.