Jo Murray
    What makes me tick?

    Living in the country at Bream Creek with my partner, Nick, keeps me sane. I enjoy working from home, but also like to shut the office door and do some gardening, go down to Marion Bay for some sun and sea air. I enjoy drumming, singing, composing midi music, tennis, riding bicycles and motorcycles, playing piano, guitar travelling overseas, films and reading. We hope to sail away one day!! Escapist? Yes!For sure!

    What sparks my work interest?

  • Mentoring educational leaders as they move their organisations into e-learning through the Flexible Learning Leaders program.
  • Sharing the research and knowledge they develop through the Knowledge Tree e-journal of Learning Innovation (VET) .
  • Mentoring designers of e-learning materials and professional development products in the Flexible Learning Toolboxes initiative.
  • Demystifying new technologies and supporting educators to learn how to use them, from their learners if possible, so their organisations can work and develop more flexibly.

    • What have I done to get here?

    Taught in Tasmanian District High Schools, eg. Savage River, Woodbridge and Oatlands, where I helped start the Year 11/12 annexe in 1987-88 and first got into vocational education and training (VET). 

    Moved into Distance Education/Open Learning in Tas. before moving to Queensland,to work in materials development with the schools based OpenAccess Support Centre. I helped establish a joint TAFE /IndustryTraining Board Skills Assessment Centre. 

    Returned to Tas. to work in the ANTA funded national Vocational Education and Training (VET) professional development (CBT/Work Based Learning in Action Scheme). It was the forerunner of LearnScope and Framing theFuture.

    That's how I met Frankie and we set up Pelion.

    Pieces of Paper:

    BA. Dip. Ed, Masters in Education (Distance Education), Certificate IV in Workplace Assessment and Training, Certificate in TEFL, Dip. FrontlineManagement,  Dip. Assessment and Training Systems, Grad.Cert. in Training (Action Learning).

    Published material:

    Check out the Knowledge Tree e-Journal for recent articles on Peer to Peer Collaboration, Team E-moderation using ElluminateLive! and various research summaries and Tasmanian Flexible Learning reports.

    Read this RTO Case Study on how we turned Pelion into an e-learning organisation.

    The Practice ofAction Learning in VET, 1996, published by ANTA is availablefrom Australian Training Products on: 
    03 9630 9836/7 or fax: 03 9639 4684.

    Contact me on:

    Phone/Fax 61 (0) 3 6253 6029 Mobile 0427 026 990

    Email jomurray@southcom.com.au

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