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Update on: teachers using the internet to teach niche courses

Anne Bartlett-Bragg, a lecturer in e-learning at the Faculty of Education at University of Technology, Sydney, uses internet tools to deliver courses both online and in class. The Sydney teacher has posted more than 270 short clips of painting techniques, which she combines with an introduction to Chinese language and calligraphy on YouTube. She has 251 subscribers from Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Spain and Sweden who anticipate the free videos and regularly ask for more. Joanne Kay, aka Jokay Wollongong on Second Life, is an educational technologist and designer working with clients to establish a presence in the virtual world. Among her favorite online training courses is Harvard’s CyberOne Project, which allows the public to join in the Harvard Law Extension Program for mock trials. Another is the GippsTAFE program for hospitality students practicing skills at a virtual resort. — Sydney Morning Herald