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Fantastic resource for our team as we work with teachers! from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework… In 2006 some of the past New Practices in Flexible Learning project teams developed workshop resources for their projects. These workshops are now…

I’ve got a little scrap pf paper on ny desk of “Books I want” and then a mental list supported by my del.icio.us links and blog posts of resources online for referring others to. This post from Jay Cross brings together his similar lists, including a link to…

engage - transforming teaching and learning through technology For educational purposes, a podcast could be: * course audio files, e.g. bird calls or heart sounds * mini lessons with audio and visuals, eg., glossaries with sound and images, slides with…

This could be a really useful presentation when working with teams to set the scene about apprenticeships - I’m thinking the teacher induction program and also when we are working with teams coming to grips with apprenticeships properly for the first time.…

link to website This is a three page summary from Jay Cross about informal learning, accompanied by a great poster (finally worked out how to do ’tile’ printing after a few discussions with the printer). Everyone I’ve shown it to so far has given it rave…

link to website “Different Voices, Different Spaces is a collection of resources that features a ‘good practice’ model applied to voice technologies in teaching and learning within a range of adult education and vocational training settings. This collection…

Some of the workshops I run are about showing participants a range of tools that they may later, sometimes much later, implement. To formalise the offer of coaching and follow-up, how about giving them a ‘voucher’ for coaching - after a hands on session on…

link to website This website has been developed by and includes lots of short and useful PD resources on the following topics:

link to website “After 41 years in the auto body industry, 27 of these as a teacher at the Institute of TAFE Tasmania, Denis Crowden decided it was time to pick up the tools again and undertake a Return to Industry placement at Elite Crash Repairs in…

link to website Found through SCOTFEICT is this website about Finding and Using Digital Images. It is fairly detailed in parts (eg when talking about digitisation projects and creating image banks at the organisational level), and could also work as a…

link to word document From the Consortium Research Program comes this series of 15 case studies of good practice in VET from John Mitchell, Clive Chappell, Andrea Bateman and Susan Roy. These could be used as excellent discussion starters with VET…

From Robin Good link to website “Electronic portfolios or e-portfolios are gaining increasing media attention as potentially highly valuable learning, evaluation and assessment tools for educators, learners and academic organizations. An e-portfolio is a…

link to pdf This document from the Department of Education in WA provides some short simple suggestions about ‘traps to watch out for’ in working with competency based assessment. This could be quite a useful guide for working with teaching teams, just…

link to website (requires free registration for “Back to Basics”) Before reinventing the wheel I’ve been looking for templates, examples and so on to support a workshop on clustering units in learning and assessment. I came across this case study on the…

link to website Alan Levine writes about a recent presentation to teaching staff, reinforcing a thought of mine that introducing the new technologies needs to include time for use of the tools themselves as learners and then reflection about how the tools…

link to website This is another in the NCVER At A Glance series that synthesise various reports and research on a particular topic. Authors: Peter Smith, Damian Blake “Teaching and learning styles in the vocational education and training (VET) sector have…

link to website Idea Champions is a consulting and training company specializing in creativity, innovation, team building, leadership and out of the box products. Since 1986, we’ve been helping forward thinking organizations unleash their collective…

link to website Alan Levine suggests that when introducing Social Software and Web 2.0 in demonstrations, a ‘less is more’ approach could be the key. “ There is a lot of social software one can do with just one little flickr.” I’ve experienced this myself in…

link to website by Gina Trapani “Photo-sharing web application Flickr is like an onion: it has many, many layers to discover … time to point out some of the more advanced features of the amazing, ever-evolving (yet e-less) service.” This could be a great…

link to website Resources from the Professional Judgment in VET Forums conducted by Reframing the Future in August 2005. These look like they would be useful for workshops with staff about this topic. One thing that bugs me about the Reframing the Future…

link to wiki Sample, Taste, and Savor Some New Technologies A workshop for Maricopa Community College library staff January 13, 2005 at Chandler-Gilbert Community College By Tom Foster (Chandler-Gilbert Community College) and Alan Levine (MCLI) Objectives *…

Link to website via James Farmer at incsub.org This is a series of case studies about various online offerings at Deakin Uni. They each include audio (I do like the small audio grabs by topic) and walkthroughs of the courses with text box explanations. Being…

link to pdf World trends in staff development: Implications on the performance of technical education institutions by PHIL LOVEDER There are a range of important challenges for technical education institutions arising from the trends and issues reported…

From the BBC, Nigel Paine, Head of People Development spoke at the Cool Results Online Event. ‘Building Learning Environments that Work’ recording at http://home.learningtimes.net/lta (registration required) Form is as important as substance - software has…

Presentation by Sean Fitzgerald and Leigh Blackall - recording available at http://home.learningtimes.net/lta?go=t971019 (you will need to register to login) From the 2005 Cool Results Online Event There is such a rich wiki resource to go with this…

link to website From David Wiley at Utah State University in the Instructional Technology Area. “This course is designed to provide an introductory level of understanding of the manner in which individuals interact with one another via the network.…

link to website “edublogs.org is a no-profit adventure into providing free WordPress blogs and hosting for teachers, students, researchers and writers who are interested in education. It’s really very simple. If you want a blog you can create one here and…

link to website This archive of resources is drawn from member contributions, collaborations and other content developed in the Australian Flexible Learning Community between the years 2001 - 2004. The content is sorted into the following theme areas: *…

designSHOP “lessons in effective teaching” at Virginia Tech

What a Site! from Maricopa Community College “The purpose of “What a Site” is to help teachers locate, evaluate, and integrate web resources for their area of interest– the subjects that they teach. Can we repeat that? We want to help you learn to find,…

CITES EdTech: Help Resources: Desktop Software This page includes links to tutorials about web page editors, graphics, audio, multimedia and streaming video, publications and communications.

link to website Extensive list of journals relevant to the field

link to pdf The paper was commissioned to assist the Professional Development Program of the Framework to develop new PD strategies in support of the Framework's goals. The research was undertaken by Jack Gilding and Lin Thompson from Backroad Connections…

link to website By Brooke Broadbent and Regan Legassie To appear in the 2003 Training Sourcebook edited by Mel Silberman “In any e-learning project, there are three factors that should be considered from the outset: the effect of the final product on the…

link to website This Web site helps you use e-learning successfully. Download a free chapter of the ABCs of e-Learning book Check out the Table of Contents. Read from 30 published articles.

link to website “To the best of our ability to discern, we have included only links to electronic journals that are scholarly, peer-reviewed, full text and accessible without cost. We have excluded professional magazines that are largely not refereed, and…

Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) The LTSN is a major network of 24 subject centres based in higher education institutions throughout the UK and a single Generic Centre. It aims to promote high quality learning and teaching through the development…

link to pdf Objectives “The objective of this case study is to examine how successfully NMIT's ICT training strategy has been in enhancing flexible delivery within the Institute, to examine barriers to the uptake of flexible delivery options and to explore…

link to case study Introduction “For the past three years the Central Western Region of Adult, Community and Further Education (CWMR of ACFE) has been conducting a professional development (PD) program to enhance the use of information and communication…

Dymocks Booksellers Flexible Learning in a Digital World:Experiences and Expectations - $68.95 Series: Open and Distance Learning Series Betty Collis ;Jef Moonen In our digital age of the Internet and World Wide Web the opportunities to enable truly flexible…

NCVER Publications Getting connected: Professional development of contract and casual staff providing flexible learning - Volume 1 Solid literature review that covers lot of ground.

LearnScope Discussion message posted during Learnscope Online Week Mary Aquino - Wed, 13 Aug 2003, 16:09 ——————————————————————————– Learnscope has been fantastic at my college (Central TAFE in Perth) without it we wouldn’t have our current Learning…

Welcome to the OTiS Online Tutoring e-book Introduction | Chapter 1 : Learning Online | Chapter 2 : The Tutor’s Role | Chapter 3 : Building an Online Learning Community | Chapter 4 : New Assessment Methods | Chapter 5 : Evaluation | Chapter 6 : Culture and…

Flexible Learning Week | 18-29 August 2003 THURSDAY 21 AUGUST Online Forums There will be a four Online Forums that you can join. The Forums will open on Thursday at 9.00 am. The Forums are: 1. Learning objects 2. Learning Technologies. Moderated by Reece…

Graduate Certificate in Facilitating and Managing eLearning Organisation: TAFE NSW - Professional Development Network and Riverina Institute URL: http://learn.rit.tafensw.edu.au/onlineconnect/FAMe.htm Contact person details: Marie Hunt, Head Teacher, Online…

Graduate Certificate in eLearning Organisation: adelaideiglobal, Adelaide Institute of TAFE (AIT). Adelaideiglobal is a specialist elearning unit within AIT. URL: http://www.adelaideiglobal.com/gradcert/home.html Contact person details: Catriona Ward…

Graduate Certificate /Diploma in Industrial Education and Training Organisation: RMIT University URL: www.rmit.edu.au Contact person details: For Grad Cert/Diploma: Jane Perry Jane.perry@rmit.edu.au 03 9925 2510 For emoderation/online facilitation module…

Learnline - NTU’s Online Learning Community Links to: Learner’s Toolbox - Information for students studying off campus. Study Skills online - Information about study skills strategies. Info Smart - Develops information literacy skills. Also Teaching and…