What are e-learning resources and tools in Vocational Education and Training (VET)?
"E-learning is a wide set of applications and processes which use all available electronic media to deliver vocational
education and training. The term covers computer-based learning, web-based learning, and the use of mobile technologies; it
includes virtual classrooms and digital collaboration and uses." (Eklund, John, Kay, Margaret and Lynch, Helen
M., 2003, e-learning: emerging issues and key trends. A discussion paper, [online], Available at: http://url.edna.edu.au/hGNW
E-learning Resources and Tools
- Darwin
- This wiki is created for a workshop of Northern Territory Learnscopers with the aim of producing connected individuals within a network of VET practitioners. There are several topics which are covered including issues and needs for teachers and learners, web 2.0 and social software, online identity, RSS and aggregators, social bookmarking and Del.icio.us, sharing photos and FlickR, using wikis and blogs, and creating podcasts.
- Changing roles of educators
- Grant Casey discusses the changing role of educators in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector in terms of three questions: What will I teach? How will I teach it?; and How will I know the students learnt it? He emphasises life-long learning and employability skills; the 'rise of technology options'; and what content/skills/attitudes are important, and the types of evidence required to prove that these competencies have been achieved....
- RSS and education
- This resource describes some ways in which educators use RSS feeds, such as share resources, class blogs, podcast lectures, monitor research, professional development, job search, collaboration, search feeds, study guides, institutional news, grants, and student financial aid alerts.
- Resource kit for creative communities
- The Australian Flexible Learning Framework has created a resource kit for creative communities: E-learning on a Shoestring. It includes planning resources, tools, case studies, networks, and links, with some input from the adult and community education sector.
- Clever ICT in ACE: Action plans
- This is a list of organisations involved in the AccessACE project, investigating how technology could further support and extend the learning needs of Victoria. The table on this page has information about the learner group, the course and the technology used, as well as the blended learning design. It also provides links to the project action plans.
- 2007 e-learning benchmarking project: Report on Victorian ACE student surveys
- The Australian Flexible Learning Framework conducts annual surveys of the uptake and use of e-learning in the vocational education and training (VET) system. On request, the Framework ran a survey involving students undertaking courses with a group of Victorian ACE providers, as part of a 2007 ACE LearnScope project, and the AccessACE trial. The results relate to measuring confidence and skills in using computers, employment outcomes, flexibility...
- Non-accredited Vocational and Technical Education (VTE) in Adult and Community Education (ACE): Final Report
- This document reports on the Adult and Community Education (ACE) E-learning Benchmarking Project of the 2005-2006 Australian Flexible Learning Framework. The project assessed the uptake, use and impact of e-learning in the non-accredited ACE sector and explored the issue of collecting data in this sector.
- Australian Flexible Learning Framework: Key documents
- This page provides key documents about the aims, objectives and desired outcomes of the Australian Flexible Learning Framework. Most recently, the 2008 Framework Business Plan was approved by the National Senior Officials Committee (NSOC) in mid-December 2007, and the 2008-2011 Framework Strategy was approved by NSOC on 10 August 2007. Earlier documents set out the directions, achievements and outcomes of the Framework in earlier strategies spann...
