Skills Australia – Skills for prosperity a roadmap for vocational education and training
EDUCATION SERVICES AUSTRALIA This report suggests comprehensive reforms for the way the Australian vocational education and training (VET) sector is developed, organised and financed. Drawing on the experience and expertise of a broad range of stakeholders, the report expresses an ambitious vision of growth to meet future skills needs and through this, the realisation of [...]
Digitalising our schools: Clarity and coherence in policy
EDUCATION SERVICES AUSTRALIA The authors of this article assert that there is a need to make explicit the rationales underpinning ICT policy, and policy makers need to ensure that teachers are provided with the necessary opportunities to explore, challenge and change beliefs and practice. Source: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol.27, No.2, 2011 Read article
Eliciting and assessing reflective practice: A case study in Web 2.0 technologies
EDUCATION SERVICES AUSTRALIA This paper focuses on the role of multimodal technologies in aiding reflective processes and the subsequent assessment of reflectivity for students in pre-professional programs. The paper includes literature reviews about reflective practice and its use with pre-professional teachers and the role of e-portfolio as a vehicle for reflective practice is briefly explored. [...]
New online national program trains teachers in cybersafety
EDUCATION SERVICES AUSTRALIA Connect.ed, released by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, is a free online professional development program designed to train teachers on how to protect students from potential online dangers. The Connect.ed program covers: cyberbullying, sexting, excessive internet use, mobile use, e-security and managing your digital reputation and digital profiling. Find out [...]
Horizon Report – 2011 K–12 Edition
EDUCATION SERVICES AUSTRALIA The NMC Horizon Report: 2011 K-12 Edition examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in teaching, learning, and creative expression within the environment of pre-college education. Each edition of the Report introduces six emerging technologies or practices that are likely to enter mainstream use in the educational community within [...]
Building an educated and skilled workforce
Senator the Hon Christopher Evans Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations 10 May, 2011 DEEWR A $3 billion investment in skills and training initiatives over six years will deliver the skilled workers the economy needs and ensure more Australians can benefit from our growing prosperity. Through the Building Australia’s Future Workforce package [...]
TAFE’s big Wagga opening
Wagga Wagga reputation for aviation excellence has taken an eight million dollar step forward. Riverina TAFE today opened a massive new electrotechnology centre. It’s hoping the centre will attract apprentices from Asia’s booming airline industry. http://wagga.iprime.com.au/index.php/news/prime-news/tafes-big-wagga-opening-video
E-portfolio 2011 trials underway
Two trials, investigating how e-portfolios support workforce development and lifelong learning, are now underway. The 2011 trials are: Scaffolding VCAL learners with e-portfolios – Victoria University This trial is investigating the features of the ‘profile’ and ‘proforma’ tools within the PebblePad e-portfolio system to see if they can provide a framework for Victoria University’s new integrated [...]
New Trades and Sustainability Toolboxes – May 2011 (Series 13)
Four new Flexible Learning Toolboxes (Toolboxes) have been released by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework), with another three coming soon! The four newly released Series 13 Toolboxes are: Plumbing: Licensed to Plumb 2 extends the Series 12 Licensed to Plumb Toolbox by supporting an additional three units from the Certificate IV in Plumbing and Services [...]
Occupational Health & Safety in Business Services
IBSA has undertaken a preliminary scoping review of the occupational health and safety (OHS) qualifications and units within the Business Services Training Package (BSB07). The review identified a number of areas within the BSB07 OHS units and qualifications that will require attention in the short-medium term. The current process of OHS legislative harmonisation provides a [...]