Learner Pathways into higher level VET qualifications
Effective learning pathways provide people with the skills and knowledge needed to gain employment and manage their careers . The Australian vocational education and training (VET) sector has been set ambitious targets to increase the number of working aged Australians who have a formal qualification. The second round of funding is for the Higher [...]
LORN – decommissioning announced
LORN – the resource repository for the vocational education and training sector (VET) – is being decommissioned. VET practitioners will be able to access and download learning objects from the LORN website – flexiblelearning.net.au/lorn – until 30 August 2011. From 1 September users can: continue to browse and download free digital learning resources direct from [...]
Practices that sustain e-learning training solutions
A new resource to help organisations incorporate technology as a key training tool has been released. Produced by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework), Practices that sustain e-learning training solutions is now available online. The resource outlines the results of Framework commissioned research looking at Sustaining e-learning innovations, which identifies what Australian organisations are doing [...]
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 [...]
Think e-learning! – new resource
A new brochure provides a snapshot of how the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework) is helping training organisations to adopt and use e-learning. The brochure is a practical resource featuring: summaries of key Framework products, resources, publications and support networks, as well as pointers to further information real life case studies showing how training [...]
$400K Toolbox funding to support sustainability and LLN
With $400,000 of funding and support from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework), registered training organisations will develop five new Flexible Learning Toolboxes (Toolboxes) to support training in sustainable work practices and language, literacy and numeracy (LLN). The five Series 14 Toolboxes are expected to be available from mid-August 2011, either for purchase on CD-ROM [...]
Technology snips time away from the salon for apprentice hairdressers
An innovative training and assessment method funded and supported by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework is also helping to reduce the national hairdressing skills shortage. read more online
Australian Flexible Learning Framework news
A summary of news from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework – the nation’s vocational education and training sector’s national e-learning strategy. read more online
New report refreshes picture of e-portfolio use in adult learning
The Australian Flexible Learning Framework’s (Framework) E-portfolios business activity has supported a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) study designed to provide a more complete picture of e-portfolio practice in adult learning. ePortfolio use by university students in Australia: Informing excellence in policy and practice (Supplementary Report) – is now available and provides a valuable comparison [...]