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New E-standards for Training website

Sunday, November 27th, 2011 Posted in Training, Training Package | No Comments »

  The E-standards for Training website has been redesigned and now features improved navigation, simpler categorisation of material, and a fresh and clean site layout. The new website makes it simple for users to understand that the project is concerned with undertaking research on ...

New Trades and Sustainability Toolboxes – May 2011 (Series 13)

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 Posted in Toolbox, Training, Training Resouces | No Comments »

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 ...

$400k Toolbox funding to support sustainability and LLN

Thursday, February 10th, 2011 Posted in Article, Toolbox, Training | No Comments »

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 ...

E-learning toolbox repository continues to grow

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010 Posted in Toolbox | No Comments »

The E-learning toolbox repository continues to grow with more learning objects  being added to the Australian Flexible Learning Framework's Toolbox Repository. Series 13 Toolboxes are expected to be available from late 2010, either for purchase on CD-ROM through TVET Australia ...

E-learning toolbox repository continues to grow

Thursday, November 25th, 2010 Posted in Skills, Toolbox | No Comments »

The E-learning toolbox repository continues to grow with more learning objects  being added to the Australian Flexible Learning Framework's Toolbox Repository. Series 13 Toolboxes are expected to be available from late 2010, either for purchase on CD-ROM through TVET Australia (http://www.tvetaustralia.com.au/) ...

Call for feedback! E-portfolios draft privacy guidelines

Monday, October 18th, 2010 Posted in Training | No Comments »

The Australian Flexible Learning Framework’s (Framework) E-portfolios business activity is calling for feedback on its VET E-portfolio Privacy Draft Guidelines. The draft guidelines were released in March 2010 to help registered training organisations (RTOs) manage their privacy responsibilities surrounding the use ...

2011 Framework funding opportunities – Apply now!

Monday, October 18th, 2010 Posted in Toolbox, Training | No Comments »

The national training system’s e-learning strategy, the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework), has a range of funding opportunities currently available to Australian registered training organisations, business and industry to embed e-learning as a key aspect of their business strategy and ...

What’s new in the Toolbox Repository?

Monday, October 18th, 2010 Posted in Toolbox | No Comments »

The Toolbox Repository provides access to more than 1,800 FREE downloadable learning objects* from four collections: • Toolbox learning objects • E-learning Innovations learning objects • Industry Integration of E-learning learning objects • The Learning Federation learning objects. The Toolbox Repository is growing rapidly. Since ...

Confirmed: Framework activities and funding opportunities to June 2011

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 Posted in Article, Resources, Toolbox, Training | No Comments »

”The national training system’s e-learning strategy, the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework), has received the go ahead for its activities until the end of June 2011, opening up approximately $3.5m in funding opportunities for Australian registered training organisations (RTOs), business ...

New ToolBox – 13.06 Fresh or Freezing – Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 Posted in Article, Resources, Toolbox, Training | No Comments »

This Toolbox is developed to support UEE07 for learners from Certificate II to Certificate IV Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning. The units selected for this Toolbox combines refrigeration and air-conditioning technical units with the conceptual thinking of renewable energy. This industry is ...