The know it, try it, do it?

Upcoming e-Gems session 16 September

Melanie Worrall will be available for a live chat on Thursday 16 September. The Know it, try it, do it? - Instructional design and the online environment session will explore the activity generated in the instructional design CoP.

Date:  Thursday 16 September 2010
Time: 12:30pm-1:30pm AEST
Location: http://tinyurl.com/egems-instructionaldesign

Find out more about e-Gems

Interest groups on flexiblelearning.net.au allow practitioners to engage with like-minded people and share information.

so you want to put use that music in your powerpoint presentation?

Designed for VET practitioners, librarians, managers and resource developers with a basic understanding of copyright, this workshop will guide participants in creating and using digital resources, such as text, music and audiovisual material, in teaching and training.
Participants will gain an understanding of the limitations and obligations surrounding the use of digital resources and the range of free licences available, including Creative Commons, statutory licences and educational exceptions. The workshop will also cover compliance and management issues that training organisations should be aware of.

Presenter

As the Australian Flexible Learning Framework’s Copyright Officer, Vanessa uckfield provides expert policy advice on Copyright/IP for the VET sector and maintains the Copyright Kitchen online resource. She also works at the Canberra Institute of Technology managing the repository of digital learning resources, and teaches copyright to music, media and library students.

Date:            Thursday 2 September 2010

When:          12:30pm-1:30pm AEST

Where:         http://tinyurl.com/egems10-copyright

tasmanian flexible learning network 7 september

No sitting on the ropes! Bring your most effective learning tools to the ring - only one will walk away.

LMS vs YouTube, Wikiversity, Facebook and Twitter in a fight to the death.

Smackdown! the pros and cons of these learning tools? In this rapidly changing online environment how do these tools fit? How can they be used for training?

We will be continuing a fine tradition: http://bit.ly/smackdowns

Date:            Tuesday 7 September 2010          

When:          4 pm - 5 pm AEST

Where:        Skills Tasmania Boardroom, Level 1, 99 Bathurst Street, Hobart

                    and online at http://ustream.tv/tflg

Please call me if you have any questions (or concerns about your physical safety) on 03 6233 8487.

Book for your ringside seat using the form below:

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Benchmarking is the process of comparing your organisation’s processes and performance metrics to best practices with others. In this session Framework Project Officer Melanie Worrall, will explore this practice including its use in strategic and operational planning and the development of benchmarking tools such as questions and surveys. Participants will also learn how to use the Framework’s DIY E-learning Benchmarking Tool to compare individual results with state and national results.

Date:            Monday 16 August 2010         
When:          12:30pm-1:30pm AEST
Where:        http://tinyurl.com/2010egems-DIYBenchmarking

e-Gems: Eyes on a green horizon

Jason Patten and Michael Abulencia from RMIT University’s Optometry Department will discuss their lead article Eyes on a green horizon, from Edition 20 of The Knowledge Tree titled It’s e-asy being green. The article discusses the successful transition of RMIT’s Optical Training Program to an e-learning model and shows how the program implemented sustainable practices to benefit training organisations, learners and the community.

Presenters:

Jason Patten has more than fifteen years experience in the VET sector as an
educator, curriculum developer, program coordinator and project manager of dual
sector projects.

Michael Abulencia has more than six years experience in training and supporting
teachers to incorporate flexible delivery and design into their teaching practice.Presenters:

Participants are encouraged to read Eyes on a green horizon to prepare for the session.

Date:            Tuesday 3 August 2010          

When:          12:30pm-1:30pm AEST

Where:        http://tinyurl.com/2010egems-KTed20Live

our next tasmanian flexible learning network meeting

with Frankie Forsyth

Frankie is an internationally recognised expert in online facilitation. She says ‘My passion is facilitation both text based and using voice, so I really enjoy making contact with people through the online world. I’ve been working online for more years than I care to tell and still love it!’ Frankie’s success shows the potential offered by the internet to work worldwide and live in Tasmania.

This session will explore good practice in online facilitation - where the group will benefit from Frankie’s extensive experience and also have the opportunity to share their own knowledge. This will be a full on session jam packed with essential information.

At the end of the session you’ll have a lot of ideas to enhance your own practice or to get you started facilitating online.

The session will be both face-2-face and also delivered online in elluminate.

time: 4 pm, tuesday, 27 july

location: Skills Tasmania Board Room, Level 1, 99 Bathurst Street, Hobart

online: http://bit.ly/taselluminate

Navigate the maze of e-learning

The next e-Gems session focusses on how to get started in e-learning.

Do you want to use e-learning in your teaching and training? Are you confused about where to start and where to find help? Join Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework) Western Australian e-learning gurus, Cheryl Galloway and Janice Calcei, for a guided tour of online e-learning tools and resources that you can use with your learners.

Presenters:

Cheryl Galloway is the Framework’s Western Australian Toolbox Champion, and the Training Innovations Leader at Durack Institute of Technology in Geraldton. She has 14 years experience in the VET sector and a passion for e-learning and the benefits it provides.  

Janice Calcei is the Framework’s E-learning Coordinator in Western Australia. She provides support, advice and professional development to managers and lecturers in both public and private training organisations across Western Australia.

Date:       Thursday 24 June 2010

When:     12:30pm-1:30pm AEST

Where:    http://tinyurl.com/egems-elearningmaze

Full URL for session (copy the complete link): https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=675&password=M.9384BA227ED03AFBB9121BDC31810A

I invite you to join Kirsty Sharp as she shares her knowledge and experience in using evaluation to inform learning design.

Evaluating and reflecting on what we have done  is an essential life skill: in the rush of content creation and course preparation the final stage, evaluation and reflection, is often loses out to the next job on the list

Kirsty, who is Resource Development Manager at the Tasmanian Polytechnic, will show us how to avoid this trap and suggest ways to make evaluation purposeful and constructive.  As always, there will be time set aside for discussion and sharing of ideas.

when: 4 pm - 5 pm, Tuesday 22 June, 2010

where: Boardroom, Skills Tasmania, Level 1, 99 Bathurst Street, Hobart

online: at ustream.tv/tflg

Looking for a FREE e-learning professional development opportunity that gives you access to a range of e-learning experts from the comfort of your own desk?

The ‘making e-technology work for you’ online conference taking place on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 June will provide insight into exciting ways to use social media and e-technologies, as well as strategies for embedding e-learning across a range of industry contexts.

The conference will feature a number of interactive web conferencing sessions over the two days, plus lunchtime opportunities to network and interact with some of the presenters and conference delegates.

Featured presentation by international social media guru Jane Hart will show some easy to use social media tools to get your social learning approaches up and running.

For more info about the conference including accessing the program, information flyer and registration details visit: http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/content/communities-practice or contact the e-Events Team e-events@flexiblelearning.net.au on (02) 6207 4832 or (02) 6205 4139.

tuesday,  june 15 2010, 1 pm- 4 pm

in the Skills Tasmania Boardroom, Level 1, 99 Bathurst Street, Hobart

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Do you have questions about e-assessment, or want to share your experiences and thoughts to promote better understanding and improved practices in e-assessment?

Following on from the E-assessment and the AQTF report, which found that while e-assessment is growing in popularity and being increasingly adopted throughout vocational education and training, many practitioners and auditors are still finding their feet with e-assessment.

This is your opportunity to hear from the researchers first hand about the outcomes of their research, discuss with other practitioners an auditors your experience of e-assessment. Dr Berwyn Clayton, Director of the Work-based Education Research Centre at Victoria University, will present the workshop.

Perhaps more importantly, this is your opportunity to contribute to the requirements for draft national guidelines for the auditing of e-assessment strategies.

Dr Andrew Fluck, from the Faculty of Education at University of Tasmania, will also be presenting at the workshop.  He was the author of Case Study 1 of the report which looked at the University’s experience of implemented e-assessment.

To register to attend the workshop please complete the form below. If you have any questions please call me on 03 6233 8487 or email jennifer.dunbabin@skills.tas.gov.au.