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Projects: LearnScope 2004
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LearnScope provides funding and other learning opportunities
to teams and individuals within Registered Training Organisations
(RTOs) for professional development.
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The LearnScope project aims to inform, encourage and support
the vocational education and training (VET) sector in assisting
to build a critical mass of VET people with the attitudes,
skills and capabilities to apply new learning technologies
to the delivery of services and products.
More about the latest information on the current LearnScope
projects.
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The LearnScope project has been running since 2000 under
the Australian Flexible Learning Framework. The objectives
in 2004 are to:
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Provide opportunities for individuals and groups of VET
practitioners to access professional development to help
them integrate e-learning approaches into their work with
VET clients.
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Support individuals and groups in extending their networks
and communities of practice across
diverse groups of VET practitioners for the purpose of
encouraging them to share knowledge and innovation with
others in the field and engage in meaningful, cross-sectoral
collaboration.
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Provide leadership by promoting and encouraging professional
development practices that enable VET practitioners and
managers to stay abreast of trends, initiatives and key
e-learning developments nationally and internationally.
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2002 resources
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LearnScope Evaluation volume 1. Download Word
(767 kb) or PDF
(1.23 mb)
LearnScope Evaluation volume 2. Download Word
(684 kb) or PDF
(108 kb)
LearnScope Evaluation summary. Download Word
(300 kb) or PDF
(72 kb)
These documents are available in Adobe Acrobat's Portable
Document Format (PDF) and Microsoft Word. If you do
not already have the Acrobat Reader you can download
it for free from Adobe.
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2001 resources
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Designing
a LearnScope Work-Based Learning Team (40 kb)
This resource aims to highlight some of the issues that
contribute to the overall successful functioning of
work based learning teams. Factors examined include
consideration of the skills base of a team, functional
area representation, hierarchy and role, group size,
'ownership' of the learning experience, and learning
models, with some additional truisms for developing
a team that will more than likely function well.
This document is available in Microsoft Word.
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2000 resources
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Learning
about online through active learning (140 kb)
This paper looks at developing teachers and support
staff skills in the online environment. There is a lot
of interesting reflective learning captured in the paper.Document
title here
Building
a Learning Community (5.3 mb)
This paper briefly describes the experiences of the
authors engaged in the development of learning communities
as a positive and proven method of generating and supporting
the learning required to initiate change in an organisation.
The paper includes a list of seven factors which the
authors have found to be necessary for a successful
learning community.
LearnScope
2000 Outcomes Evaluation Report Executive Summary
(734 kb)
These documents are available in Rich Text Format (rtf).
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(315 kb)
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(233 kb)
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Exploring flexibility, TAFE NSW - Western Institute
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(210 kb)
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(511 kb)
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Integrating flexible learning with strategic planning,
SA Torrens Valley Institute of TAFE
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Case
study website
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(83 kb)
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(168 kb)
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An evaluation of online learning projects, Northern
Melbourne Institute of TAFE
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(184 kb)
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(266 kb)
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Creation of an online student support system,
QLD Queensland Police Service
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(394 kb)
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(9.6 mb)
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Developing a flexible learning business plan TAFE,
VIC William Angliss Institute of TAFE
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(211 kb)
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(198 kb)
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A Tasmanian learning partnership, VET in
School TAFE Tasmania
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(399 kb)
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(650 kb)
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Increasing training opportunities for disadvantaged
clients, Elearn WA
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Case
study website
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(394 kb)
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(1.1 mb)
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Flexible delivery to the Western Australian aquaculture
industry, WA Challenger TAFE
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(159 kb)
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Developing staff skills in flexible learning,
ACT Canberra Institute of Technology
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(98 kb)
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Integrating flexible learning, Aspire Training
and Consulting
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(437 kb)
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(310 kb)
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Successful flexible learning strategies, Adelaide
Institute of TAFE
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Case
study website
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These documents are available in Adobe
Acrobat's Portable Document Format (PDF). If you do
not already have the Acrobat Reader you can download
it for free from Adobe.
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"Our LearnScope project has opened
people's eyes. If people are given a chance, they can
reach great heights.
Most of our team had over 25 years experience in their
study area. The LearnScope project has recharged their
batteries. It has re-energised stale teachers...a bit
like putting a stale crust in the microwave, you can
turn it into a warm, fresh piece of bread!"
Ian McDonald, Fitting & Machining Lecturer,
Challenger TAFE
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"LearnScope funding provides a
wonderful opportunity for teaching staff to learn new
knowledge and skills in an environment free from normal
teaching pressures. It may not be long until VET graduates
who have no online experience or knowledge are unemployable.
In coming to grips with the knowledge economy LearnScope
recognises the key role of skilled online facilitators
in engaging students with online experiences appropriate
to their chosen industries."
Bob Bredemeyer, Research & Development Division,
West Coast College of TAFE
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"Today is my first day of the LearnScope
- Transforming via Toolboxes. I am enjoying it and I
can see that it will help our work team immensely. I
really like this website and am looking forward to visiting
often."
LearnScope Team and Community Member
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"Comments on: What is the most
successful aspect of your team so far?
Team meetings with our facilitator are proving very
valuable. The input of someone removed from the organization
and the daily processes of the project provides objective
feedback. The online mentoring
course was a valuable experience leading to reflection
on ways in which such strategies could be applied to
ELO's activities. Although at
an early stage, even just an enunciated commitment to
the learning required in the area of learning objects,
associated programs and learning styles provides the
impetus to ensure that time is spent each week on these
facets of the project. Although these areas are essential
to ELO's planned development of online services, project
funding ensures that such tasks are not tucked into
the "when we have time" basket."
Kathi Eland, ELAN Learning Options (ELO)
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Robby Weatherley
LearnScope National Co-odinator
TAFE Educational Services
NSW Department of Education & Training
Building H, Level 2
See Street
MEADOWBANK NSW 2114
ph: (02) 9448 2310
fx: (02) 9448 2334
email: robby.weatherley@det.nsw.edu.au
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Last updated:
January 31, 2006
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