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?

Beginning in May and continuing throughout 2010, the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework) is conducting half-day workshops around Australia on E-assessment challenges and solutions.

The workshops will support the implementation of the Framework’s
E-assessment and the AQTF report, which considers key e-assessment issues for practitioners and auditors, and e-assessment compliance with the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) 2007.

The workshops will also help to determine the requirements for draft national guidelines for the auditing of e-assessment strategies.

The workshops are particularly timely as the E-assessment and the AQTF report 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.

Workshop details:

National
e-Gems online conference
Thursday 12 May
12:30pm-1:30pm AEST

ACT
Thursday 10 June

New South Wales
TBA

Northern Territory
TBA

Queensland
Wednesday 23 June

South Australia
Friday 18 June

Tasmania
Tuesday 15 June

Victoria
Thursday 29 July

Western Australia
TBA

For updates on workshop dates, stay tuned to: http://flexiblelearning.net.au/research

For more information and to register, contact the E-learning Coordinator in your state or territory: http://flexiblelearning.net.au/e-learningcoordinators

To read the E-assessment and the AQTF report or three e-assessment case studies developed to support the report findings, go to: http://flexiblelearning.net.au/research

The Australian Flexible Learning Framework has awarded $237,000 to develop and manage eight projects that will deliver innovative e-learning training solutions in the Northern Territory in 2010.

Project funding and support has been awarded to registered training organisations based on their ability to either:

• support business-training provider partnerships that can drive the integration of e-learning into business and training
• empower learners through projects which target the needs of individuals in the community or existing and future students of the RTO.

All full list of awarded projects in the Northern Territory are listed below.

Please note: all effort has been made to ensure the below information was true and accurate at the time of posting. This information will be updated and further announcements made once projects have undertaken their 2010 inductions.

1. An e-backpack for Indigenous Rangers by Charles Darwin University
This is an Empowering learners project

This project will facilitate the development of e-resources to assist the sustainability of formal VET training, and support the workforce learning necessary for remote Indigenous Rangers in the Northern Territory.

2. Waltja Nintirripai Project by Waltja Tjutangku Palyapai
This is an Empowering learners project

This project will develop and trial e-portfolios with Indigenous Community Services workers to increase the remote learner's level of learning continuity and effectiveness, as well as increase their capacity to direct their own learning.

3. Becoming e-classroom friendly by Eagle Training Services NT Pty Ltd
This is an Empowering learners project

This project will utilise computer based and electronic delivery methods to allow community based Indigenous trainers to access their Certificate IV in Training and Assessment in a more innovative and flexible way.

4. e-Portfolios for Flexible Assessment by Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services
This is an Empowering learners project

This project will utilise e-portfolios for collection of learner's evidence to assist with the RPL process to gaining the new Certificate IV in Public Safety Qualification.

5. ALPA E-learn 2010 by The Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation
This is an Empowering learners project

This project will build the RTOs future training delivery capacity for delivery to remote Indigenous students undertaking retail management qualifications by integrating e-learning strategies into the RTOs present face-to-face training and assessment strategies.

6. POV Camera Glasses for Remote Assessment by Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services
This is an Empowering learners project

This project will develop strategies and tools to enable the use of point of view (POV) camera glasses for remote assessment of learners in the public safety sector.

7. IS Australia 2010 E-learning development project by Industries Services Training Pty Ltd t/a IS Australia
This is an Empowering learners project

This project will look at developing and adapting e-resources appropriate for remote and regional Indigenous learners and to demonstrate how to utilise these resources in mobile learning units located in remote locations.

8. One Mob One Talk by Chamber of Commerce NT
This is an Empowering learners project

This project will develop resources using OneTalk Technology to support Indigenous learners working in the financial services sector by translating training materials and concepts into language.