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2008 selected NSW E-learning Innovations projects
Twenty-three registered training organisations (RTOs) across New South Wales (NSW) have been awarded $1,168,400 to deliver innovative e-learning solutions tailored to local vocational education and training (VET) system priorities.
Successful RTOs in NSW include:
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Successful RTO
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Description of project
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Industry area and/or learner group(s)
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Collaborative partner(s)
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| Aurora Training & Professional Services Pty Ltd | The identification and trial of tools and processes to support industry based induction training that is flexible and meets the needs of both learners and industry. | Mining, Regional/remote | Safety in Focus |
| BigCat Pty Ltd | An online solution that converts the eight units of competence into a fully interactive online solution to adress skills shortage in the position of Open Cut Examiner. | Mining, Skills shortage areas | Skills DMC; Whitehaven Mining (Canyon & Tarrawonga) |
| Country Energy | Aim to identify strategies/technologies to improve workforce performance. | Electricity/gas, Apprentices/trainees | TAFE NSW |
| Ella Baché College of Skin and Beauty Therapy | Development of effective training skills and a minimum quality training standard for all Ella Baché salons through the "In Salon Training" flexible learning program. | Hair/beauty, Regional/remote | Hallas Trading Co Pty Ltd |
| Greenacres Training Service | Develop an online learning program for new staff to the Disability Support Sector. | Community services, Disabilities | Greenacres Disability Services |
| Hammond Institute | Address the need of adults with Aspergers Syndrome to enhance and develop their communication skills both in the workplace and in their personal life. | Business services, Disabilities | |
| Harris Bromly Pty Ltd | The proposed solution offers a cross department, culturally sensitive mentor program, through the use of a blended e-learning delivery strategy to enable mentors access to client groups. | Government, Indigenous | Institute of Public Administration (NSW Division) |
| J2S Training Solutions P/L | To deliver business qualifications to dispersed rural and regional workplace based students. | Business services, Regional/remote | |
| Kiama Community College | Develop e-learning stragegy focusing on online conferencing supported by the use of blogs, wikis and digital stories to engage Aboriginal artistic communities. | Art/design/music, Indigenous | Boolarng Nangamai Aboriginal Art & Culture Studio |
| National College Australia Pty Ltd | Customise the Certificate III Home and Community Care component of the Grange Care Services Toolbox (602) to address KinCare's training needs. | Community services, Skill shortage area | KinCare Community Services |
| NSW Adult Migrant English Service | Further development of AREDv2 to enhance the existing templates and develop new ones. | Indigenous | Holmesglen Institute of TAFE |
| NSW Adult Migrant English Service | Prepare a model that embeds the following in dual qualifications in English and vocational skills: (1) supported online community spaces that have resource repositories, appropriately adapted Toolbox learning objectives, and online access to industry experts. (2) VET mapped NSW AMES online course modules. (3) new online RPL processes. | Childrens services, Migrants/ESL | NSW Adult Migrant English Service (AMES); Parramatta College; St George and Sutherland Community College (SGSCC); Coffs Coast Community College Inc; Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, NT; Jones and Koller Recruitment Agency; NSW Community Services and Health Industry Training Advisory Body; Colonial Pre-School Kindergarten & Child Care Center; Lady Gowrie Child Centre, Sydney; Jesmond Aged Care |
| NSW Health RTO | Develop, trial and evaluate an e-recognition (RPL) process for Allied Health Staff to gain qualifications | Health | Hunter New England Health |
| Southern IML Pathology Pty Ltd | Address the severe skills shortage in Pathology Collection with the production of two DVD-ROMs to introduce students to the practical aspects of pathology collection | Health, Skill shortage area | Wagga Wagga Business Enterprise Centre Ltd |
| Southern Training Organisation | To develop and trial an e-learning solution via customisable interactive CD-ROM to meet changing industry needs in forest harvesting practices. | Forestry | Forests NSW; South East Fibre Exports; South East Timber Association; Blue Ridge Hardwoods; Boral Timbers |
| Staging Connections Pty Ltd | To develop flexible learning options for entertaining industry staff to meet the particular challenge of non consistant rosters and 24/7 working hours in the industry. | Art/design/music, Apprentices/trainees | |
| Sydney Community College | Small business development through e-learning strategies for training, networking and e-mentoring. | Management, Disengaged - youth | |
| TAFE NSW Hunter Institute | To develop an e-learning framework that will enable learners who have experienced a mental illness and who are undergoing psychosocial rehab to VET to be introduced to. | Community Services, Disabilities | |
| TAFE NSW Illawarra Institute | Develop an e-learning model for VET nursing students to overcome isolation issues. | Veterinary | South Tamworth Animal Hospital |
| TAFE NSW Illawarra Institute | Workplace based RPL system using e-learning tools. | Building/construction | Prokote Industrial |
| TAFE NSW Illawarra Institute | Identify and implement a strategy and set of mobile, digital and online tools to capture and store students work in the workplace and at TAFE for assessment and recognition purposes. | Engineering, Apprentices/trainees | AIG (Industry Peak Body); Transfield; Thomas & Coffey |
| TAFE NSW New England Institute | To develop connectivity between separate training programs in different organisations working within the same industry by establishing an online hub, collaborating and networking. | Agriculture | Namoi Catchment Management Authority; Liverpool Plains Land Management Committee |
| TAFE NSW Northern Sydney Institute | Development and trial of an e-learning approach to support workplace delivery of the Cert III in Horticulture (Wholesale Industry). | Agriculture, Apprentices/trainees | Nursery and Garden Industry NSW and ACT; Nursery and Garden Industry Australia; Alpine Nurseries; colourwise Nursery |
| TAFE NSW Northern Sydney Institute | Deliver e-learning solutions to up-skill staff and overcome difficulties of shiftwork, seasonal fluctuations and geographical isolation that have previously hindered engagement with training. | Hospitality | Sydney Turf Club |
| TAFE NSW Northern Sydney Institute | Delivery of e-learning for environmental responsibility to provide interactive material on environmental issues, legislation and other regulatory requirements. | Government | Community and Environmental Services, Warringbah Council, Civic Council |
| TAFE NSW Riverina Institute | Drive the development of an industry network that will support the delivery of an e-learning based diploma in organic farming. | Agriculture, Regional/remote | Biological Farmers of Australia - Education Committee |
| TAFE NSW Riverina Institute | To pilot e-learning in small business development focusing on e-menoring. The project will encourage and support the mentor and the clients to use SMS; mobile phones; email; Wikispace and Adobe Connect. | Business services, Regional/remote | Pathways to Business Pty Ltd, Generation Management Group, Bidgee Welding, Wagga Wagga Chamber of Commerce, Wagga Wagga City Council |
| TAFE NSW Riverina Institute | Establish an industry model to complete a qualification through industry specific work-based e-learning. | Building/construction, Regional/remote | |
| TAFE NSW Sydney Institute | To develop and trial e-learning solutions to deliver organisational induction to a geographically dispersed workforce. | Government | Office of State Revenue |
| TAFE NSW Sydney Institute | Develop e-learning resources in ESL to be housed and delivered through a library based repository. | Business services, Migrants/ESL | |
| TAFE NSW Western Institute | The use of e-learning to develop a recognition pathway in Central NSW Councils (CENTROC). | Government | CENTROC |
| TAFE NSW Western Institute | Focus on integrating moblogging, MMS and Skillsbook into a range of strategies used for workplace learning and assessment in animal care industry across Western NSW. | Veterinary, Apprentices/trainees | |
| TAFE NSW Western Institute | Will offer a combination of an initial face-to-face or videoconference session followed by self paced online training in conjunction with two weeks of integrated work placement activities. Will be entry level training for mining personnel. | Mining | Northparkes Mines and SkillsDMC Industry Skills Council |
| TAFE NSW Western Institute | The project will focus on integrating mobile learning into the range of strategies used for learning in Cert II and Cert III Indigenous Land Management. | Agriculture, Indigenous | |
| TAFE NSW Western Institute | The project will focus on developing and implementing new ways of engaging women in rural, remote and isolated communities by integrating existing e-learning with new emergent innovations. | Business services, Regional/remote | |
| TAFE NSW Western Institute | To provide opportunities for Aboriginal learners to equip them with the skills, knowledge and attributes to play an active leadership role in their communities. | Government, Indigenous | |
| TAFE NSW Western Sydney Institute | Provide an e-learning solution that results in targeted training where learners will gain a normal qualification without having to undertake training in areas where they are already skilled. Development of e-learning RPL and targeted gap training. | Agriculture | Agricultural and Automotive Dealers Group; Grain Harvesting Association; Case Australia - Harvester Operations |
| TAFE NSW Western Sydney Institute | To develop an e-learning solution for the equestrian industry to overcome difficulties of geographical isolation and restrictions from the recent Equine Influenza (EI) Epidemic. | Racing/equine, Regional/remote | Performance Horse Coach Educator and Assessor |
NOTE: All effort has been made to ensure the above information was true and correct at the time of posting. As with all projects of an innovative nature, some alteration of processes and objectives may occur.
