NT Flexible learning goes to Garma

The GARMA festival is located 40km from the township of Nhulunbuy (Gove) in the Northern Territory, Australia at the Gulkula festival site. To learn what the festival is all about check out the GARMA website. This years festival theme is the Creative Industries.

Day 1 - 7 August 2009

Roger Bryett, NT FLAG member explains the reality of embedding e-learning with vocational training in the bush, as he, the E-learning Coordinator, the Toolbox Champions and two innovations project teams attend the Garma festival in Arnhemland, NT.

There are four vocational areas associated with Garma, these are:

• Construction
• Multimedia
• Tourism - specifically tour guiding
• Music

The key theme for this year's festival is the Creative Industries.

To view Roger's welcome video go to http://www.ntvt.com.au/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&p=224&m=83.

 

Day 2 - 8 August 2009

The Yilpara boys of the Garrangali (crocodile nesting territory) Band are working with the multimedia students from Charles Darwin University to cut a music video, here at Garma.

Getting a different perspective of playing in a band Brendan Marik on keyboard and Dion Wanambi on the drums wore Point of View glasses. The footage will be used in the music video.

Connectivity here at the Garma site has been challenging. Upload speeds increased from 0.46MB/s to 1.74MB/s once a high gain antenae was plugged into a Next G Wireless modem. This gave us the ability to upload directly from the site. Roger Bryett's 2 1/2 minute video was uploaded and streaming within 3 minutes. Word from the CDU MALU is that they have 40MB/s available through Satellite connectivity.

+ + = CONNECTIVITY

To view Roger Bryett speak about the activities from day 1 and introduces day 2 of the Garma festival go to http://www.ntvt.com.au/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&p=224&m=83.

 

Day 3 - 9 August 2009

Day 3 saw Roger Bryett participate in the Creative Indigenous Economies forum, which was chaired by Peter Botsman from the Indigenous Stock Exchange. Barry Taylor from the Ngarda Ngarli Yarndu Foundation also took part in the discussion.

To listen to Roger Bryett speak at the Creative Indigenous Economies forum please click here - mp3 [8.75mb]

Alternatively to view the streaming video of Roger Bryett speaking at the forum go to http://www.ntvt.com.au/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&p=224&m=83.