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2009 E-learning Innovations projects - Western Australia
In 2009, 15 projects have been awarded a total of $566,300 to deliver innovative e-learning solutions in Western Australia. The successful projects are tailored to Western Australian vocational education and training (VET) priorities.
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Project name
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Project description
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Funding category: Business-training provider partnership or Empowering learners
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Learner group(s)
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Registered training organistation (RTO) or RTO and business partner
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E-tools for nurses and carers |
This project will provide an e-learning management system for units in the Health and Community Services training packages, using a variety of e-tools including Elluminate, ARED, Movie Maker, Moodle, CD, and video/DVD. |
Empowering learners
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Trainees On-the-job learners Part-time, external, and flexible-delivery learners
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Great Southern TAFE
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E-small business solutions |
This project will research the training needs of small businesses in the Goldfields-Esperance region. It will identify training delivery methods suitable for small businesses, and develop flexible and interactive learning programs to address their specific training needs. The Certificate IV in Small Business will be delivered through blended and wholly online programs. The project will include a mentoring component.
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Business-training provider partnership
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Owner-operated small businesses (including contractors and home-based businesses)
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Curtin Vocational Education and Training Centre (VTEC) Kalgoorlie-Boulder Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KBCCI) Kalgoorlie-Boulder Small Business Development Corporation |
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e-compliance |
This project will develop and implement an
e-learning compliance module for the health industry, to facilitate eventual full integration and embedding of e-learning
within health care organisations.
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Empowering learners
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New recruits Mature age learners Regional employees
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HBF Health Funds Inc
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Click Smart |
This project will support flexible web-based delivery of Certificates I to III in Business and Retail for workplace trainees in the south-western region of WA. It will develop a model for delivering consistent and engaging
training to this geographically isolated group of learners, by creating new and adapting existing web-based learning resources.
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Empowering learners
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Trainees in south-west WA
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Jobs South West
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The |
This project will use e-portfolios to assist with the RPL (recognition of prior learning) process, to overcome the problem
of distance facing Indigenous learners in remote WA. The project aims to deliver a mechanism for remote learners to achieve
a qualification, by recognising their prior achievements and experience.
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Business-training provider partnership
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Indigenous landscape workers in the Pilbara
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Challenger TAFE Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (FMG)
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Regional RPL |
This project will develop and trial an |
Business-training provider partnership
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Laboratory workers
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Swan TAFE PathWest
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3D Modelling |
Development and testing of a 3D Training Model of a Separator Pressure Vessel of a Process Train at ACEPT using Adobe PDF.
The testing will provide empirically based data for decision making on future investment in 3D modelling for similar applications. |
Business-training provider partnership
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Apprentices & Trainees in the workplace Mature age workers Rural and remote workers |
Challenger TAFE
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Expanding |
This project will use the innovate/integrate model to further develop e-learning solutions for industry areas, including: rural operations; civil construction; children's services; engineering; hospitality; business; hairdressing; training and assessment (TAA); and science. |
Empowering learners
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Mature age learners Regional and remote learners Internal clients Leadership and Development Group
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Central West TAFE
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e-PR |
This learner-focused project will discover tools for online learning and engagement, and explore their potential use and development within the Public Relations industry. Increased demand and newly accredited PR courses provide a great opportunity to explore how Web 2.0 can be applied to and enhance learning for the PR industry. |
Empowering learners
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Public relations learners
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Central TAFE
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Education support online |
This project will develop core units from the Certificate III in Education Support, providing resources to create an online learning strategy. This project aims to empower and provide training for a skills
shortage industry group, as well as accommodating learners who concurrently work and study.
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Empowering learners
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Unqualified education support workers Local and regional teacher assistants (particularly from remote and rural areas which have difficulty accessing education
and training)
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West Coast TAFE
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See-fit |
This project will trial a new technology called EDUPOV, which sits within the WebCT learning platform. It will also implement
a relatively new technology known as camera glasses. The focus of this project will be metropolitan and regional learners
enrolled in the Certificate III in Fitness.
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Empowering learners
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Learners completing the Certificate III in Fitness in a work-based or traineeship capacity
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Central TAFE
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Cyber assess |
This project aims to embed a new pedagogy of delivery and assessment into the SWRC. This will facilitate the delivery of meaningful
WPDA (Workplace Delivery and Assessment) to existing learners using innovative e-learning practices. Virtual classroom platforms
such as Elluminate will be embedded as a real alternative to traditional face-to-face delivery.
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Empowering learners
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Apprentices Trainees Mature age learners Regional and remote learners SWRC lecturing staff
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South West Regional College
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Digital dogging and rigging |
This project will develop a learning table for dogging and basic rigging courses, comprising digital stories with voice and
video files as learning and assessment tools. This project aims to improve the retention and success of regional learners;
remove learning barriers; and embed
e-learning. |
Empowering learners
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Regional learners Indigenous learners Culturally and linguistically diverse learners Learners with low levels of literacy and numeracy Mature age learners
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Great Southern TAFE
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Virtual TAA |
This project will convert the existing Diploma of Training and Assessment into an
e-learning format, while developing and embedding teachers' and trainers' professional
e-learning skills. It will also enhance the availability and quality of training for regional and remote learners. |
Empowering learners
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Higher-skill lecturers Rural and remote learners
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CY O'Connor TAFE
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e-screen safety |
This project will create an online pathway that will allow new and existing screen industry professionals to gain formal safety
qualifications.
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Business-training provider partnership
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Industry professionals with existing skills New entrants to the industry
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Film and Television Institute Screen Producer's Association Australia (SPAA) |
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E-Skipper
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E-Skipper is designed to provide training and assessment to rural and regional Western Australia, using E-learning techniques for people to gain Restricted Coxswains qualification. |
Empowering learners | Rural and regional learners | Perth Boat School |
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.
