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QTI m-Player

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About this project

Selected businesses and registered training organisations (RTOs) around Australia will be the first in the world to use mobile learning in a secure environment. The Question and Testing Interoperability (QTI) Mobile Player (m-Player) project will provide acceptance testing and proof of product for a mobile application - QTI m-Player. It will allow the vocational education and training (VET) system to create assessing instruments for teachers and trainers to test students anywhere and anytime using mobile devices.

The QTI m-Player will initially operate on any handheld device with Windows mobile software which has access to the Internet, but learners do not have to be online when completing their assessment.

Read more about the project (PDF 1.45 mb)

Who is it for?

This project will be of interest to:

businesses and enterprises looking for solutions to secure workplace assessment
public and private RTOs
e-business solution developers for education and training
information technology (IT) support staff.

Hear about the project concept

A short number of video/audio clips are provided which overview the project concept and developments.

Introduction summary

A short introductory clip is provided as a snap shot of the project concept.

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Part 1: Concept Overview

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Part 2: Addressing a VTE problem

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Part 3: Creating new solutions

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Part 4: Benefits and outcomes

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Project resources

The QTI m-Player project provides the following resources:

Project report.
Seven case studies including audio file interviews.
Technical maintenance documentation
Workflow documentation.
Evaluation report and audio file interview.
QTI m-Player software. Tutorial on how the QTI m-Player software operates.
Sample assessment instruments.
Video clips.

The above resources are all available from the QTI m-Player resource. The video clips are also available from this page under section 'Hear about the project concept'.

In addition to the above resources, further information is available from http://marcbowles.com/projects.htm about the post project development relating to authoring QTI 2.0 assessments and converting content for mobile devices.

Note: the QTI m-PlayerTM project involved the development and testing of the QTI m-PlayerTM on mobile or handheld devices by testing assessment instruments after converting them to QTI standard using a test QTI authoring tool (conversion software which was not part of the initial project).

Update - October 2006

Workshops that explore this project are now available as professional development opportunities on a fee for service basis. We invite you to download the workshop resources relating to ARED by going to our Workshop Resources page on the current Australian Flexible Learning Framework web site. You can also download details of the professional development workshops for 2006.

Who is involved?

TAFE Tasmania and The Institute for Working Futures Pty Ltd Tasmania. Project trials will be undertaken in a number of industries and workplace settings.

Further information

For further information on all New Practices in Flexible Learning projects please contact the Project Management Team by email on newpractices2006@westone.wa.gov.au or phone
+61 8 9229 5365 or 0434 076 965.