July 2013

Partnerships for eLearning Capability

An online collaboration space for TAFE NSW teachers to promote knowledge sharing in support of capability building.

A weekly average of 552 ‘unique visitors’ participate in eCommunities. Popular sites include TAFE Connects with over 900 participants and the LLN Hub with about 500 participants.

“We encourage teachers to use eCommunities for self-learning… eCommunities is great because it pulls together good practice.” (NEI)

Visit: eCommunities.tafensw.edu.auFind the following resources, plus others here!

Moodle sequence templates designed for various teaching situations and activities, a matrix linking learning to tools and four recorded TAFE Connects sessions on learning design to support the implementation of online teaching and learning.

‘The templates come at the perfect time ….. Just at the stage where we need to develop templates for teachers, but they don’t have the time to put into it and the eHub is able to do that for them.” (Hunter Institute)

Visit: Moodle templates

An online collaborative space for LLN and VET teachers to access quality resources, case studies and indicator tools which are trialled, validated assessments to support the identification of learner literacy and numeracy skills specific to a range of industry mapped to ACSF.

“These resources are fantastic. Am using them already! Great to have ready-made resources to go” (Sydney Institute)

Visit: the LLN Hub

An online learning platform available to all Institutes to support the consistent delivery of multi-campus higher education courses. Up-to-date information and resources are also available via the Higher Education eCommunity.

“Thank you for your presentation it was excellent and made me think how far we have come in a very short period of time” (Illawarra)

Visit:TAFE NSW Higher EducationHigher Education in eCommunities

eCommunities.tafensw.edu.au www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au T: +61 2 9715 8666

Resources, learning sequence templates and exemplars to support practical skills for beginner teachers new to using technology in the Trades.

“Thank you so much! The information and templates are fabulous! I will be passing this on to our teachers” (NSI)Visit: Trades and technology

Sustainability HubConnect with all facets of sustainability in TAFE NSW. Teachers can discover learning resources and develop their knowledge and skills in sustainability.

“It’s a comprehensive one-stop shop to start your sustainability searching” TAFE Environment Officers network

View Sustainability Hub

Supports teachers in planning, developing and delivering training to distance learners at multi-sites. Allows students in remote areas to participate in training using a range of technologies available to teachers.

“This is fantastic, because it can be done at their own pace. Case studies are really powerful. I need to get the message to our staff.”(NEI)

Visit: Delivery for Multisites

Create quizzes and other resources quickly and easily then publish to Moodle, MS-Word or HTML.

“As someone with limited technology skills I found LOCO very straightforward to use…I found LOCO very user friendly while developing the resource being able to cross between editing tools and live preview” (OTEN WSI)

Visit: LOCO in eCommunities

Build teachers’ skills and confidence in using digital technology to deliver online training to students. Includes a self-assessment tool for teachers to help identify gaps in digital literacy skills. A range of resources teachers can access to improve digital literacy and resources to prepare students for e-learning.

“The Digital Literacy Hub is fantastic! I can see this will be used a lot at North Coast Institute and I'll be recommending it to everyone”. (NCI)

Visit: Digital literacy

eCommunities.tafensw.edu.au www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au T: +61 2 9715 8666

UDL and accessibility: One-page accessibility checklist (.pdf 154 KB): If you can answer ‘yes’ to the questions in this checklist, then you’ve created more accessible resources that also meet mandatory W3C level ‘A’ guidelines. Includes links to step-by-step tutorials to learn more.

Visit: UDL and accessibility

Learner support is a newly launched site to assist teachers in supporting their learners online. It includes planning strategies, tools for teachers, as well as self-assessment assistance and tips from VET teachers with practical experience.

Visit: Learner support

Increase TAFE NSW teachers’ knowledge and skills in the use of mobile devices in communication and delivery of TAFE courses. Resources include sample mobile courses in Moodle, eBooks as well as eBook templates.

“We've got lots of practical tools and ideas for implementing mobile learning based on these excellent resources.” (SI)

Visit: Mobile learning

An eLearning Practitioner Capability Framework (to be launched in August). It describes capabilities and skills specific to people working in eLearning-related roles across TAFE NSW. It highlights skills and performance outcomes which are critical to eLearning practitioners.

Enquires: kim.rashepkin@tafemnsw.edu.au

Award winning TAFE Connects provides eLearning capability sessions for NSW TAFE teachers.

Term 3 2013 topicsThursday program1 August - Finding free and open content8 August - Copyright: Is your copy right?15 August - Integrating LLN: Practical strategies for Teachers22 August - Engaging industry in assessment validation: Strategies forconsultation with industry29 August - Assessment validation in practice: using the right tools5 September - Multimedia: Creating Adobe Presenter and Captivatepresentations

TAFE Connects Series - Tuesday programInnovative practice in teaching and learning6, 13, 20 and 27 August

‘It is an excellent resource – ALL teachers should be interested if only for their own professional development’ (SWSI)

Visit: TAFE Connects

eCommunities.tafensw.edu.au www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au T: +61 2 9715 8666

TAFE eHub technical support services

Services How these services benefit TAFE Institutes

Graphic design support servicesEnables institutes to: share graphics, icons and templates and reduce design and production time share knowledge relating to best practice in graphic design, visual communication

and implementation of industry standards and design processes for e-learning and information websites.

Accessibility support servicesEnables institutes to: implement the use of appropriate adaptive technologies to support teaching and

learning implement solutions on alternative formats for learning resources to improve

accessibility enhance the accessibility of e learning resources by providing

o information on correct document structureo advice in the planning phase of e learning projectso feedback on e-learning resources under development

Metadata support servicesEnables institutes to: Understand the value of metadata tagging of resources for easy search and

discovery Develop capability in tagging resources with endorsed metadata standards when

contributing and sharing learning resources in EQUELLA Develop options for managing resource collections in EQUELLA Search, discover and use resources from EQUELLA in a learning management

system and blended learning environments

Educational support servicesEnables institutes to: Trouble shoot technical problems related to the implementation of VLE tools and

e-learning resources Share knowledge relating to troubleshooting technical issues when implementing

e-learning technologies

e-Standards development and implementation support servicesSupports institutes to: Understand and implement appropriate e-standards when developing e-learning

products and services to ensure interoperability, accessibility, ease of use and reuse.

Share knowledge and keep up to date with the latest developments in learning technologies to support e-learning

Undertake technology trials to support implementation of standards to support e-learning

eCommunities.tafensw.edu.au www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au T: +61 2 9715 8666