Managers Session2

Welcome

Explore and Experience

Loddon Mallee eMentor Project

Managers and Coordinators Session 2

Session overview

Opportunity Analysis

Reality check

Organisational Capacity

Funding Available

Creating a Business Case

Evaluation

Upcoming Dates

Explore and ExperienceLoddon Mallee Region


To create your

Vision

and to create your

Strategy



What do you use now?

Who is your target group?

What is your product?

What can you offer?

How will you deliver it?

Who are your competitors?


Reality Check

Relevance

Practicality

Impact


Reality Check

Is your idea relevant?•Does it meet a clear documented client need?

•Is it a good fit for the learner group?

•Are the learners information and communication

technology skills achievable?


Reality Check

Is your idea practical?•Does it build on existing success?

•Does it have a clear leader with the necessary skills to drive the project?

•Is there existing learning material available or customisable?

•Does it use available, accessible or obtainable tools?

•Is the up skilling of staff directly involved achievable?

•Is the idea Marketable: can the target group be identified and reached for

promotion?

•Can it be ready to go in reasonable time and/or to fit semester/brochure

deadlines?


Reality Check

What is the impact?•Would it measurably improve quality (retention, outcomes)?

•Would it be supported by and reinforce the organisation’s goals and culture ?

•Is there a cost benefit: best potential results for the resources required?

•Would it provide competitive edge, is it very marketable, and does it build

image?

•Is it sustainable – can it continue without project/start-up funding next time?

•Is it developmental – can it be re-used as model or extended within and/or

beyond the centre/organisation?



The ability and readiness to implement and embed elearning into the organisational culture.



•Assess your infrastructure

•Assess your resources

•Assess your support systems (students and staff)

•Develop processes and procedures


Where is the funding?

Australian Flexible Learning Frameworkwww.flexiblelearning.net.au eLearning for Industry - eLearning Innovations Grants -

Telematics Trustwww.telematics.org.au


http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/

http://www.telematics.org.au/

E-standards for Training

The Framework’s E-standards for Training business activity has a total of $80,000 available for up to 6 projects for registered training organisations (RTOs) to trial emerging technologies that may have wider applications in the national training system.

focused on developing national standards to underpin essential e-learning infrastructure, conducting research into new technology areas and providing guidance materials and tools to support the effective use of emerging technologies.

Some examples of suitable emerging technologies include social computing/Web 2.0 tools and services, e-assessment, e-portfolios, mobile technologies (including RFID, GPS, etc) and virtual worlds.


Toolboxes

The Flexible Learning Toolboxes Business Activity aims to ensure that VET practitioners and learners continue to benefit from a national collection of learning and assessment resources (Toolboxes) that directly support the implementation of nationally endorsed training packages and meet state and territory e learning priorities.

In 2008, production of new learning objects will be streamlined to provide a more rapid response as urgent new training and assessment needs are identified. The Toolbox focus on modelling educational quality will be retained while incorporating online assessment and RPL tools where appropriate. E-learning and assessment resources will be developed in dual form - Toolboxes and Toolbox learning objects - to align with nationally endorsed training packages and cover high-demand training areas and identified skills shortages.


Elearning for Industry

In 2008 a total of $620,000 will be available for funding applications from industry in two groups.

Approximately $300,000 will be available to fund three industries in the first year of the development of three-year strategic workforce development plans incorporating e-learning in those industries.

This is a long-term strategy and depends on the Framework receiving funding to continue development beyond 2008.

A further amount of approximately $300,000 will be available for application by industries for up to seven business clusters to engage in one-year projects focusing on e-learning to deliver industry training.

Funding will require matching by industry.


Innovations Grants Businesses will benefit by developing a strong relationship with a training provider who gets to know their business and tailors e-learning to their needs. All parties will benefit from increased access to strengthened e-learning infrastructure.

Projects will:

•support business-provider partnerships that can drive the integration of e-learning into business and training

•empower individual learners through stimulating demand, providing greater choice, responding to the needs of disadvantaged learners, including Indigenous learners, learners with a disability and community groups, and through facilitating increased recognition of prior learning

•help RTOs to embed e-learning as a key aspect of their business strategy.

Each state and territory will conduct contestable selection processes under approved national guidelines within the context of their own identified e-learning and training priorities.

RTOs funded under this business activity will receive grants in the range of $10,000-50,000 and will be required to match this with funding and in-kind contributions. Successful applicants will also be required, as a condition of funding, to engage with and utilise relevant Framework products, resources and infrastructure in addressing the needs of learners and industry.


Creating a Business CaseLate October

We will work on a business case

that can be used as a template for

funding applications for elearning.



Vision

Need

Benefits

Product

Available staff resources

Staff skills/PD needs

Infrastructure



Working party

Change management strategy

Building infrastructure

Costs and budgets

Timely plan

Evaluation


EvaluationIn 1975, Donald Kirkpatrick first presented a

four-level model of evaluation that has become a classic in the industry:

Level One: ReactionLevel Two: Learning

Level Three: BehaviorLevel Four: Results

These levels can be applied to technology-based training as well as to more traditional

forms of delivery.


Evaluation

Have measurable and realistic goals

Use the checklist


Tasks to Complete


Opportunity Analysis - October 7th

Small web based project – November 7th

Report onto the Wiki – November 7th

Business Case – November 21st

Upcoming Dates

Online session – managers 30th September

Online session – trainers 7th October

Site Visits late October

Online session – everyone 11th November

Converge 4th -5th December

Frequent email, wiki content

and extra conferences available


Thank you for your time

Sarah Phillips

eLearning Coordinator

Continuing Education Bendigo

[email protected]

(03) 5430 2100

Skype Name: phisar2


mailto:[email protected]