Start time

Session

Presenter

8.30 am

Registration and tea/coffee

9.00am

Master of ceremonies welcome

Michael Hall

9.05am

Welcome to country

Aunty Valda Coolwell

9.10am

Official welcome and overview of the Australian Flexible Learning Framework

Janine Schubert

9.20am

Opening address

Deputy Director General of Training

9.30am

Engaging the crowd - tools for tracking live events

Michael Coghlan will present examples of how new tools can help gather input from everyone who needs to have a say.

Michael Coghlan

9.45am

Chasing squirrels possums and learning online

International keynote speaker Jonathan Finkelstein will discuss and provide examples of how online learning communities can enhance and foster workplace and industry opportunities by creating a social presence in a virtual world. 

Jonathan Finkelstein

10.30am

Question and answer time

10.45am

Morning tea

11.15am

Should I stay? Or should I go?

Mark Harris will discuss the retirement intentions of an ageing VET workforce and its impact on VET organisations.

Mark Harris

12.00pm

E-portfolios – Managing your information

As we move further into the 21st century, the need to support the development of digital literacy skills has dramatically increased. At the same time, Australia’s economic prosperity has seen a skills shortage in many key industries. These demands have given rise to a growing interest for the adoption and use of electronic portfolios (e-portfolios) in the VET sector. Allison Miller will discuss what an e-portfolio is and how e-portfolios are being used in the VET sector to meet industry needs.

Allison Miller

12.30pm

Virtual worlds – what is all the fuss about?

Brad Beach will discuss how virtual world technologies have allowed GippsTAFE to provide new learning experiences for students which would simply be too difficult or risky to provide in a face-to-face manner.

Brad Beach

1.00pm

Lunch

2.00pm

QLD E-learning Innovations Project showcase

Tools 2.0

SU QLD

Static learning tools have the advantages of being both consistent in content and contained in scope. However, web 2.0 applications (eg blogs, wikis, and multimedia) can allow content developers to compliment static tools by placing them in a dynamic framework allowing learners to go deeper through extension pathways. Francis Kneebone will discuss how web 2.0 applications can be used to add extensions and currency to static learning tools.

Francis Kneebone

2.20pm

Assessing responsible rural safety management

Workstar

Farms make up only one in 10 workplaces yet they account for a quarter of all work-related deaths. Garry Hargreaves will discuss how an innovative e-learning solution is helping to address these alarming statistics by converting the nationally accredited Rural Safety Management course into an interactive e-learning program.

Garry Hargreaves

2.40pm

Now we're cooking with gas

SkillsTech Australia

The Queensland Government has identified gas as a key transitional fuel source for reducing the emissions intensity from electricity generation while emerging renewable and clean coal technologies are being developed. The safe delivery of gas to household, commercial and industrial premises is a critical factor in meeting this initiative. Jacky Keeling will discuss how the
E-learning Gas Skills for a Green and Sustainable Future is using technology to address the shortage of qualified gas fitters in Queensland by making it quicker and easier to become qualified.

Jacky Keeling

Blended learning model for sustainability training

SkillsTech Australia

The electro-technology industry is currently facing skills shortages, particularly in the emerging sectors of sustainability and renewable energy. Des Harms will discuss how the SAVE project is using blended delivery to provide entry level electro-technology industry training to Year 10, 11 and 12 students.

Des Harms

3.00pm

Afternoon tea

3.30pm

Letting go of what we know: the importance of unlearning

To create learning environments that meet the needs of tomorrow’s businesses and workers, relinquishing past practices and models is essential. Dr Karen Becker will challenge those looking through traditional lenses of learning to consider how what they know may actually be their greatest weakness.

Dr Karen Becker

4.15pm

Question and answer time

4.30pm

Engaging the crowd - tools for tracking live events (continued)

Michael Coghlan

4.45pm

Close of proceedings         

Michael Hall