All day conference followed by a networking cocktail event

Australian Technology Park, Redfern, Sydney, NSW
2006 TAFE NSW Conference on VET Teaching and Learning Practice

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Conference Theme - VET Assessment and Workplace Learning

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This conference was for educational practitioners about teaching and learning and brought together 500 teachers, educational managers, researchers and educational service providers for keynotes, workshops, seminars, showcases and professional conversations.

Teachers, full time and part time, casual, head teachers, educational managers, professional development staff, and teaching and learning support staff were invited to:

• Embrace new and emerging practices in assessment and workplace learning
• Share knowledge, experiences and successes regarding assessment and workplace learning
• Update on current research and perspectives on assessment and workplace learning
• Engage with new technologies associated with assessment and workplace learning
• Network, forge and strengthen working relationships

Each session addressed one or more of the themes:

• Assessment, including innovative strategies, assessment validation, using technology and RPL 
• Industry partnerships and entrepreneurship
• Applying VET pedagogy in the workplace
• Maintaining industry currency
• Apprenticeships and traineeships
• Using training packages
• Emerging practices in workplace learning and assessment
• National and international perspectives on workbased teaching, learning and assessment in VET

Activities for participants included:

• Seminars
• Workshops
• Facilitated conversations

• Showcases of excellence

 

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