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THE LEARNING POWERHOUSE…
Friday, 4 August 2006
Showcases of Excellence
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Each showcase creates an interactive learning space between showcase presenters and conference participants about:
- innovative teaching and learning practices
- ways of supporting learner engagement and
- showcasing excellence in teaching and learning practice
In the Dragon’s Wake: Breast Cancer, VET and Journeys of the Whole Person
Atrium North - Bay 4 | Dr
Glenn P Costin Teacher, TAFE NSW Riverina Institute
Susan O’Connell, Teacher
Consultant (Disabilities) TAFE NSW Riverina Institute
Jenny Black, Breast Care
Nurse
Have you ever been up close and personal with a “Brave Heart” dragon boat?
Come and see her beautifully handcrafted curves, admire her makeup and speak with the inspirational women and trainers who built her.
Question the educators who had the courage to design this unique educational rehabilitation program. Be inspired and motivated by the stories of how this program has engaged an entire region and aided the women to recover their spirit of fun and adventure after breast cancer.
Ian Bruce, Outreach Coordinator, TAFE NSW – Riverina Institute
Have you ever been up close and personal with a 'Brave Heart' dragon boat?
Come and see her beautifully handcrafted curves, admire her makeup and speak with the inspirational women and trainers who built her.
Question the educators who had the courage to design this unique educational rehabilitation program. Be inspired and motivated by the stories of how this program has engaged an entire region and aided the women to recover their spirit of fun and adventure after breast cancer.
Coaching Through the Gap
SHOWCASE 1 | Susan Eriksson, Learning
Coordinator, TAFE NSW Northern Sydney Institute
Dianne
Bowler, Teacher Development Coordinator,
TAFE NSW Northern Sydney Institute
This showcase will:
- Demonstrate the 'approach' used in Northern Sydney Institute to implement Coaching as a framework for the development of innovation and creativity in teaching and learning practices within the National Training Framework
- Report on the strategies that NSI uses to support VET practitioners make personal paradigm shifts through coaching in their teaching and learning practices
- Report on the coaching practices within the NSI Coaching Community of Practice (which constitutes informal partnerships within the wider VET sector) as well as within the NSI Business Lines
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Customizing the Frontline Management Toolbox for workplace learning in remote areas
SHOWCASE 2 | Cherylee Shapter, Teacher Administration
Services, TAFE NSW Western Institute
Carolyn
Lacock, Educational Leader BA and IT, TAFE NSW Western Institute
Come travel to the back of Bourke and back! Discover how a group of teachers from TAFE NSW Western Institute have delivered the Certificate IV in Frontline Management Toolbox to learners in workplaces as far apart as Cobar, Walgett, Connamble and Bourke.
Learn about how they used an online learning management system, introduced workplace mentoring, customised the Toolbox and integrated workplace assessments. Make the short trip to this showcase to find out more.
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Electrotechnology Blended Learning
SHOWCASE 3 | Steve Waye, Teacher Electrotechnology, TAFE NSW Hunter Institute
Did you know that TAFE NSW Hunter Institute has developed an Electrotechnology Blended Learning system which involves a combination of self-paced learning activities with a range of campus-based learning activities? Students' progress are monitored by teachers attached to a Learning Support Centre as they complete online and paper based assessments and practical and laboratory tasks.
Visit this showcase to find out the benefits of Blended Learning approaches for your teaching and learning practice.
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Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Generator tools
SHOWCASE 4 | Alick MacFarlane, MECAT Curriculum Centre
Recognition of Prior Learning plays an important role in Competency Based Training and workplace learning and assessment. The Manufacturing Engineering and Construction Curriculum Centre has developed a number of tools to assist teachers.
MECAT will showcase their recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Generator Tools for Metal & Engineering, Automotive Industry Training Package, General Construction Industry Training Package, Electricity Supply Industry – Transmission and Distribution Plastics, Rubber and Cablemaking.
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Cool tools for M Learning practice in Workplace Assessment & Learning
SHOWCASES 5 and 6 | Paula Williams,
eLearning Development Officer, Learning Technologies Unit, TAFE NSW Western
Sydney Institute
Phillip Lantry, Head Teacher Humanities, General Education and Community Services,
OTEN, TAFE NSW Western Sydney Institute
Have a go with Mlearning technologies ranging from using social software and Web 2.0 tools (blogs, wikis and podcasting) to the humble mobile phone! Have a go with an Ipod nano, MP3 player or use a mobile phone to vodcast using Bluetooth.
Want to know about and use syndicating websites with RSS feeds, mashups and folksonomies to experience the power of social bookmarking in the Web 2.0 world? What is an aggregator? (feedreader).
Want to experience the power of using Mlearning techniques like moblogging, videoblogging, audioblogging, vodcasts and mobilecasts etc to provide evidence based assessment, anywhere, anytime?
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The 'Nature' of Traineeships, making a difference!
SHOWCASE 7 | Jan Penklis, Part time
teacher of Horticulture, TAFE NSW
South Western Sydney Institute
Grant Casey, Teaching and Learning, Applied Science Faculty, TAFE NSW
South Western Sydney Institute
Fatima Abbas, A/Manager Workforce Planning, HR Branch, Department of Environment
and Conservation
This stimulating showcase features the story of three groups of Field Officer trainees undertaking the Certificate II in Conservation and Land Management. Delivered by Padstow College in partnership with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), the outcomes have been exceptional.
The trainees, who come from parks all across NSW, are mostly Aboriginals keen to gain full time work and a career in the NPWS. They work under supervision to maintain and improve facilities and ground areas within the parks helping to preserve and enhance natural and cultural heritage and provide safe, high quality recreational facilities for users.
This showcase will highlight key aspects of how workplace delivery and assessment for trainees has led to outstanding results.
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The pedagogy of IT vendor blended e-learning
SHOWCASE 8 | Richard Gibbs, IT Project Officer, TAFE
NSW Western Sydney Institute
Peter O’Donoughue,
IT Teacher, TAFE NSW Western Sydney Institute
The global market for IT certification training is over $2 billion. This IT certification training can be incorporated into the ICT training package ICA05. The training package strongly encourages RTOs to integrate, link or at least be aware of industry and vendor certifications that relate to training package qualifications. This showcase will highlight:
- Mapping vendor certification learning outcomes to ICA05 module learning outcomes
- The pedagogy of IT vendor blended e-learning
- Formative assessment – using vendor assessment tools
- Implications for workplace assessment
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e-Learning Presentation
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Information skills – a vital part of workplace learning
SHOWCASE 9 | Shawn Leary, Institute
Librarian, TAFE NSW New England Institute
Susan Mansley, Library Manager, TAFE NSW Northern Sydney Institute
Do you know about the many innovative and collaborative projects currently being undertaken in TAFE Libraries around the state?
- New England Institute’s IT Passport for the development and assessment of basic IT skills
- Remote access to eBooks and eJournals
- Advanced internet skills for staff and EASI
- Collaborations with Curriculum Centres
Here you will find out about different initiatives to add value to teaching and learning, not only at the college, but also in the student’s workplace.
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Emerging technologies towards the new VET Pedagogy
SHOWCASES 11 and 12 | Janet Hewson,
R/Manager, Learning and Innovation TAFE NSW Sydney Institute
Stephan
Ridgway, Senior Education Officer, TAFE NSW Sydney Institute
TAFE NSW Sydney Institute has recently established Learning and Innovation for supporting innovative new technologies and practices into the new VET pedagogy. As part of the professional currency of our staff the TAFE NSW Professional Development Framework 2006 has a strategic priority of interpreting and applying new ICT’s for delivery in specific contexts.
Come to the showcase to hear how Sydney Institute's Learning and Innovation team is helping staff integrate new learning technologies in their everyday practice.
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Distribution Centre Training: Delivered When, Where and How Customers Like It
SHOWCASE 13 | Sui Fai John Mak, Teacher of Logistics, TAFE NSW Sydney Institute
'Distribution Centre Training: Delivered When, Where and How customers Like It' is an award winning project of Sydney Institute. This showcase will demonstrate how International Trade and Logistics Training Unit’s (ITLTU’s) continuous improvement planning resulted in it becoming the preferred training provider, creating new and repeat businesses in distribution centre training.
ITLTU established commercial on-the-job distribution centre training and assessment programs in 2001. These programs were evaluated in 2003 with a view to ensuring continued customer focus, the objectives being:
- to evaluate the educational and administrative infrastructure
- to evaluate customer satisfaction
- to improve current teaching and learning methodologies
- to develop future goals and strategies incorporating the improvements made
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Walk the Line WELL
SHOWCASE 14 | Elisa Beecham, Training
Consultant, TAFE NSW South Western Sydney Institute
Carla
Oeltjen, Coordinator Spastic Centre WELL, TAFE NSWSouth Western Sydney
Institute
Emerging workplace learning research suggests learners need to construct their own learning in order to become self actualised learners. It also addresses the dichotomy between workplace competence and workplace capability.
The challenge faced by language and literacy teachers in the workplace is to foster self actualised learning that is student directed, yet enables explicit teaching of language systems where context and content are often employer driven.
Visit the showcase to see concrete examples of our workplace provision.
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Work based learning in the Community Services
SHOWCASE 15 | Linda Leggott, Teacher
Community Services, TAFE NSW Western Sydney Institute
Tracy
Folk, Part Time Teacher, TAFE NSW Western Sydney Institute
How did Youth Work and Community Services trainers from Nirimba TAFE enthusiastically engage with the competency based training to deliver underpinning knowledge and theories with little or no classroom support in a dynamic working environment?
See the model they adopted, how they conducted assessments and how the project was evaluated.
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Transforming Staff Induction Systems
SHOWCASE 16 | Andrew Pratt, Head Teacher, GEES, TAFE NSW New England Institute
TAFE NSW New England Institute has developed an integrated system to increase the accessibility and completion of induction programs for teaching staff. This showcase will demonstrate the overall system for managing staff inductions as well as the range of media used to support the program.
Traditionally, induction has been delivered using face-to-face classroom based models, offered once a year. Weaknesses have included low levels of completion by all staff, in particular part time casual teaching staff, and unsatisfactory completion in a timely manner.
This new induction program is offered using a range of delivery pathways, including CD-ROM, intranet, videoconference and face-to-face sessions. Each staff member can choose their preferred option for completing the program. The system includes follow-up strategies to ensure that induction is completed within specified timeframes as well as recording and reporting systems to meet legislative requirements.
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Reframing the Future
SHOWCASE 17 | Cheryl Bald, Reframing the Future National Senior Project Officer, TAFE SA
The showcase will provide information on the national Reframing the Future program activities and publications with focus on NSW Reframing the Future projects across a selection of TAFE NSW Institutes and sub program areas. Cheryl is responsible for the Sub-program Skills Development for VET Practitioners projects (NSW, NT, QLD, SA, WA) and the Sub-program Effective Networking. Cheryl also manages project research & analysis. Four TAFE NSW project participants (or project managers) will be rostered for approximately one hour each to be at the showcase to promote their Reframing the Future project work so come along and talk to Cheryl and hear about what your TAFE colleagues are doing and learning!
10 – 11 am Linden Fuller, TAFE NSW South
Western Sydney Institute
Linden will talk about faculty practitioners implementing the new
unit based ICA05 Information Technology Training Package and the professional
development needed for this change to unit based enrolment
11 am - 12 noon Susan Erikson, TAFE NSW Northern Sydney
Institute
This Community of Practice will focus on how coaching can be used
as a framework for the development of innovation and creativity in Teaching
and Learning practices within the National Training Framework
12 noon - 1 pm Greg Raich, TAFE NSW Sydney
Institute
Greg will talk about how teachers will be involved in a Community
of Practice on the implementation of the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Training Package
2 - 3 pm Bernadette Ioannou, National Reframing the
Future Change Agent, TAFE NSW Illawarra Institute
Bernadette will focus on the development of a cohesive RPL approach
to encompass what is occurring at local, state and national levels.