THE LEARNING POWERHOUSE: Sustaining the Spark
Friday, 10 August 2007

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CONCURRENT SESSION 5 -- 3.05 PM- 3.50 PM

Implementing Life Based Learning

Presentation
Workplace Learning

Julie Collareda
Manager Learning and Innovation, TAFE NSW Sydney Institute

Jai Waters
Director Organisational Development, TAFE NSW Sydney Institute

Sydney Institute is in the process of implementing the Life Based Learning Model (Staron, Jasinski, and Weatherly 2006) as a tool for organisational development and capability building. This presentation will detail the value of the Life Based Learning model as a tool for organisational development and will describe how we are moving away from the traditional model of staff development to one that is more dynamic. The Institute is developing capability frameworks in key areas such as leadership, business, teaching and core competencies. Staff are encouraged to self assess their performance and identify what they need to do to increase their capability using a strength based approach. Individuals can choose from a range of development options to develop their knowledge and skills including learning networks, mentoring, coaching, and working on committees and projects, return to industry and workshops. The Institute is also reshaping meetings and other learning activities by including emerging practices that emphasise conversation-based learning such as complexity theory, strategic conversations, café conversations and open space technologies. This new approach to learning is empowering staff by making them active participants in the learning process and maximising opportunities for customising their learning to their own needs. As a result we are witnessing the transformation of the culture at Sydney Institute through higher levels of staff engagement and motivation.

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- Implementing Life Based Learning

Corporate relationship building

Presentation
Partnerships and Entrepreneurships

Francesca Saccaro
Director TAFE NSW National Business

Carl Thompson
Project Manager, Competency Development, Country Energy

Lara Blackwell
TAFE NSW, Country Energy Training Partnership Co-ordinator

TAFE NSW and Country Energy have implemented a major training initiative that involves the skill enhancement of over 2000 staff within Country Energy over the next two years. The focus of the initiative is to provide skill recognition and training in a range of skill areas. This presentation will outline the background to this project, what we have learned, and the challenges for TAFE NSW and Country Energy. We will present a model of partnership development and service delivery that addresses the needs of major clients, particularly in the areas of coordination, administration and contact.

MP3 Audio Duration: 42:23 File size: 9.70 MB)

- Corporate relationship building

Literacy and health: Effective partnerships in VET

Presentation
Partnerships and Entrepreneurships

Dr Stephen Black
Head Teacher ABE, TAFE NSW Northern Sydney Institute, Meadowbank College

Jann Dillon
Head Teacher TAFE NSW Western Sydney Institute

This presentation reports on a current National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) study of partnerships involving language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) providers and various industry sectors. The focus in this paper is on the health sector in New South Wales. First, the presentation outlines recent policy directions in the adult literacy and numeracy field which include: a focus on cross-sectoral partnerships, whole-of-government approaches, integrated language, literacy and numeracy, and community-based provision. This is followed by an outline of the range of LLN/health partnership programs in NSW and a description of several of the key elements of these programs. The second part of the presentation features a case study of one effective program involving the General Education section at Blue Mountains TAFE in partnership with a community agency providing a drug and alcohol program for recovering clients.

MP3 Audio Duration: 34:24 File size: 7.87 MB)

- Literacy and health: Effective partnerships in VET

Malabugilmah: turning wastewater into resourcewater

Presentation
Partnerships and Entrepreneurships

Roy Hatfield
Institute Aboriginal Coordinator, North Coast Insitute

Alan Booter
Community Representative

Paul Hodson
Teacher, North Coast Institute

The North Coast Institute provided VET programs for a Malabugilmah Aboriginal community project located
on the Clarence Valley Way, 50 kms south of Tabulam. The project was to develop the village’s
recreation areas with recovered and resuscitated wetland areas and establish a state of the art waste
water treatment and re-use system to be installed, operated and maintained by the community. This
presentation will outline the process to achieving the multiple outcomes of this project. The process and approach involved significant consultation and resulted in delivery on the agreed flexible learning and assessment strategies to meet individual and group delivery and assessment opportunities. A high level of engagement was achieved by developing unique working partnership; valuing, respecting each other and committing to the long term. The project addressed environmental concerns, health issues; poor community facilities and limited educational and employment opportunities. Primarily the project created employment and skills development for the residents of Malabugilmah.

MP3 Audio Duration: 10:21 File size: 2.37 MB)

Converging technologies and Industry partnership

Presentation
Partnerships and Entrepreneurships

Franco Salaun
Program Manager, TAFE NSW Business Arts &Information Technology Curriculum Centre

Technology convergence is an increasing phenomena particularly in the telecomunications and IT areas where emerging technology deployment is happening at an alarming pace. Technicians working in these areas are increasingly using skills that cross theTelecomunication/IT training boundaries and training package rules. This presentation outlines the challenges for RTOs and Industry in providing and accessing industry relevant training to address the skill shortages in convergent skill areas through a case study of the development of the Halogen Academy and TAFE NSW partnership and the development of a model to address the issues. This partnership presents a winning solution that provides industry with current and relevant training and TAFE is resourced by industry to meet the training needs and gains commercial revenue.

MP3 Audio Duration: 43:07 File size: 9.87 MB)

- Converging technologies and Industry partnership

The Learning Object Repository Network (LORN) Project

Presentation
Workplace Learning

Dheeraj Chowdhury
Manager, Learning Systems and Publishing, TAFE NSW Centre for Learning Innovation

The Learning Object Repository Network (LORN) is an Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF) project being lead and managed by the Centre for Learning Innovation. The Learning Object Repository Network Project (LORN) is building the capacity of the Australian VET system to share teaching and learning resources that support flexible delivery. As the key source of e-learning resources for the VET system, LORN provides a foundation for sharing resources within the VET system, and establishing and embedding agreed principles in the design and development of online training resources and resource repositories across the various state VET systems based on a set of common standards ie. VETADATA, OAI – PMH and IMS Content Packaging.

MP3 Audio Duration: 40:55 File size: 9.36 MB)

- The Learning Object Repository Network (LORN) Project

Negotiating Intellectual Property in partnerships

Lead Presentation
Partnerships and Entrepreneurships

Sam Meredith
Project Manager/Head Teacher TAFE NSW Riverina Institute

Dave Fischl
Partner, Hickons

The New England Institute has developed some partnerships with multimedia developers to co-develop eLearning resources. This has proved to be cost effective when the intellectual property and the commercial return is shared between NEI and the external developer - a novel concept in TAFE NSW. This presentation will outline a legal framework for TAFE NSW Institutes to partner with external providers such as multimedia developers and programmers to maximise benefits and outcomes for the partners. It will provide details of a Collaboration Agreement developed by DET Legal Services Unit and Hicksons for TAFE NSW New England Institute. This Agreement covers such issues as commercialisation of intellectual property - including licensing, royalties and pre-existing intellectual property.

MP3 Audio Duration: 30:55 File size: 7.07 MB)

- Negotiating Intellectual Property in partnerships

THE LEARNING POWERHOUSE: Sustaining the Spark Friday, 10 August 2007

Session details

THE LEARNING POWERHOUSE: Sustaining the Spark
Friday, 10 August 2007