Free Toolbox workshop in Sydney
Jun 14th, 2007 by robynjay
Flexible Learning Toolboxes are inexpensive learning resources that may be altered and copied by an RTO for their students and staff. Toolboxes are produced under the management of the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (which is funded by the Federal, State and Territory governments).
Each Toolbox addresses a particular Training Package and contains resources for units of competence of one or more qualifications. They are initially distributed to you on CD but may be implemented in a number of media formats for the student.
On Wednesday 20th June, 2007, between 9:00am and 1:00pm, Shane Dowd will be presenting a free “Flexible Learning Toolbox Introduction / Customisation Workshop” in the Conference Room, Level 4, 1 Oxford St, Darlinghurst.
You and your work associates are invited.
The workshop will be broken into two sessions:
Part A:
During the first session of this activity we will cover the following aspects of Toolbox implementation:
• Introduction to the Australian Flexible Learning Framework and Toolboxes.
• What’s included with the Toolbox CD?
• The Toolbox CD structure.
• How can the CD learning content be implemented (individual PCs and/or networks)?
o Learner Management System
• Toolbox Repository
o Download free Learning Objects.
• Licence issues.
• Customisation issues and techniques.
Part B:
In the final hour you will have the opportunity to try what you have learned in Part A on your computer. It’s hands-on and requires you to bring along a laptop*.
Note - your laptop computer would need the following hardware/software -
• Ms Windows and Ms Word.
• An Internet browser (eg Internet Explorer).
• Webpage editing software - eg Ms FrontPage, Dreamweaver or similar.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader, Shockwave and Flash Player.
• Free hard disk space to hold a Toolbox (say 250mb) for customisation.
• CD reader.
• USB port? (only needed for file transfers).
* You may just observe other participants during Part B if you prefer.
Pre-requisites
To attend this workshop you should have an understanding of basic PC operations.
Registering
Places may be limited for this Workshop, so please indicate your intention to attend by:
- emailing Shane at shane.dowd [at] det.nsw.edu.au with your name, address and other contact details.
- indicating if you have any specific outcomes that you require from this workshop.
Please note that the venue does not have an individual PC for each attendee and we will be working in a team environment for the first session. We will be solving problems as a group with time set aside for one-on-one issues in the final hour before we finish.
Other Workshops
If you cannot attend this workshop, but would like to attend another, please notify Shane. This is only one of a number of these workshops that will be run during the year. He can also be contacted if you need another type of presentation/workshop.