eLearning Strategy Wednesday 7 December 2010

An eLearning strategy?

have changed work life the world communication literacy Learning Technology

Planning for an uncertain future

Australian households “Nearly two-thirds of Australian households now have broadband” Source: ABS, (Dec 2009), Media Release Source: Nielson, (April 2009), AdNews Mobile Report “Mobile ownership has almost reached a saturation point with 92 percent now reporting owning a mobile phone.”

Australians online YearUsersPopulation% Pop 20006,600,00019,521, % ,729,19120,434, % ,926,01521,262, % ,033,82621,262, % Source:

How we connect is changing Source: ABS, (Jun 2010), “Internet Activity, Australia” Mobile access 21.7% increase from December 2009

“Regarding pace of change, we believe more users will likely connect to the Internet via mobile devices than desktop PCs within 5 years” Source: MorganStanley, (2009), The Mobile Internet Report

Mobile Apps Downloaded Source: AIMIA, (Oct. 2010), The Australian Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index

5 Trends Converging 3G internet + Smart Phones & Tablets + Social Networking + Video + VoIP

Technologies to Watch 0-12 Months Electronic books Mobile devices 2-3 Years Augmented reality Open content 4-5 Years Gesture-based computing Visual data analysis

Critical Challenges professional development opportunities around emerging technology need for formal instruction in key new skills, including information literacy, visual literacy, and technological literacy learners are placing greater value on knowing where to find information rather than on knowing the information themselves. conceptual mismatch between pedagogical practice and the design of many emerging technologies

we must meet the needs of tomorrow’s learner

do we achieve this?

Where to from here? 3 year eLearning Strategy

collaborate consult create communicate

Engaging internal stakeholders 1 x AD Organisational Capability 2 x WDU (Project managed) 1 x BES 1 x Director, Faculty 1 x Assistant Director, Faculty 1 x CEO 1 x ITSU 1 x Head Teacher 1 x Teacher/LTM 1 x Library

Identify needs staff students industry

builds on our strengths

the journey so far TOL1 (TAFE Online Stage 1) Resource development and Capability Building TOL2 (TAFE Online Stage 2) Client Engagement TeLS (TAFE eLearning Systems) Embedding E-Learning

Technology No. of courses : 1,400 No. of teachers in Moodle :1,300 No. of students in Moodle :17,000 No. wikis: 503 No. of users:3,094 No. Blogs: 69 No. of users:225 No. Conference rooms: 69 No. of Hosts:225

people technology mentoring mentors, hours, 193 mentoring sessions, 228 mentees/teachers, 64 teaching sections – s capability development Workshops, Hot Topics

Multimodal teaching & learning

just in time resources

planning for success

Virtual Learning Environment Moodle Equella Adobe Suite Adobe Connect Teacher Portal Mahara Student Portal Blogs Wikis eBackpack Res Dev Kits Social Media Adobe Presenter TAFE NSW – Sydney Institute Podcasts

communicating the message

What will Sydney Institute look like in 3 years if eLearning is embedded as part of the ‘fabric’ of doing business?

When we do elearning really well, what will our clients be saying?

What are the characteristics of 21 st century training/workforce services which will satisfy the needs of our customers?

What is needed to ensure the SI ELearning Strategy drives elearning for our Institute? Short Term Long Term

Sustaining innovations Source: Victor Callan and Kaye Bowman, (2010), “Sustaining Innovations: A review of the evidence and future directions” strategy senior leadership business case resourcing champions people supports technological supports