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Making a project work for learners, the client and the organisation

Making a project work for learners, the client and the organisation. GippsTAFE. Overview. What does a good flexible learning project look like? How do you pick a winner? What do you need to achieve for the students/industry? What do you need to achieve for the organisation?

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Making a project work for learners, the client and the organisation

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  1. Making a project work for learners, the client and the organisation GippsTAFE

  2. Overview What does a good flexible learning project look like? How do you pick a winner? What do you need to achieve for the students/industry? What do you need to achieve for the organisation? What does embedding the project mean? Common traps not to fall into. Practical examples – Dual Diagnosis, Voice Technologies and Virtual Worlds.

  3. What does a good flexible learning project look like?

  4. What does a good flexible learning project look like? Makes use of new technologies or explores new practices Has a tangible outcome for all parties – improved learning outcomes for students and addresses an industry need Is able to tangibly demonstrate benefits to all parties – either new students or improved student outcomes Is repeatable Provides you with stories to influence others

  5. What does not make a good flexible learning project? cont… It’s still a theory as it did not enrol students Did not work because the technology was too hard to implement No one from industry wants it Sexiness helps attract funding – but a sexy project will ultimately be measured by the number of stakeholders who feel they have received benefits

  6. How do you pick a winner? Do I have the right teacher? Do I have some idea of how to market/sell this project? Is there a demand for this project? Will the project lead to repeatable delivery and not just product development? Will the project lead to repeatable delivery and not just skill development? Do we have the skill to do the project? Should we do pre-project to get us ready to make the current project a winner?

  7. What do you need to achieve for the students/industry? Increased student engagement Increased access to learning for students Ensure that students feel capable of the demands of the project Ensure you have a facilitation/support strategy for students Does the project provide a solution which is respected and required by the industry?

  8. What does your organisation what to achieve from flexible learning?

  9. What do you need to achieve for the organisation? Increased student numbers? Note:- If this is achieved there will be less pressure to decrease costs. Increased student satisfaction? Increase the profile of the organisation Increase the ability of the organisation to meet government future directions Note:- Consider the Victorian experience of contestable funding.

  10. What does embedding mean?

  11. Common traps not to fall into Don’t pick a technology which is too hard to deal with pick a project based on an interest in a particular technology pick a project and then look for the teacher stop thinking about the students/industry Do have a risk strategy have a realistic timeframe with manageable outcomes be clear about the project outcomes for all parties

  12. Dual Diagnosis What is Dual Diagnosis? The co-existing of mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues How did the content get built? Product development funded by telematics and current industry workers used as the subject manner experts. How did the teach gain the skills to teacher this program? AFLF funded the development and piloting of a facilitation model for the program.

  13. Dual Diagnosis How did the program become embedded? The AFLF funded a project to develop the systems and processes required to provide this training on a mass scale with industry based workers. How is the project sustained? The industry partnership provides GippsTAFE with on going free subject manner experts and the industry acceptance of the project attracts fee for service income.

  14. Voice technologies 2005 – AFLF New Practices Project This project allowed the development of skills required to use these technologies 2006 – AFLF Engaging Learners This project allowed for piloting these technologies with students with a disability 2007 – AFLF Networks Project This project allowed for engaging new teachers to explore the use of these technologies

  15. Virtual Worlds 2006 – AFLF New Practices Project This project allowed the development of skills required to use these technologies 2007 – AFLF New Practices Project Allowed for piloting these technologies within new areas of study to address risk based learning 2008 – AFLF Empowering Learners This project allowed for engaging new teachers to explore the use of these technologies

  16. Brad Beach – Manager Innovation GippsTAFE bradleyb@gippstafe.vic.edu.au

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