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2012 Calendar of NSW events

These events form part of the national events calendar may be presented online or in a face-to-face environment.


 * January || February || March ||
 * April || May || June ||

February
We will also demonstrate a free easy to use rapid e-learning content development tool as well as a number of other strategies to help you get an understanding of how to find and use e-learning resources. Please bring your laptop if you have one, although it is not a requirement.
 * ~ Date ||~ Time ||~ Title and Description ||
 * **20/02/12** || **9:00 - 12:00** || **Finding and creating E-learning that is free** ||
 * ||  || This three hour workshop will give you a demonstration of where to find and use e-learning content that is already developed for over 100 training packages.
 * Facilitator/s:** Adam West, Melanie Doriean
 * Location**: Level 4, 1 Oxford St , Darlinghurst
 * Registration:** Closed ||

March

 * ~ Date ||~ Time ||~ Title and Description ||
 * **20/03/12** ||  || **Access to Skills Support** ||
 * ||  || Meeting at Mascot with Access to Skills teams. Went through some of the ways in which we can help them. Identified appropriate strategies. Networks for future contacts
 * Facilitator/s:** Adam West
 * Location**: Online
 * Registration:**closed ||

April
Demo to be followed by hands on activity - so bring your laptop
 * ~ Date ||~ Time ||~ Title and Description ||
 * **03/04/12** || **14:30 -**
 * 15:30** || **Focus on trades - Part 1** ||
 * ||  || This will be the first of a three part series on E-learning for the trades. The series begins with design strategies followed by a session on downloading and repurposing content. In the final session we will look at how content can be linked into a Moodle learning management system. Each session will also entail a case study of current practice in E-learning in trades. This first session will relate E-learning design strategies to the training package competency unit. Case study to be advised. __Note__: This series will be looking at trade related subject areas although these underpinning skills may be transferred to any subject area or training package.
 * Facilitator/s:** Adam West
 * Location**: Online
 * Registration:** closed. recording link here ||
 * **26/4/12** || **14:30-**
 * 16:30** || **Focus on trades - Part 2** ||
 * ||  || This will be the second of a three part series on E-learning for the trades. The series began with the relationship between the training package competencies and E-learning design. This session will focus on downloading and repurposing content. In the final session we will look at how this content can be linked into a Moodle learning management system. Each session also entails a case study of current practice in E-learning in trades. Case study to be advised. Note: This series will be looking at trade related subject areas although these underpinning skills may be transferred to any subject area or training package.
 * Facilitator/s:** Adam West
 * Co-Facilitator/s:** TBA
 * Location**: Online
 * Registration:** Bookings TBA. ||
 * **27/4/12** || **10:30**
 * 11:30** || **E-assessment - webinar** ||
 * ||  || This online session will look at the key principles in e-assessment and give some examples of the tools people are currently using. We will also cover some of the usual questions about authenticity and look closely at the how the AQTF guidelines relate to e-assessment.
 * Facilitator/s:** Melanie Worrall and Melanie Doriean
 * Location**: Online
 * Registration: []** ||
 * **30/4/12** || **9:30-****13:00** || **Customising Learning.Objects** ||
 * ||  || This workshop will demonstrate how to customise a Learning Object from a Toolbox. You can create online content that exactly meets your needs by learning how to change text, images and other files as you wish. You don't need HTML skills, just how to save and retrieve files accurately.
 * Facilitator/s: Adam West**
 * Location:** Level 4 1, Oxford Street
 * Registration [|http://2012e-learning2.eventbrite.com.au]** ||
 * **30/4/12** || **13.:30-**
 * 16:00** || **The key to engaging e-learners** ||
 * ||  || Face to face workshop 2.5 hours. This workshop will explore the practices and techniques that will keep your online learners engaged and enthused from the beginning to the completion of their learning.
 * Facilitator/: Melanie Doriean**
 * Location:** Level 4 1 Oxford Street
 * Registration:** **[]** ||

May
. || Aimed directly at Managers, Senior organisational planning staff and VET Managers, Marlene will take you through the essential steps you need to consider when planning the e-learning strategy for your organisation. Deeply experience in e-learning over the last 12 years Marlene has helped many organisations get up and running with a sound strategy to develop their online delivery. Places strictly limited to 22 Presenter - Marlene Manto Location 1 Oxford st Registration: ||. ||  || a repeat of the above session. Presenter: Marlene Manto Location TBA Registration ||  || This will be the last of a three part series on E-learning for the trades. The series began with the relationship between the training package competencies and E-learning design. The second session focused on downloading and repurposing content. In this final session we will look at how this content can be linked into a Moodle learning management system. Each session entails a case study of current practice in E-learning in trades. Case study to be advised. Note: This series will be looking at trade related subject areas although these underpinning skills may be transferred to any subject area or training package. A half-day workshop demonstrating how to prepare material, record and create a local audio file ( oftne called a podcast) and put it into a blog or website. You will need a laptop with Audacity loaded on to it. More instructions will be sent when you register This workshop will show you where to find some great images or create your own as well as resizing them properly using simple editing tools to use in your online spaces and learning. You will learn about copyright on using images,and how to use them for maximum impact in a variety of formats Session 2 1.00 – 4.30 Part 1 – The Strategy (maximum 20 minutes) Introduction to The Strategy Part 2 – Toolboxes (11/2 hours) • Finding Toolboxes in Equella • Downloading and Contextualising the content • Reloading your contextualised material into equella • Linking back into your moodle MORNING/ AFTERNOON TEA (20 minutes) Part 3 – Interactive assessment (1 hour) Participants will be required to bring their own content in a pre-specified format. Staff will have the opportunity to build 1 small assessment exercise • Building interactive assessment material (not moodle quizzes) • Packaging them in a format to feed to the moodle gradebook. Session 2 1.00 – 4.30 Part 1 – The Strategy (maximum 20 minutes) Introduction to The Strategy Part 2 – Toolboxes (11/2 hours) • Finding Toolboxes in Equella • Downloading and Contextualising the content • Reloading your contextualised material into equella • Linking back into your moodle MORNING/ AFTERNOON TEA (20 minutes) Part 3 – Interactive assessment (1 hour) Participants will be required to bring their own content in a pre-specified format. Staff will have the opportunity to build 1 small assessment exercise • Building interactive assessment material (not moodle quizzes) • Packaging them in a format to feed to the moodle gradebook. Session 2 1.00 – 4.30 Part 1 – The Strategy (maximum 20 minutes) Introduction to The Strategy Part 2 – Toolboxes (11/2 hours) • Finding Toolboxes in Equella • Downloading and Contextualising the content • Reloading your contextualised material into equella • Linking back into your moodle MORNING/ AFTERNOON TEA (20 minutes) Part 3 – Interactive assessment (1 hour) Participants will be required to bring their own content in a pre-specified format. Staff will have the opportunity to build 1 small assessment exercise • Building interactive assessment material (not moodle quizzes) • Packaging them in a format to feed to the moodle gradebook. Session 2 1.00 – 4.30 Part 1 – The Strategy (maximum 20 minutes) Introduction to The Strategy Part 2 – Toolboxes (11/2 hours) • Finding Toolboxes in Equella • Downloading and Contextualising the content • Reloading your contextualised material into equella • Linking back into your moodle MORNING/ AFTERNOON TEA (20 minutes) Part 3 – Interactive assessment (1 hour) Participants will be required to bring their own content in a pre-specified format. Staff will have the opportunity to build 1 small assessment exercise • Building interactive assessment material (not moodle quizzes) • Packaging them in a format to feed to the moodle gradebook. 13:00pm - 4:00 pm - Finding tools to engage your learners Target Local Councils and RTOS
 * ~ Date ||~ Time ||~ Title and Description ||
 * **2/5/12** ||  || **The What, Why and How of E-Assessment -Sydney** ||
 * ||  || This full day E-assessment workshop will give you practical guidance on how to conduct e-assessment and why it is important to get it right . Using real case studies and demonstrations of the types of assessment you could use you will gain an understanding of how to meet compliance in e-assessment
 * Facilitator/s:** Melanie Worrall will lead and Melanie Doriean will facilitate.
 * Location 1 Oxford St, Darlinghurst 2010**
 * Registration:http://e** ||
 * **3/5/12** || **9:30 -**
 * 4:00** || **The What, Why and How of E-Assessment - Newcastle** ||
 * ||  || Workshop description as above.
 * Facilitator/s:** Melanie Worrall
 * Location:**
 * Registration:** Bookings TBA.
 * **7/05/12** || **13:30**
 * 16:00** || **Planning your E-learning Strategy** - Marlene Manto
 * **8/5/12** || **9:00 - 12:30** || **Planning your E-learning Strategy** - Marlene Manto
 * **9/5/12** || **14:30-**
 * 15:30** || **Focus on trades - Part 3**
 * Facilitator/s:** Adam West
 * Co-Facilitator/s:** TBA
 * Location**: Online
 * Registration:** Bookings and online room details TBA ||
 * **14/5/12** || **9:00-**
 * 12.30** || **How to create and use your own audio files for teaching and learning**
 * Facilitator/s:** Robyn Jay will present the workshop and Melanie will facilitate
 * Location:** 1 Oxford Street
 * Registration: [|http://audiofiles.eventbrite.com.au]** ||
 * **14/5/12** || **13.30 -16.00** || **How to find, edit and load images into variety of platforms to enliven your learning design**
 * Facilitator/s:** Robyn Jay will present the workshop and Melanie Doriena will faciitate
 * Location:** 1 Oxford St, Darlinghurst
 * Registration**: [|http://2012images.eventbrite.com.au] ||
 * **16/5/12** ||  || **E-Assessment - Coffs Harbour** ||
 * ||  || **Facilitator/s:Melanie Worrall**
 * Location: TBA**
 * Registration:** .TBA ||
 * **16/5/12** || **9:30 - 16:30** || E-Assessment - Newcastle ||
 * ||  || **Facilitator/s: Melanie Worrall**
 * Location:TBA**
 * Registration:** TBA. ||
 * **15/5/12** || **9:00-**
 * 16:30** || **Dubbo (x2)** ||
 * ||  || Session 1 9.00 – 12.30
 * 16:30** || **Dubbo (x2)** ||
 * ||  || Session 1 9.00 – 12.30
 * Facilitator/s:** Adam West
 * Co-Facilitator/s:** TBA
 * Location**: Online
 * Registration:** ||
 * **16/5/12** || **9:00-16:30** || **Parkes (x2)** ||
 * ||  || Session 1 9.00 – 12.30
 * Facilitator/s:** Adam West
 * Co-Facilitator/s:** TBA
 * Location**: Online
 * Registration:** ||
 * **17/5/12** || **9:00-16:30** |||| **Orange (x2)** ||
 * ||  || Session 1 9.00 – 12.30
 * Facilitator/s:** Adam West
 * Co-Facilitator/s:** TBA
 * Location**: Online
 * Registration:** ||
 * **18/5/12** || **9:00-**
 * 16:30** || **Learning Design** ||
 * ||  || Full day workshop on good online learning design.
 * Facilitator/s:** Alison Bickford and Melanie
 * Location**: Online
 * Registration:** TBA ||
 * **23/5/12** || **9:00-**
 * 16:30** || **Broken Hill (x2)** ||
 * ||  || Session 1 9.00 – 12.30
 * Facilitator/s:** Adam West
 * Co-Facilitator/s:** TBA
 * Location**: Online
 * Registration:** ||
 * **23/5/12** ||  || **Broadband in Broken Hill** ||
 * ||  || 9:00am- 12.00pm - Planning your e-learning Strategy
 * Facilitator/s: Melanie Doriean**
 * Co-Facilitator/s:**
 * Location**: tbc
 * Registration:tbc** ||
 * **26/5/12** || **9:30 - 15:30** || **Advanced Moodle** ||
 * ||  || Facilitated workshop presentations by moodle users - sharing ideas and issues and problem solving.
 * Facilitator/s:Adam West**
 * Co-Facilitator/s:Melanie Doriean**
 * Location**:
 * Registration:** ||
 * Location**:
 * Registration:** ||

June
• demonstrate some of the E-learning resources available as part of the National VET E-Learning strategy • introduce the ARED tool – Applications for Rapid E-learning Development • allow participants to practice integrating some of these resources with their current Moodle site. Prerequisites Preferably have attended the basic and/or advanced Moodle training and have a Moodle site available to edit.
 * ~ Date ||~ Time ||~ Title and Description ||
 * **6/6/12** || **9:00-**
 * 17:00** || **Moodle Mash** ||
 * ||  || **Facilitator/s:TBC**
 * Location**:
 * Registration:** ||
 * **7/6/12** || **11:00**
 * 12:00** || **OER Resources** ||
 * ||  || Online webinar demonstrating some Open Educational Resources and how these are being used.
 * Facilitator/s:**Melanie Doriean
 * Location**: Online
 * Registration:** TBA ||
 * **7/6/12** ||  || **SWSI Moodle workshop** ||
 * ||  || This session (4hrs) will
 * Facilitator/s:** Adam West
 * Location**:
 * Registration:** ||
 * **10/6/12** ||  || **E-Assessment 2** ||
 * ||  || Online advanced session on E-assessment follow up with workshop participants to allow discussion and comment on application of e-assessment in practice.
 * Facilitator/sL:** Melanie Worrall and Melanie Doriean
 * Location**: **Online**
 * Registration:** ||