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=**Rapid Response**= toc

**RTO**
The Parramatta College

**Contact**
Debbie Littlehales debbie(at)communitycolleges.nsw.edu.au

**Category**
RTO-Business Partnership

**Business Partner**
Australian Canoeing (NSW)- Canoe Slalom

Executive summary
Rapid Response is an innovative project between the coaches of the Australian Canoeing Slalom team, and The Parramatta College .The Canoe Slalom program has identified that they face a significant challenge in terms of providing quality ongoing training for their volunteer coaches in rural and regional NSW. Negotiations between the two organisations has determined that implementing performance and skills training via Web Conference, and updates via a Wiki might be the most effective solution for this challenge.

A team of key coaches will be introduced to participation and facilitation skills of Web conference using an action learning method of delivery. They will subsequently use these skills to deliver training to regionally based volunteer coaches, and to host a mini online conference.

The coaching team has also identified that “Collaborative Media Review Technology” implemented via Web Conference would be a valuable addition to their training tools. There are a variety of such products available, and our project will analyse the pros and cons of a variety of tools and evaluate further use of such tools in VET Delivery and Assessment.

**Final report**
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