October+2012+Newsletter

Welcome to the October e-newsletter from the NSW National VET E-Learning Strategy team.

What’s news?

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There are two wiki spaces used by the NSW team?

If you would like more information about the NSW team please visit us at the NSW Innovations  wiki. Don’t forget to bookmark the site for future reference. Attached to this email is a copy of the E-Learning Support Services brochure. You are welcome to distribute it to others in your network.

The second wiki space is the E-Learning for Participation and Skills  wiki. This wiki will tell you all about the 2012 funded projects. Each month the teams will update their page with the latest information. Don’t forget to visit on a regular basis.

Are you new to e-learning and would you like a little bit of help to get started in e-learning design? A new six week workshop will be launched in November. This workshop is free (please note session one is a face to face workshop in Sydney). If you would like more information and the details of how you can register please visit the NSW Calendar of Events for 2012-2013 .

E-resources

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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The latest video **“** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|how important is the NBN?] **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">” **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">, by Darren Alexander, NBN Champion and CEO of Autech, promoting the National Broadband Network, has been put on the NBN.gov.au website, featuring his company “Autech”. Darren has also recently joined <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|FLAG] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> as an industry expert.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The Copyright Kitchen website formerly managed by FLAG has now been decommissioned. You can still find out all you need about copyright by visiting the [|Smartcopying] website. Another useful site is the <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Creative Commons] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> website and a handy little video about Creative Commons is also available at <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|BlipTv] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Media Release
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Attached to this email is the latest media release for Industry sectors using e-learning for workforce development. This media release announces three more industry sectors using e-learning for their workforce development needs.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">National Events
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Up and coming online events on the <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|National Calendar] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> for October/November include:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 2 – 3:30 Assess in the field – Interactive PDF’s and tablets
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Thursday, November 1, 2012, 1–2pm Assessments and Reporting out of Moodle

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Please note: some sessions require registration. Visit the <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|National Calendar] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> for more information and details on how you can register.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Contact us
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">If you are not located in NSW, please visit our <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|website] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> to see who the E-learning Advisors and Contact Services Advisor are for yo