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Community Engagement ProjectPart of the Australian Flexible Learning Framework(formerly E-learning Creative Community Partnerships Project)

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Name Location Role in Project

Welcome!

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What is the Framework?• national initiative to support the uptake of e-learning in

communities, industry and the vocational and technical education system

• enhances education, training and employment opportunities

• Toolboxes, New Practices, Learnscope, Client Engagement, Networks, Benchmarking ..

• funded by the Australian Government and all States and Territories.

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Community Engagement• regional, rural and remote communities face unique

challenges to access education and training• isolation, distance and lack of support networks limit

education and training opportunities• technology can and is creating a solution.

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Community Engagement Project• aims to foster and embed e-learning in disadvantaged

communities• supports economic and regional development and

sustainability• strengthens partnerships locally, regionally and nationally.

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Building “Web Presence”

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Social and discussion forums, using moodle, at EdNA Groups

http://groups.edna.edu.au/

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A blog, at edublogs.org for publicity, to let people know about the great work going on

http://elearnala.edublogs.org/

Blogging, what for?»One of the most popular, blogger.com has millions of users;»Can be a good way to encourage fluency for literacy learners; »A good way to regularly post info from a project; »Various classroom teachers have used the format in different ways ..

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A wiki, at wikispaces.com - for building knowledge together

http://elearnala.wikispaces.com

Benefits of a wiki»Many people can register / login»Multiple authors»Collect and build knowledge together

Other ‘hosted’ wikis include Pbwiki.com and wikieducator.org/

Moodle (and EdNA Groups have wiki built in.

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Audio / podcast at eg odeo.comFor sharing knowledge, broadcasting events ..

A good podcasting tool will let you: »Upload mp3 files»Record direct onto web page»Record from mobile phone

There are other ways to embed audio on the page, but these ones (eg odeo, podomatic, gcast) make it easier.

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Share bookmark / links at eg del.icio.usMany people can share links, with a short description

You can feed your list of links into other places ..Eg into a wikispace, using “RSS”Other options include magnolia or Jotspot ..

http://del.icio.us/tag/elearnala

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E-resources kit for communities

• provides online guidance for developing and facilitating e-learning in communities

• outlines low cost tools and technologies • ideas and case studies to get you started

http://creativecommunity.flexiblelearning.net.au/

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What is e-learning?• computer-enhanced learning• delivered on a computer or mobile technology, such as

personal digital assistance or MP3 Player• enables people to learn when, how, where and what they

want• ideal platform for regional and remote learners.

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What sort of LEARNERS are people working with?

Questions to explore

Photo: old light switch by strph at flickr

Photo: still life by eisenrah at flickr

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What does it take to CONNECT with disengaged learners, people in the community?

What does it take to engage with

“the community”?

Photo: cafe by denkrahm at flickr

Photo: radio star .. by fodt at flickr

(What have people tried, that wasn’t e-learning?)

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If your goal is to ..

» generate content,

» organise knowledge,

» enable collaboration,

» create web presence ..

What are your goals?

Photo: Suspension footbridge near Bluff, Utah by creativity+ @flickr

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What TOOLS might be useful?

What TECHNIQUES could be effective?

How could you adapt technologies such as blog, wiki, forum, to your situation?

Photo: interactive data visualisation by Dan Zen at flickr

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Photo: Potential Optimization by lonely radio at flickr

What could be the benefits?

What could be the drawbacks?

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Where would people like to go with this in the future?

What is the fuller potential?

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