The document describes a project called "Project Sustainability" funded by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework to build the e-learning capabilities of staff at TNQ TAFE. The project aimed to reflect on current e-learning competencies, refine resources and strategies for a sustainability unit for e-learning, and reinvigorate professional learning using a workplace action learning model. Key barriers to e-learning implementation identified in previous research such as time constraints and lack of management support would be investigated. The project was managed according to the "Ripples Model" and involved several TNQ TAFE staff participating in reflection, refinement, and review activities to strengthen e-learning practices.
3. Background to this Project
AFLF – e-learning innovations Funding
opportunities are available each year
advertised 7th
February 2009 Australian
newspaper and AFLF website
Applications closed 5th
March 2009
21 funded Qld e-learning innovation Projects
at a cost of $925,200
TNQ Project Sustainability funded for
$20,000 and TNQ TAFE in kind $20,000.
5. Aims
Reflect on personal and organisational e-learning
competency. What is possible now, what needs to
be learned and why?
Refine resources, learning and assessment
strategies for a sustainability competency unit for an
e-learning context.
Re- invigorate a professional learning approach for
TNQ project participants that aligns with
collaborative workplace action learning projects.
Review the capacity of TNQ TAFE to provide timely
and varied support for e-learning competency
development for project participants.
7. Project Learning strategies
Reflect and Research– professional development, e-learning,
sustainability delivery and current competence. Group
workshops, blogs, del.icio.us, online resources and project
website, announcements and individual learning plans
Refine – learning design and assessment and resources and
learning plans. Project teams, technology support, mentors.
Re-invigorate – sustainability resources and learning and
assessment design and identify issues in this PD learning model
against the RIPPLES model
Review – what was achieved, enablers and barriers for this
Professional Development Model.
10. Methodologies for the TNQ Project
Sustainability PD process
The 4 R’s aligned with varied learning
approaches
Reflect and Research
Refine
Re-Invigorate
Review
Use RIPPLES model to inform the
development of an effective workplace
project based PD Model for TNQ TAFE
11. Project Sustainability- Project management plan was based
on 2006 AFLF Research “Innovate and integrate” and the “
Ripples Model”
http://innovateandintegrate.flexiblelearning.net.au/
12. Who is involved?
Project developer, manager and
facilitator
Colleen Hodgins
Participants (TNQ)
Jason VanBallegooyen – (sustainability co-
ordinator TNQ)
Kim Forde - (sustainability)
Angela Lauder - (Tourism, business and
sustainability teacher)
Anita Plos – (Tourism, events management
teacher)
Robin West – (management teacher)
Shirley Lynn (ISPDU program designer)
Paulette Threadingham (ISPDU project
officer)
Project coach/support
Tara Walsh (Diploma of e-learning student)
Technical Support
Gerry Green – Learning technologies Manager
John Burns - Learning technologies Officer
Stakeholders
Jo Pyne – TNQ TAFE Institute director
Danny Lovern TNQ TAFE Finance Manager
Sue Jones – B.E.S.T Faculty Manager
Sandie McCoy - B.E.S.T Education Manager
Alicia Contreras - B.E.S.T Administration
Manager
Arra Kirley - B.E.S.T Administration officer
Alex Scull - B.E.S.T Administration officer
* BEST – Business, environment sustainability and
tourism faculty
14. We reflected on…
Individual learning plans for
the project – own skills and
knowledge
Aims of the project
Sustainability competency unit
resources and strategies –
what we have what we need
On actions outcomes/timelines
and responsibilities
Project risk factors
New Technology use in
learning
Using my.tafe
RIPPLES model
Learning philosophies
Collaboration and project
success
VGC Blended learning unit
qualification
Communication and
connecting in work-based
projects
Unpacking sustainability
Competency units and
assessment
16. Refine
What do we have?
How do we refine?
Who can help?
What will it achieve?
Communication
strategies
Sharing our learning
My.tafe use
Possible learning
strategies
Searching, sharing
resources for an e-
learning context
support strategies
across the Project team
assessment and
learning facilitation
interaction in blended
learning
18. Re-Invigorate
Focused on e- learning
strategies and resource
use
Assessments for an e-
learning context
Our enthusiasm to
learn new things
Our use of my.tafe LMS
Our use of support staff
Our personal learning
models for successful
Professional
development
Sustainability resource
design moving from
face to face to e-
learning use
E-learning facilitation
strategies
19.
20. Review
The project aims
Project planning
development and
evaluation processes
for AFLF projects
Individual contributions
Enablers
Barriers
Support mechanisms
The PD approach and
model
Technology use
Where to from here?
21. Our Project Summary
We aimed to build on the AFLF
Embedding e-learning innovation research conducted in
and investigate support models to overcome the
key barriers to e-learning implementation identified
in this research.
Significant barriers impacting on personal and
organisational development of e-learning for
enhanced VET delivery.
The key ones being time and alignment with work priorities,
management support and a lack of an organisational
strategic e-learning focus.
22. Project Sustainability- Project management plan was based
on 2006 AFLF Research “Innovate and integrate” and the “
Ripples Model”
http://innovateandintegrate.flexiblelearning.net.au/
23. Future e-learning empowerment
for TNQ staff ……
Resources
Research, relevance,
responsibility
Infrastructure
Induction, information,
immersion
People
Purpose, participatory,
personalised, pronto
Policies
Publicised, promoted and
pushed
Learning
Local, lateral, listening and
looking
Evaluation
Essential, easy, embedded,
educative
Support
Sourced, sufficient, staged
and sustainable.
24. Project Sustainability
A website has been developed that captures key activities and
learning from this project and is available. The website for this
project is located in the TNQ TAFE LMS my.tafe platform.
Access this site here
http://my.tafe.qld.gov.au/tqaccess/logon.aspx
The username and password is xtnqsuss
Colleen Hodgins – Project Manager/Facilitator
colleenhodgins@deta.qld.gov.au
0419740583