Opportunities for Indigenous people to gain new skills for local jobs have received a boost with the announcement of the first 11 projects to be funded under the Queensland Government’s Indigenous Training Strategy.
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In September 2014, the Minister for Industry, the Hon Ian Macfarlane MP announced that, at the end of the current contract period with Industry Skills Councils, the Australian Government would be moving to a more contestable model for the development and maintenance of training packages.
The Minister for Industry, the Hon Ian Macfarlane MP, is undertaking a full review of training packages and accredited courses in the VET system. The Review of Training Packages and Accredited Courses Discussion Paper has been released to start the conversation with industry, employers, training providers and students about whether these training packages and accredited courses
The Unique Student Identifier—due to be formally implemented in January 2015—will make it easier for students to find, collate and authenticate their VET achievements into a single transcript. It will also ensure that students’ VET records are not lost.
The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) has launched a new website providing detailed information about the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015. Chief Commissioner Chris Robinson said the website—www.asqa.gov.au/standards—demonstrated ASQA’s commitment to providing enhanced information and guidance for RTOs to assist them in complying with the standards.
The economics of digital learning will undermine the liberal biases built into the current education system More and more is written these days about the potential of Internet-based courses and supporting electronic technology to better educate American students. Among the tantalizing predictions: Instruction will be highly individualized, social
So, let’s get one thing straight. In the realm of human capabilities, there’s impossible, possible, and Jane-possible. Jane does so much in our industry that it can really feel like she’s operating just beyond what is humanly possible. Now, I can’t claim to know the secret of her success, but I suspect it has something to do with her co-pabilities. (Yes, I just made that up.) What I mean is maximizing one’s ability by leveraging the power of a group through influential contributions.
We all learn… every day. It’s an essential capability, which has brought us rapid advancement as a species over the past several thousand years. Learning is even more important in today’s hyper-linked, inter-connected world wherein pertinent flows of information are accelerating.
Google Inc has unveiled a Chinese language version of its new service YouTube EDU, which allows internet users to access videotaped courses from three local universities, writes Helen Ku for Taipei Times.
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