ALA

The Australian Lifesaving Academy Queensland (ALAQ) is riding the e-learning wave. 
Due to the distance between learners and the cost of travelling to training venues, providing training and professional development courses to surf lifesavers becomes a timely and costly procedure.  
That was until ALAQ introduced a variety of e-learning technologies into its mandatory and non-compulsory training. 
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Learners spring into celebration

It’s that time of the year again – and from this Saturday adult learners will be
celebrating Australia’s biggest Spring-time adult learning festival. Adult Learners’
Week gives all adult learners the opportunity to celebrate and discover a wide variety
of adult learning activities hosted by hundreds of learning providers across Australia.
There are thousands of activities [...]

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Want to help your students get into and be successful in the workforce?
Two new resources will help you do just that!

Getting it right at Work series

Getting it right at Work is two-part training resource designed to assist intermediate to advanced English language learners to improve their workplace communication skills using dramatic scenarios of comparison of [...]

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‘Bar None Project’
 The Victorian Government Office for Disability is seeking nominations from individuals and organisations as part of its leadership recognition project.
Go to www.distss.org.au for more details.

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This RTO specialises in Community Services and First Aid. it is offering two nationally accrediated certificate courses:

Certificate 111 in Disability Work
Certificate 111 in HACC in October at three campuses in Victoria.

For more info go to www.distss.org.au

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The latest release on:

WA ’s Minister Mark McGowan

can be viewed at

www.dest.gov.au/Ministers/Media/Robb/2007/08/r002230807.asp

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New research shows the skills shortages and associated workplace expectations of Generation Y are here to stay.
The report Bridging the Gap can be freely downloaded at www.mccrindle.com.au

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16 - 19 October 2007
Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Melbourne Australia
EARLY BIRD CLOSE FRIDAY AUGUST 31 - Register at http://www.mlearn2007.org/registration.php
mLearn 2007 is the leading international conference on mobile learning, and presents an opportunity to investigate and explore the latest developments in mobile learning techniques and technologies.  
Mobile learning is one of the fastest growing aspects of technology assisted [...]

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 NCVER, of behalf of the Australian Government and state and territory governments will be advertising a funding round this Saturday 25 August 2007 in the Weekend Australian and Wednesday 29 August 2007 in the Campus Review. This funding round is seeking the services of research centres or consortia to provide a three year program of [...]

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Technology is supporting Indigenous communities to access real training and employment opportunities, a national forum in
Brisbane will demonstrate. 
The 2007 Working Towards Better Practice forum will showcase grassroots examples from across
Australia of how e-learning is creating effective education and training programs, which are culturally and language appropriate.  
Hosted by the Indigenous Engagement Project of the national [...]

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