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Chalk and talk is a thing of the past with the release of Your Guide to Social E-learning, a new web-based resource that helps vocational education and training professionals engage and interact with learners through e-learning technologies. 

Your Guide to Social E-learning provides teachers and trainers with a ‘how to’ guide to e-learning implementation. 

This free resource provides examples, step-by-step guides, case studies, plus e-learning strategies, tools and activities which both a novice or advanced e-learning user would find useful. 

Gary Lienert, TAFE Horticultural lecturer, knows from his own experience the value and rewarding learning experiences social e-learning tools like podcasting, wikis, blogs, virtual worlds and social bookmarking can provide.

“Using blogs and moblogs I have been able to reach regional and remote communities and create social networks for them to participate in discussions and exchange ideas.  

“Learners can gain more advantages through e-learning, especially those that are geographically isolated, because they can easily access experts outside their own community and direct their own learning needs,” he said.

This free resource takes the guess work out of e-learning by providing users with a simple to use interface where they can select a particular activity and instantly be provided with advice on what is the best tool for their needs.  

Kim Raschepkin, Project Manager of Your Guide to Social E-learning, believes that by using social e-learning tools for education and training, learners are more engaged because they are able to use the same technologies they use to interact with friends.

“The resource also helps them to develop personal networks for gaining knowledge and expressing themselves by publishing online.”

Your Guide to Social E-learning has a collection of case studies from most states and territories which include the e-learning experiences and outcomes of teachers and trainers who have explored the benefits of using e-learning technologies.

Your Guide to Social E-learning was funded by the national training system’s e-learning strategy, the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework). 

For more information on Your Guide to Social E-learning, visit: http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/socialelearning

For more information about the Framework, its products, resources and support networks, contact: (07) 3307 4700, email: enquiries@flexiblelearning.net.au or visit: http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au