eLearning Strategy
Wednesday 7 December 2010
An eLearning strategy?
work
life
the world
communication
literacy
Learning
Technology
have changed
Planning for an uncertain future
Australian households
“Nearly two-thirds of Australian households now have broadband”
Source: ABS, (Dec 2009), Media Release
“Mobile ownership has almost reached a saturation point with 92
percent now reporting owning a mobile phone.”
Source: Nielson, (April 2009), AdNews Mobile Report
Australians online
Year
Users
Population
% Pop
2000
6,600,000
19,521,900
33.8 %
2007
14,729,191
20,434,176
70.2 %
2009
16,926,015
21,262,641
79.6 %
2010
17,033,826
21,262,641
80.1 %
Source: http://www.internetworldstats.com
% Pop
100.0%
80.0%
60.0%
% Pop
40.0%
20.0%
0.0%
2000
2007
2009
2010
How we connect is changing
Mobile access 21.7% increase from December 2009
Source: ABS, (Jun 2010), “Internet Activity, Australia”
“Regarding pace of change, we believe
more users will likely connect to the
Internet via mobile devices than
desktop PCs within 5 years”
Source: MorganStanley, (2009), The Mobile Internet Report
Mobile Apps Downloaded
Source: AIMIA, (Oct. 2010), The Australian Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index
5 Trends Converging
3G internet
+
Smart Phones & Tablets
+
Social Networking
+
Video
+
VoIP
Technologies to Watch
0-12 Months
• Electronic books
• Mobile devices
2-3 Years
• Augmented reality
• Open content
4-5 Years
• Gesture-based computing
• Visual data analysis
Critical Challenges
professional development opportunities
around emerging technology
need for formal instruction in key new skills,
including information literacy, visual literacy,
and technological literacy
learners are placing greater value on knowing
where to find information rather than on
knowing the information themselves.
conceptual mismatch between pedagogical
practice and the design of many emerging
technologies
we must
meet the
needs of
tomorrow’s
learner
do we achieve this?
Where to from here?
3 year
eLearning Strategy
communicate
create
collaborate
consult
Engaging internal
stakeholders
1 x AD Organisational
Capability
2 x WDU (Project managed)
1 x BES
1 x Director, Faculty
1 x Assistant Director,
Faculty
1 x CEO
1 x ITSU
1 x Head Teacher
1 x Teacher/LTM
1 x Library
Identify needs
staff
students
industry
builds on
our strengths
the journey so far
2000-04 TOL1 (TAFE Online Stage 1)
Resource development and Capability Building
2005-08 TOL2 (TAFE Online Stage 2)
Client Engagement
2008-11 TeLS (TAFE eLearning Systems)
Embedding E-Learning
Technology
No. of courses :
No. of teachers in Moodle :
No. of students in Moodle :
1,400
1,300
17,000
No. wikis:
No. of users:
503
3,094
No. Blogs:
No. of users:
69
225
No. Conference rooms:
No. of Hosts:
69
225
people
technology mentoring 2008-10
12 mentors, 269.5 hours, 193 mentoring sessions, 228
mentees/teachers, 64 teaching sections – s1 2010
capability development
Workshops, myLearning@, Sunrise@SI, Hot Topics
Multimodal teaching & learning
just in time resources
planning for success
Virtual Learning Environment
TAFE NSW – Sydney Institute
Teacher Portal
Student Portal
Moodle
Equella
Adobe Suite
eBackpack
Adobe Connect
Blogs
Adobe
Presenter
Wikis
Res Dev Kits
Mahara
Podcasts
Social Media
communicating the message
What will Sydney Institute look like in
3 years if eLearning is embedded as
part of the ‘fabric’ of doing business?
When we do elearning really well,
what will our clients be saying?
What are the characteristics of 21st
century training/workforce
services which will satisfy the
needs of our customers?
What is needed to ensure the SI
ELearning Strategy drives elearning for
our Institute?
Short Term
Long Term
Sustaining innovations
strategy
senior leadership
business case
resourcing
champions
people supports
technological supports
Source: Victor Callan and Kaye Bowman, (2010), “Sustaining Innovations: A review of the evidence and future directions”