Presenters: Sue Beveridge Janet Burstall Tim Hand

New TaLe at ICVET Learning Powerhouse 2006

Presenters: Sue BeveridgeJanet BurstallTim Hand

TaLE ICVET v.100

New TaLe at ICVET Learning Powerhouse 2006

Session Outcomes

As a result of this session participants will have an increased understanding of

the latest version of www.tale.edu.au

•its aims

•its products and services

•its support for quality teaching and learning.

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New TaLe at ICVET Learning Powerhouse 2006

How do you currently…?

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With whom do you share your own work in creating…

learning resources?

□ no one □ my section in my college □ my institute □ TAFE NSW □ national or other VET contacts

assessment strategies?□ no one □ my section in my college □ my institute □ TAFE NSW □ national or other VET contacts

teaching activities?□ no one □ my section in my college □ my institute □ TAFE NSW □ national or other VET contacts

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In my current practice I regularly seek digital content through:

■ Google

■ EdNA

■ Australian Flexible Learning Framework

■ Institute intranet

■ Curriculum Centres Learning Gateway

■ TAFE Online Learningware

■ TaLe

■ AESharenet

■ social software (eg. del.icio.us, Furl)

■ other (please specify)

I usually aim to find digital resources for:

■ a whole course

■ a unit or module

■ a lesson

■ an activity

■ an assessment

■ other (please specify)

TaLe www.tale.edu.au

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I find out about new and emerging resource development through:

■ Australian Flexible Learning Framework

■ industry associations

■ EdNA

■ Institute intranet

■ TaLe

■ RSS feeds (please specify)

■ other (please specify)

TaLe www.tale.edu.au

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I engage with VET network(s) focussed on:

■ Training Packages■ training issues (eg equity, sustainability, RPL, numeracy) ■ stake holders in the industry of my teaching area■ assessment issues■ teaching and learning issues (eg workplace learning) ■ flexible delivery■ ICT■ needs of learner groups

When I communicate and collaborate electronically with colleagues, I regularly contribute via:

■ email ■ VOIP■ blogs, moblogs■ chat, instant messaging■ forums, online discussion■ Wikis■ file-sharing and tagging (eg Flickr) ■ PDAs, mobile devices■ other (please specify)

TaLe www.tale.edu.au

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Portal diagram

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Myth 1:TaLe is not a repository (distributed search)

Myth 2: CLI managed collections (TaLe search is agnostic)

Myth 3: All resources need DET metadata (LRM)

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Leaving the silo:

•search across Teaching areas/competencies/industry areas/etc

•across collections (esp schools/Collecting Institutions)

•levels of aggregation (course/module/unit/lesson, activity etc)

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TaLE ICVET v.100

Example: a record on TaLe

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TaLE ICVET v.100

Current TAFE related resource collectionsCore TAFE/VET

•Institutes

•TAFE Online Library

•Curriculum Centres Extranet

•CLI (LRR)

•TAFE Studylinks

•PowerHouse Museum

School related

•Eg The Learning federation

•NSW Board of Studies

Proposed

•Federated search via EdNA

•ABC

•Curriculum Centres Learning Gateway

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TaLE Showcase services

Showcasing

• Resources

• Publishers

• Collections

Identity for publishers

Place to seek feedback

Quick turnaround time

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Shared resources, quality resources?

The quality of most resources discovered through TaLe derives from the authority of the producing body, CLI, TAFE Online Library, Curriculum Centres, etc

TaLe is also a place to share resources developed by non-specialists, at grass-roots, while maintaining reputation for reliability of resources discovered through TaLe.

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TaLE ICVET v.100

Resource Sharing Communities

A Resource Sharing Community can be:

■ a trusted group of known participants

■ or open to all of TAFE and DET staff

■ or changed from the first to the second at the Community’s choosing.

Any participating teacher can:

■ upload a resource

■ receive feedback in a discussion

■ obtain support for the quality of a resource from peers

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Professional Learning Communities

■ Professional Learning Communities have a “Learning Goal”

■ A PLC discussion is presented in a supportive context, a home area for orientation, and the Key Readings and Additional resources pages.

■ Moderators manage all their own content and members.

■ Login is via the DET Portal and TaLe, with no further registration or login required from DET staff.

■ External guests can easily be registered.

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Features of PLCs

■ discussion is easy and intuitive to read, reply and contribute to

■ advanced features are available, but do not distract from the core activities of reading and replying to discussion.

■ a choice of email alerts, and option to reply via email.

■ accessibility, enhanced with alternative display options

■ searching and sorting

■ uploading of files and links, so that participants can share content

TaLE ICVET v.100

TaLE ICVET v.100

TaLE ICVET v.100

TaLE ICVET v.100

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New TaLe at ICVET Learning Powerhouse 2006

Which feature of TaLe will you use first?