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Vivienne BlanksbyProgram LeaderResources for Teaching, Learning and AssessmentAustralian Flexible Learning Framework



The Australian Flexible Learning Framework commenced 2000

A national flexible and e-learning strategy designed to create and share knowledge about flexible learning and to support its take-up in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector.

A collaboration between the State and Territory governments and the Commonwealth.



Framework goals

The Framework identifies five complementary goals that seek to

increase the take-up of flexible learning in the VET sector in

Australia.

Goal 1

Creative capable people

Goal 2

Supportive technological infrastructure

Goal 3

World-class online

content development, applications and services

Goal 4

Enabling policies

Goal 5

Problem-solving

regulation



Resources for Teaching Learning and Assessment Program 2003 - 2004

A linked cluster of projects within the Framework which aim to create a national approach to resource sharing.

Focus is on availability, quality, interoperability and use of e-learning resources across the VET sector



Status of availability of VET e-learning resources nationally

On the positive side:• Considerable e-learning content is produced• Courseware is developed at national, state and organisational level• Strong national qualifications system, so potential for sharing is

significant

However to date, this has been hindered by :• Wide variety of systems of storage• A range of formats for materials• Uncertainties about copyright• No uniformity regarding metadata• Most repositories don’t reference others – internally focused



Approach to Improving Resource Access• national projects to develop/identify standards• apply at national level in high profile initiatives• invite other jurisdictions & organisations to adopt

3 Key Activities 2004• International standard content packaging of national

e-learning resources (Toolboxes)• Develop VET Metadata Application Profile• Establish repository specifications and build network



Flexible Learning Toolboxes

• National e-learning resources• 6 series developed 1999 - 2003• Model quality learning strategies• Non-proprietary content formats• Distributed on CD-ROM • 400 hours of training• Generous copyright conditions• Customisation permitted



• Toolboxes 2004• Series 7 has adopted IMS

content packaging• Trialling SCORM compliance• Learning Objects to be

available from Toolbox repository

• Also retaining the CD option



2005 follow through

Toolboxes• user trials of learning objects and download

from repositories• further learning objects, repackaging of

existing material• explore SCORM 2004• research educational implications of learning

objects



VETADATA Metadata Application Profile for the VET sector

• Developed 2004 through Framework’s Interoperability project

• Based on IEEE Learning Object Metadata (LOM)• 5 mandatory elements for all educational resources

20 for Learning Objects in national projects• preferred vocabularies for VET resources (industry

categories, educational resource types)• Work on mapping to other major application profiles.



VETADATA and its subsets

Mandatory minimum set

Learning objects set

VETADATA set

LOM schema



2005 follow through

VETADATA• Continue trials through Learning Object

Repository and Toolbox projects.• Minor amendments following consultation and

trial findings• Maintenance and publicity



Learning Object Repository Project

The purpose of the project is to build the capacity of the Australian VET sector to share teaching and learning resources that support flexible delivery, through:

• the establishment and embedding of interoperable principles in design and development of resource repositories.



Learning Object Repository Project

Principles• Open Standards• Common Services infrastructure• Distributed and democratic modelling• Long term requirements specifications



Learning Object Repository Network

RSP1 RSP2 RSP3

FSPSearch request

Federatedsearch provider

Producers

Search results

Consumeraccessprovider

Consumers



Search Transaction

Repositories

VETSector

National I nfrastructure,Multiple Sectors

Inter-national

Common Services

Intranet and Internet Web Portals

Intranet and Internet Web Portals

Users

Aust. FederatedSearch Engine

InternetPortaleg EdNA

User searching from within a VET sector organisation that has implemented the search API

VETSector

National I nfrastructure,Multiple Sectors

Inter-national

VETOrganisation

Users searching via an Internet portal (such as EdNA) that has implemented the search API

I nt. FederatedSearch Engine(s)

Terminology

RespositoryServiceProvider (RSP)

Federated SearchProvider (FSP)

Consumer AccessProvider (CAP)

Consumer

Producer



LOR Project Outcomes 2004

Development of:• light-weight repository specifications• federated search function operational• 4 participating repositories – 1 national &

3 state• business and functional requirements



2005 follow through Learning Object Repository Network

• extension of search facilities• work on individual authentication• learning object preview services• aim to involve more repositories • network governance – Service Level Agreements• licensing templates• research into DRM



More information at:

Australian Flexible Learning Framework:• http://flexiblelearning.net.au/

Flexible Learning Toolboxes:• http://flexiblelearning.net.au/toolbox/

VETADATA• http://flexiblelearning.net.au/interop/topics/vocab.htm

Learning Object Repository Project• http://flexiblelearning.net.au/projects/learningobjectimplementation.htm

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