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E-learning is a proven cost-effective training solution.

While there are some development and implementation costs associated with e-learning, the good news is that there are ways these can be minimised.

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1. Find learning content that already exists

2. Rethink what you already have3. Create your own content 4. Use free and open source tools 5. Run your business with e-tools6. Plan your e-learning with ready-to-go

tools7. Find out what others are doing

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• Why start from the beginning when there may be existing content you can simply pick up and use?

• If it isn't 'quite right', it is often easier to customise an existing learning resource rather than have to create an entirely new one.

Find learning content that already exists

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Find learning content that already exists

TOOLBOXES• Toolboxes are high quality, cost effective interactive e-learning and assessment resources featuring scenarios, images and activities.

• They are designed for use by training providers, industry and business and support online delivery of recognised training packages for the vocational education and training sector.

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Find learning content that already exists

TOOLBOXES• Toolbox website• Toolbox examples:

Optimake: Process Manufacturing TPSatellite City: Property Services TPTAA: Training & Assessment TPMy Micro Business: Business Services TPWhere’s the Party At: Youth, LLN studies

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Find learning content that already existsLORN• LORN is a gateway to online

training resources. • It allows teachers and trainers to access

more than 2,500 quality, copyright cleared, free or affordable online learning resources from repositories across Australia.

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Find learning content that already existsLORN

• LORN website• Examples of what you can find:

Drive a ForkliftDevelop a Business Plan (rural environment)Maintain workplace safety -

Deal with an emergency

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Find learning content that already exists

YouTube• YouTube is a video sharing websitewhich allows users to locate existing videos as well as upload their own.

• There is an amazing amount of instructional material which can be embedded in existing websites/learning management systems (LMS)

• There is also an Education section on YouTube

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Find learning content that already exists

YouTube• YouTube website• Examples of what you can find:

How to use a bandsaw Putting out a grease fire safely Sales Tips - Open and Closed Questions Internet Safety for Teens Activating Yeast for Wheat Bread

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• You probably already have resources such as PowerPoints, Word Docs, PDFs etc.

• You can turn these into e-learning resources very quickly by making them available online.

• How?

Rethink what you already have

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"Google Docs is a free, Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, form, and data storage service offered by Google.

It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users." - Wikipedia

Rethink what you already haveGoogleDocs

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Use GoogleDocs to:Upload your current documents so that

your learners can access them from anywhere, at anytime.

Store document ‘masters’ ensuring version control

Work collaboratively on the same document.

Rethink what you already haveGoogleDocs

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SlideShare is a site which allows you to upload and share your presentations eg. PowerPoints.

It will also let you upload Word & PDF documents.

You can add audio to make a ‘webinar’.

Rethink what you already haveSlideShare

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Use SlideShare to:Upload PowerPoints so they are

available for learners (gives a unique URL)

Can add audio making them suitable for learners who can’t attend class

Embed them straight into a LMSExample: Death by PowerPoint

Rethink what you already haveSlideShare

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CutePDF creates PDF files on the fly. Make professional quality PDF files from almost any printable document. FREE for personal, commercial, government or educational use.

Rethink what you already haveCutePDF

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Use CutePDF to:Turn your Word documents into PDFs,

ready to upload to the internet, your LMS or send out to learners via email.

(This isn’t e-learning but is a great way to start and provides flexibility for learners.)

Rethink what you already haveCutePDF

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• If you can’t find what you need, you can create your own course material using existing e-learning tools.

• All the following tools are within the capabilities of a practitioner...no web development skills required.

Create your own content

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ARED is designed to allow practitioners, with little more than basic computer skills, to easily build their own e-learning resources using six dynamic templates.

The templates are based on media-rich interactions and remove the need for practitioners to learn the multimedia skills commonly required to build such resources.

Create your own content ARED

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ARED website (for downloading)Examples:

How to Write a Business Case for E-learning E-learning Webventure

How to use ARED : Introduction to AREDv2.1 (Enter as a guest)

Create your own content ARED

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Microsoft PhotoStory3 is a free application that allows users to create a show’n’tell presentation from digital photos.

It is used in education for the creation of learning resources as well as learning activities for learners.

Create your own content PhotoStory3

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Download Microsoft PhotoStory3 Educational uses of digital storytelling

Example: History of Radiology Example: Travel digital story

• ‘How To’ Tutorials

Create your own content PhotoStory3

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Screencast-o-Matic is a free and easy way to make a screen capture video recording with audio (a.k.a screencast) and upload it for free hosting from your browser - no installation or downloading required..

Create your own content Screencast-o-Matic

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Screencast-o-Matic can be used wherever you demonstrate something on a computer.

• Examples: Creating a drop-down list in ExcelA screencast about how to create a screencast!

• A YouTube video demonstration

Create your own content Screencast-o-Matic

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• A great low-cost way to get started with e-learning is to use free and open source software.

• Some of these (such as Moodle) are being taken up by many large training providers i.e. TAFE SA, UNISA, TAFE NSW etc.

Use FREE and open-source tools

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• Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) is a free and open-source e-learning software platform.

• As of January 2010 it had a user base of 45,721 registered and verified sites, serving 32 million users in 3 million courses.

• Moodle was developed ... to help educators create online courses with a focus on interaction and collaborative construction of content. - Wikipedia

Use FREE and open-source toolsMOODLE

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• Moodle website• Examples:

Link to E-Skills course, ‘23 Things for Trainers’ (not available to guests...sorry )

Career AwarenessOnline FacilitationDigital Photography

Use FREE and open-source toolsMOODLE

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Get a FREE Moodle classroom!www.vetsa.net.au

Use it for:• Learning Moodle• Training• PD

Use FREE and open-source toolsMOODLE

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• Blogger is a free blogging platform run by Google.

• “A blog (a contraction of the term "web log") is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video” – Wikipedia

Use FREE and open-source toolsBlogger

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• Blogger website• Use Blogger for:

Learners doing a workplace assessmentOngoing updates for learners (or colleagues)Helps to improve literacyInvolves external people eg employers

• Blogs in Plain English – a video

Use FREE and open-source toolsBlogger

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• Examples:Jessica WatsonTrudy’s blog

• UNISA Report: Using Wikis and Blogs for• Assessment in First Year Engineering

Use FREE and open-source toolsBlogger

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• A wiki can be as simple as an online whiteboard...or as complex as a corporate website.

• It is essentially a website that can be edited...by yourself, your learners, your colleagues...depending on permissions allocated.

Use FREE and open-source toolsWikiSpaces

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• A wiki can be as simple as an online whiteboard...or as complex as a corporate website.

• It is essentially a website that can be edited...by yourself, your learners, your colleagues...depending on permissions allocated.

Use FREE and open-source toolsWikiSpaces

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• Wikispaces website• Examples:

WikipediaKeeping Up with E-learningResources4TradesHorizon Project

• Video: Wikis in Plain English

Use FREE and open-source toolsWikiSpaces

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• Make your business run more efficiently and effectively using e-toolsWhenIsGood - organise meetings quicklySurveyMonkey – online survey for

feedbackSkype – video/audio/text communicationQuickTopic – instant discussion space

Run your Business with E-tools

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• A range of free resources and tools are available from the Framework website to help you PLAN, DEVELOP and IMPLEMENT e-learning.

• It is important to plan e-learning so that the model you choose fits YOUR organisation and learners.

Use readily available resources to plan your e-learning

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• Designing e-learning (Great site to get started)

• Practical Guide to E-learning for Industry

• E-learning in the Trades• E-learning for Small Business• Inclusive E-learning

Use readily available resources to plan your e-learning

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E-learning Coordinator........can provide e-learning advice,

assist with decision-making and help with the location of relevant e-learning products, tools and resources, together with examples of where e-learning is being used effectively...

Ph: 8348 4073Email:

marlene.manto@flexiblelearning.net.au

Help is available where you need it!

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Toolbox Champion........ can provide assistance with locating

relevant e-learning and assessment resources, as well as assistance with using Toolboxes including the downloading & customising of learning objects...

Ph: 8348 4074Email: douglas.purcell@sa.gov.au

Help is available where you need it!

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E-Skills........ Is a not-for-profit business which can

provide affordable e-learning consultancy, professional development workshops, e-learning online courses, guest speakers, technical help and support...

Ph: 8348 4076 www.e-skills.com.auEmail: coordinator@e-skills.com.au

Help is available where you need it!

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• SA 2010 Innovations projectsSearch through the last 3 years

• National Industry projectsExample: Queensland Water Directorate

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Thank You!