May 2011 Flex e-News Menu
In focus
» E-learning delivers access to critical social housing and training
Tip of the month
e-News
- Get flexible with new Toolboxes
- Renewable energy company turns to ‘clean’ training
- E-portfolio 2011 trials underway!
- Surf life savers take control of Your Beach
e-Resources
- Resource Centre: what’s in it for me?
- 'I' is for Innovation
- E-learning support on your doorstep – almost!
e-Events
- Industry e-learning showcase – last chance to register
- e-Gems: Strategies for implementing e-portfolios in VET
- e-learning a Realit-e – keynotes announced
- ePortfolios Australia Conference 2011 – presenters announced
- 2011 Learning and Development Conference
- Forum: Avoid boring e-learning
e-Spotlight
- Flexible phone made from electronic paper to debut
- BUDGET 2011: Government axes educational NBN
- 4 Ways mobile tech is improving education
- OSU study finds Apple’s powerful iPad decreases expenses, increases productivity
- Op-Ed: Flash is still relevant; perhaps more so than ever
- Alcohol apps - putting your health in the hands of your smart phone
- Study shows Australian workers spend only short amounts of time checking Facebook
- New emergency finder tracks to within centimetres
e-Vodcast
April 2011 Flex e-News Menu
In focus
» Don't wait to get hooked on eBooks
Tip of the month
e-News
- E-learning mid-year events coming soon
- Lid comes off oil and gas processing plants
- New research paper: Accessing VET Learner Attainment Data
- Online scenarios support mental health training
e-Resources
- Mobile assessment put to the test
- Updated guide: Applying Vetadata to Learning Resources
- Call for articles: virtual worlds in tertiary education
e-Events
- Free online conference: e-learning a Realit-e
- Industry E-learning Showcase – register now to win an iPad!
- e-Gems: Learning objects: Create, reuse and deploy for better teaching and learning online!
- May is the month for…e-portfolios
- Mobile learning – practical face-to-face advice
e-Spotlight
- Hackers eye smartphones, social networking sites
- Sorry Hollywood, your computer people are creepy
- New media access a human right: Amnesty
- Tablets might be a flash in the pan: Microsoft global chief strategy officer
- Smartphones to predict NSW travel times?
- Generation Y: The IT departments' worst nightmare?
- Facebook Brings 'Unfriending,' Event Check-ins to iPhone App
- 6 April Fool's Pranks So Brilliant They Became Real
e-Vodcast
March 2011 Flex e-News Menu
In focus
» Teleporting women back to work
Tip of the month
e-News
- E-learning student suvery on now!
- New e-portfolio trial case studies
- Industry E-learning Showcase and Exhibition
- Honours for e-learning projects
e-Resources
e-Events
- e-Gems and Community of Practice - Copyright for VET
- Mooting about Moodle
- CCA-EDUCAUSE Australasia 2011
- 9th annual Higher Education Summit
e-Spotlight
- Team delivers development aid via cell phone animations
- Australia reaches 2 millionth domain name
- Candle unveils mobile jobs site
- A WiFi wolf in Firesheep's clothing
- Missing in green tech: Long attention spa
- CNET tests tablet Web speed, battery life
- High-tech criminals outsmarting the law
- Mobile internet penetration increases
e-Vodcast
See how a pencast for maths can be made using just a smartpen!
January - February 2011 Flex e-News Menu
In focus
» E-standards and M-standards updated!
Tip of the month
e-News
- $400k Toolboxes funding awarded
- $45k technology trials funding awarded
- New research: Enabling workforce development
- Online portal improves holiday experience
- International Journal of ePortfolio
e-Resources
e-Events
- ePortfolios Australia Conference 2011
- AVETRA 2011 looks at sustainable e-learning
- Education 2011-2021 Summit
- E-learning Summit
e-Spotlight
- Australians go ga-ga for gadgets, iPads and smartphones to outsell PCs
- Online education disrupting traditional academic models
- 107 trillion emails sent last year: report
- Social media had crucial role in floods
- Google looks to next decade
- Warning over net address limits
- Facebook launches mobile deals
- Top 10 sites banned at work
e-Vodcast
Growth of mobile phone use across the globe!
October 2010 Flex e-News Menu
In focus
» Survey results confirm a commitment to e-learning
» Results confirm: E-learning contributing to COAG targets
Framework e-learning events!
e-News
- The Knowledge Tree Edition 21 out now!
- Support networks the key to WISDOM's success
- Survey: Storing learner content in e-portfolios
- Upcoming research: Engaging the disengaged
- LEGO movie improves industry productivity
e-Resources
- NEW! The Learning Design Tool you helped create!
- Coming soon – A more secure, private and convenient LORN!
- e-Gems 2010 – catch up on what you missed!
- Tell us what you think of flexiblelearning.net.au and WIN!
e-Events
- Embedding e-technology the online way!
- ePortfolios Australia Conference 2010
- Get in early for Ascilite 2010
- eLearning 2.0 Design
- Adult Learning Australian Conference
e-Spotlight
- Which products will get hyped to death in 2011?
- Privacy is a Facebook priority
- Google is determined to crack the social code
- Real life ‘pre-crime’ technology
- Skype lets you phone friends on Facebook
December 2010 Flex e-News Menu
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November 2010 Flex e-News Menu
In focus
» Get kitted up for e-learning
Tip of the month
e-News
- $200,000 to ‘kick-start’ e-learning in industry
- $2.65 million awarded nationwide for e-learning innovation
- Wide Bay Institute of TAFE takes e-learning innovation award
- E-learning levels the playing field
e-Resources
- New e-portfolio resources!
- What’s new in the Framework’s Resource Centre?
- LORN: What's in it for me?
e-Events
- Event looks at equality in education
- Ascilite 2010 goes global
- E-learning and instructional design conference
e-Spotlight
- Top trends of 2010: Growth of eBooks and eReaders
- Social media 'one part' of Google strategy: CFO
- The attention-span myth
- Facebook's echo of Gekko: speed is good
- Growing up digital, wired for distraction
- MySpace turns to facebook to get its groove back
- We're all hanging up the landline
October 2010 Flex e-News Menu
In focus
» Survey results confirm a commitment to e-learning
» Results confirm: E-learning contributing to COAG targets
Framework e-learning events!
e-News
- The Knowledge Tree Edition 21 out now!
- Support networks the key to WISDOM's success
- Survey: Storing learner content in e-portfolios
- Upcoming research: Engaging the disengaged
- LEGO movie improves industry productivity
e-Resources
- NEW! The Learning Design Tool you helped create!
- Coming soon – A more secure, private and convenient LORN!
- e-Gems 2010 – catch up on what you missed!
- Tell us what you think of flexiblelearning.net.au and WIN!
e-Events
- Embedding e-technology the online way!
- ePortfolios Australia Conference 2010
- Get in early for Ascilite 2010
- eLearning 2.0 Design
- Adult Learning Australian Conference
e-Spotlight
- Which products will get hyped to death in 2011?
- Privacy is a Facebook priority
- Google is determined to crack the social code
- Real life ‘pre-crime’ technology
- Skype lets you phone friends on Facebook
September 2010 Flex e-News Menu
In focus
E-learning tip of the month
e-News
- Online compliance training wins regulatory support
- Improving learner performance with e-assessment
- Wiki opens up communities in Tasmania
- Victorian stablehands in the lead with e-learning
e-Events
e-Resources
- Call for feedback! E-portfolios draft privacy guidelines
- What’s new in the Toolbox Repository?
- Product profile: Choosing a LMS
- flexiblelearning.net.au – New features!
e-Podcast
e-Spotlight
- Mobile phones now our net tool of choice
- Winning websites revealed
- New online Google tool
- Microsoft, Yahoo jostle for search share
- Sony adds touch to e-books
- Wireless internet connections exceed fixed line
- 3D screens for the naked eye
August 2010 Flex e-News Menu
In focus
» Soaring to new heights: NFPs embrace online learning
E-learning tip of the month
e-News
- Industry-RTO partnership a success
- E-learning events extravaganza
- Call for papers – The Knowledge Tree
- Small RTO grows with e-learning
e-Events
- e-Gems September session
- Discover a new world at VETnetwork
- E-learning Benchmarking survey results launch
- Integrated Learning Strategies Forum 2010
- ACPET special offer
e-Resources
- VET E-portfolios Community of Practice
- Podcasts and vblogs - What you need to know
- Popular! Toolbox website
- Free training – Framework communities
e-Podcast
e-Spotlight
- Restricting access to social media can seriously damage your business
- Centrelink, Medicare go wireless to cut queues
- Aussies snap up smartphones and appliances
- Top tech innovators announced at 2010 iAwards
- Quick change in strategy for a bookseller
- Web plan is dividing companies
- Facebook users beware: don't get hacked
- And the job goes to ... the candidate with the right keywords
July 2010 Flex e-News Menu
In focus
» It's e-asy being green: Edition 20 out now!
E-learning tip of the month
e-News
- E-portfolio funding supports learner mobility
- LORN – Have your say!
- Employers confirm: e-learning integral for employee training
- Everyday technology enables more flexible training
e-Events
- eGems: Accessibility, sustainability and benchmarking
- ePortfolios Australia Conference 2010 – Register now!
- Free training – All about Books
- VETnetwork national conference 2010
e-Resources
- Getting started with Toolboxes
- Product profile: Moodle
- Making e-technology work for you: online conference recordings available
e-Vodcast
- Sustainable e-learning practices - with Ian Robertson, Senior Lecturer at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
e-Spotlight
- Research shows social media use has postive impacts on business morale and performance
- Mobiles in use worldwide top five billion
- Google buys Metaweb to improve search results
- Papers' digital revolution rolling on
- US authority shuts down 73,000 bloggers
- Online analysis to be a major part of election strategy
June 2010 Flex e-News Menu
» Framework goes international
» Framework success at IMS GLC international awards
E-learning tip of the month
e-News
- Technology trials set to advance mobile learning
- Inspiring Indigenous participation through e-learning
- Timber training needs flexibility
- Moodle delivers e-learning without limits
e-Events
- e-Gems: Navigate the maze of e-learning
- Free training: Get back to basics on flexiblelearning.net.au
- The early bird gets to go to ACPET 2010!
e-Resources
- what matters: E-assessment research
- New e-learning resource now available!
- E-learning for the disabilities sector
e-Vodcast
e-Spotlight
- Police recruit uses Twitter to tweet on training
- Faster downloads in the air for outback users
- Google privacy probe toothless
- Aussie diners eat up Apple iPad as menu
- Mobile to TV calls the next frontier: Skype
- Google's hot shot search breakthrough: Caffeine
May 2010 Flex e-News Menu
e-News
- VET in Schools: How e-learning can help
- E-portfolios: Verifying VET Learner Attainment Data
- Copyright workshops near you
- ePortfolios conference connections with NYC
- Learning Impact Awards back in 2011
- edna - online survey
e-Events
- FREE two day online conference!
- Building blocks of good learning design
- Upcoming e-learning events!
- 2010 VELG National Conference
- L&D Conference
- International e-learning awards
e-Resources
- DIY E-learning Benchmarking Tools
- Latest e-learning innovations at a click!
- Join Framework discussion groups today
e-Podcast
e-Spotlight
- MySpace takes on Facebook with simple privacy settings
- US judge rules against LimeWire in piracy case
- Google sees 'everything'
- Adobe and Apple in battle of ads over Flash in iPhone apps
- YouTube expands unlisted videos feature
- Twitter co-founder launches Square
- At YouTube, adolescence begins at five
- Using online games to get movie audiences involved
- Emails, computers making Aussie workers dumb
April 2010 Flex e-News Menu
» 5.3 million for e-learning innovation
» NEW research confirms quality e-assessment practices in VET
» E-assessment workshops - coming soon!
» Small business big on e-learning
e-News
- 1.1 million funding for Toolboxes
- FLAG Chair sets e-learning agenda
- E-learning for large employers
- Paramedics go cyber
- LORN – refreshed!
e-Events
- e-Gems: Upcoming webconferencing sessions
- Free training – create web content
- Call for papers - E-portfolios
- State and territory events
e-Resources
- Most popular learning objects unveiled
- Standout e-learning resources!
- flexiblelearning.net.au - Register now!
- Wrap up: Virtual worlds forum
E-learning tip of the month
e-Spotlight
- Teaching about web includes some troublesome pars
- When office affairs take over the bedroom, the lounge...
- MySpace relaunch to combat Facebook
- Aussies sign up for R18+ game ratings as parents worry 'violence floodgates will open'
- UK approves crackdown on internet pirates
- Facebook fans divide the net set in two
- Young gamers get bad grades
- Google CEO says newspapers can make money online
March 2010 Flex e-News Menu
» In focus: Have you got your e-learning Toolbox?
» Virtual worlds take VET by storm
» E-learning tip of the month: Strategies for adopting e-learning
e-News
- $100k funding to trial new technologies
- E-portfolio draft privacy guidelines released
- E-learning funding for power equipment apprentices
- E-learning joins the iPhone app race
- Flexible learning ‘where it’s at’ for young people
- Framework projects dominate technology award finals
e-Events
- e-Gems: Exploring the metaverse – Virtual worlds and games for learning
- Free training – get into groups on flexiblelearning.net.au
- Inclusive Learning Technologies Conference 2010
- MoodleMoot AU 2010 – without limits
- Mark your diary – upcoming events in your state or territory