Through this business activity, the VET sector will have ready access to relevant information, people and resources that demonstrates leading-edge e-learning practices to support the training needs of individuals and enterprises. Three specific activity areas aim to ensure RTO's are aware of and can benefit from the Framework investment in e-learning infrastructure.

Improved access to online resources and support tools

The flexiblelearning.net.au site will be redeveloped to integrate new website technologies that make current and past information, research and case studies, resources and support tools more easily available to RTOs and practitioners throughout Australia.

Online networks and communities of practice

To ensure that VET practitioners can continue to share knowledge and expertise about e-learning, this activity area will support and sponsor online events and communities of practice across the national training sector. An e-journal of learning innovation will be published to enable the sharing of knowledge and practice

E-learning advice and expertise

An e-learning advisory and support function will be funded at the jurisdictional level. The key focus of this activity area will be to coordinate and undertake activities that embed national Framework outcomes and mainstream e-learning within state and territory training systems.

This will include ensuring RTOs and practitioners are aware of, and can utilise, the products, knowledge and services funded through the Framework's Leadership Program. In addition this role will ensure that e-learning developments funded through the Framework's Innovation Progam will contribute to national sector outcomes eg provide feedback to inform emerging priorities of the Leadership Program.

The respective FLAG member will be responsible for ensuring this activity area addresses Framework goals and objectives within the context of state and territory priorities for e-learning.

• To provide greater access to valuable past resources while adding new material and increasing links.
• To facilitate mentoring and sharing of e-learning experitise among e-learning practitioners, RTO's and business.
• To provide coordination and RTO support in jurisdictions to ensure that Framework resources and services effectively support state and territory e-learning priorities.
• To provide a conduit between the Leadership and Innovation Programs, ie state and territory Innovation Program innovations benefit from, and contribute to, outputs from the Leadership Program.

• Upgraded flexiblelearning.net.au website providing better access to key resources supporting e-learning and improved tools for knowledge-sharing.
• Sharing of e-learning knowledge and experitise across the VET sector and its business partners, through connections between novices, practitioners and experts.
• E-learning developments informed by sound knowledge and practice.
• Effective embedding of e-learning according to state and territory priorities.
• Greater number of RTOs and practitioners using e-learning strategies for personalised learning solutions and training partnerships with industry.
• Evidence of take-up of Leadership Program outputs (eg LORN, Toolboxes, E-standards) by Innovation Program innovations.

• Upgrade of the flexiblelearning.net.au website and implementation of emerging web service strategies to support improved access and knowledge sharing.
• Provision of an e-learning advisory and support function in each state and territory to support the mainstreaming of e-learning by RTOs and take up of Leadership Program outputs.
• Collaborative learning through online events, facilitated communicaties of practice and publication of an e-journal.