- competency-based apprenticeships
- qualifications recognised across Aus
- maximum flexibility in system - impacts on quality
- grow private training orgs with effective competition
- school-based apprenticeships
- RPL - want to improve uptake
- industry wants to control knowledge base - web 2 does not fit
- training providers not keeping pace with rapid technological change - important
- costs, flexibility and access
- need training to meet needs of lifelong learners - skills shortages, shiftworkers, contractors, mature learners, just-in-time and to suit learners
- need to build capability - respond to physical and online environment
changing role of education and training
often fail to equip people with skills to be able to problem solve and think forthemselves.
- more of the following:
- distributed networks
- social networking
- blended and flexible models
- facilitation driving pedagogy not instruction
- innovation
- market changes e.g. full employment
- Less occurrence of the teacher teaching many.
Manager of 2020: multigenerations, longer later, more teams, flexible working, performance emphasised, innovation
Facilitator talked about Australian Flexible Framework and how we could have links with Australian projects. Learnscope and Knowledge tree online journal. eLearning networks project is running a September Online Event: Tapping into Resources for E-learning 6 - 8 September 2006