Articulation between VET and Higher Education - Discussion Paper

The Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council has released a discussion paper which offers a review of research, opinions and shares existing international models of tertiary education system integration. The paper is available from this link:

https://www.cshisc.com.au/docs/research-reports/discussion_paper_-_articulation_april_2012.pdf

MF

Sydney Facilitators Network - February meeting

The next Sydney Facilitators Network will be held next monday 11 February with an interesting topic:

"Next Meeting | Monday February 11, 2013 | 5.30pm   ‘Planning for a Facilitation’ with Paul Worth   We don’t often discuss or share the nuts and bolts of how we plan and get organised for a facilitation, so for our kick off session for the year, Paul Worth our guest facilitator will draw out from us the essential items of planning a session, but more importantly, encourage us to share our own planning processes and templates.  Please bring along anything you are prepared to share and allow others to use.    We don’t often offer outputs at the end of the Facilitators sessions (you’ve got to show up to get the value), but we may be tempted to publish the “mother of all checklists”.   Facilitator:   Paul Worth is a multi talented facilitator, e-Organising trainer and coach working with a variety of clients and RTOs for over 15 years. During this time he has delivered a variety of training and development programs to a broad selection of clients, working with groups from 6 – 300 people. With over 30 years business experience at senior management levels in industries including training & development, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, automotive and financial services, Paul is an expert in people development and is highly skilled in the design, delivery and customisation of effective learning programs.  His outstanding communication skills allow him to work effectively across all organisational levels.   Venue:  University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street. Change of Room February 2013 only – Building 10 [our usual building], Level 3, Room 330 (CB10.03.330)   Time: From 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up"

E-learning facilitation ettiquette - History of workplace training - articles

I would like to share two interesting articles. One of them is about practial steps to improve e-learning facilitation:

http://eteach2012.wordpress.com/2012/09/14/6-steps-e-learning-faciltation-ettiquette/

the second article is a good summary of the history of workplace training:

http://c4lpt.co.uk/social-learning-handbook/an-introduction-to-workplace-learning/

have a good reading.

MF

Training Directions Network (TDN) - October 2013 meeting

Training Directions Network (TDN)

Minutes of the TDN meeting held on 17 October 2012

Present:  Sarithya Tuy (CCWT), Emily Jones (YAPA), Patrick Baffoun (STARTTS),

Julia Candy (WSCF), Miguel Ferrero (WSCF),  

Apologies:  Katy Mercer (IFP-Institute of Family Practice), Jaye Toole (MD Services),  Jackie Wilgress (FWTDP), Margaret Tipper (CRN), Justine Lee (CCWT),  Anne-Marie Kerr and Sylvia Bettancourt  (TRI), Anna-Maria Reyes (ICE)

Facilitator:      Miguel Ferrero                                                 Minutes Taker: Julia Candy

1.                  Welcome/Introductions

TDN attendees were asked to introduce themselves   

2.                  Apologies:  See list

 

3.                  Business Arising from previous minutes

None

4. HOT TOPIC: Guest Speaker: Peter Rogers – WESTIR Executive Officer –  “Basic Principles for Developing a Training Needs Analysis”

 

This is a brief summary of Peter’s presentation and discussion. 

 

·         26 tips to writing a good survey (see attached sheet).

·         Time and commitment from managers strongly influence employees accessing courses and training opportunities.

·         Focus groups issue a different level of detail when compared to surveys.

·         Surveys are good for Quantitative information. They are used more for finding out the ‘nuts and bolts’ information.

·         Focus groups and interviews are better for Qualitative information, but they take more time and resources.

·         Getting the target group for analysis right is highly important.

·         Training needs assessments don’t always assess a person’s capability. They ask what you would like to do rather than what you are actually able to do (time, money, skills, etc).

·         Perhaps we need to evaluate courses that were cancelled to find out why they were cancelled.

5.                   “What’s Happening” (new workers and new projects)

Sarithya Tuy:

·         Access to calendar will be online in November. Paper copy will no longer be sent out to organisations so please download it yourself from CCWT website

·         Diploma of Management 2 day course will be running- recognition of prior learning.

·         Emerging leadership program has been run for the last 5 years. We are currently evaluating the program to see if it will continue. The response to this course has been positive so it is likely it will keep running.

Emily Jones (YAPA):

·         Survival Training Program: run four times a year. The next one is in November and will be held at Surry Hills office.

·         The Rural Road Trip: Location is still being finalized but it will most likely be in Dubbo. It is about heading out to regional service providers to provide training. It will be held in February 2013.

·         We will possibly be holding a service managers training.

·         Currently re-designing the website which will be up and running in about a month.

Patrick Baffoun (STARTTS)

·         Last Friday we held a seminar on Community Development in Australia with Jim Ife which was well attended.

·         The CEO of the Benevolent society will be giving a presentation on gender issues in refugee communities, specifically directed at working with boys. There is no cost for this training which will run on the 10^th of December from 6pm-8pm.

·         Workshop on “Conflict Transformation” run with AVP is open to refugee organisations at no cost. 10^th-11^th of November at STARTTS Auburn office

·         Hoping to deliver a youth camps training session before the end of the year.

·         There will be advocacy training on the 20^th of November.

·         There will be a Narrative approach seminar possibly in March 2013.

·         The new calendar will be e-mailed out, but it is subject to change. E-mail Patrick to confirm the training is going ahead.

·         If there is an area of training you are interested in, we are looking to work in collaboration with other organisations.

·         The accidental counselor training is in high demand and is running every two months.

Miguel (WSCF):

·         The training calendar is now split into two: HACC training and Community Builders Training Calendars.

·         As part of a partnership with the Sydney Alliance, we promoted the two day Sydney Alliance training through our training calendar.

·         A lot of in-house training requests, especially in Auburn, Liverpool and Fairfield.

·         Sessions on Submission Writing have been very popular.

·         Next year we will be offering shorter sessions and targeting management  committee members on topics such as fundraising and lobbying.

·         Calendar available at www.wscf.org.au

 

Blended Learning - Skills and Models

I found another two articles about "blended training" teaching and the challenges that it brings.

http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/10/04/5-skills-for-blended-learning-teachers.aspx

http://www.innosightinstitute.org/media-room/publications/blended-learning/blended-learning-model-definitions/

Happy reading

MF

E-Learning - Articles

Dear TDN members
I found these two interesting article about E-learning:

One of them is about principles in E-learning facilitation and some info on free -learning courses:

http://eteach2012.wordpress.com/2012/09/14/6-steps-e-learning-faciltation-ettiquette/

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/50-top-sources-of-free-elearning-courses/

MF

Sydney Facilitators Network - November meeting

Next Meeting | Monday November 12, 2012 | 5.30pm

“Wildcard” – Processes and Ideas for Facilitating Large Groups

 

At a 'Wildcard' meeting, volunteer facilitators step-up to run a short ‘taster’ session of between 5 and 20 minutes. Wildcards offer a great way to get a whole range of ideas and tools for working with groups. It’s also a good opportunity to try something out or share something you have seen work.

 

November Wildcard theme ‘Processes and Ideas for Facilitating Large Groups’.

Large groups often present a challenge for facilitators. What tools are available? What works and what doesn’t? Tips and tricks to get the best out of a situation.

Sessions are not scheduled in advance. Everything happens on the night including a short debriefing.

 

About the Facilitator:

 

Session facilitators sign up on the night. This is what makes the wildcard such an enjoyable learning experience. Come with something to share or just to learn and have fun.

 

Venue:

University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street.

Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, Take the lift to level 5, cross the atrium footbridge, walk straight ahead to room 580.

 

Time:

From 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up