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The purpose of this wiki is for us to build up a list of suitable online learning materials. Please select your favourite two or three online resources and add them to the wiki. For each include a title, the URL and a one line description of what the web site is about. If you put your name at the end we'll know who has posted which items. :)


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Online Facilitation Resources

Australian Flexible Learning Framework media type="custom" key="3110912" Check out this link for the latest e-learning news and developments, as well as links to products, resources and support networks.

Please add your links/urls and short comment on why they are useful in the empty boxes below. Thanks, Frankie

Oh Dear. I hope I'm doing the right thing. Here are some thoughts and some URLs on Onlone Learning. This is all good Teresa, thanks for getting us started :) cheers Frankie It’s a little difficult to assess the online learning resources -- to really get to the nitty-gritty of most of them requires enrolment, payment, log in, password and other details. I’ve been studying online at the University of Canberra www.**canberra**.edu.au/ for over two years. Until this month they used a WebCT platform which was simple to use and easy to navigate. Courses were clearly listed. Mail, resources, discussions were flexible and accessible. This month they transferred to a Moodle environment which, in contrast to the WebCT, seems clunky and messy. Full screens of text appear to be non-collapsible even when choosing a nested view of listings. It doesn’t seem too friendly.

The UK has LearnDirect centres (I won’t worry you with the web site). These sound promising. Potential learners can go to a centre and use the internet to learn a myriad courses. The first requirement is to locate a centre and there are promises of centres everywhere but the search always results in no matches!

There are ‘free’ online learning sites such as Learn Web Design at []. It’s setup well with some helpful content. Interspersed are numerous advertisements for books, .pdfs – all necessary to the course and all costing dollars (or pounds). A clear and very simple site is ‘How to Read Music’ []. It presents exactly what it claims. Language and style are accessible and facilitate learning. Sometimes a screen contains a little too much content but that’s about the only problem.

There’s a selection of free courses listed and accessible from the site ’45 Things You Can Learn Online’ at []. You can learn that the word papa in Spanish means papa and also potato! You can also learn to belly dance, to play bridge and a host of other things. Good luck to you all and happy belly dancing, Teresa.

2. Hi Teresa. I like this space. Much better than what I was thinking...My recommendation on online learning resources: Thanks Ella, that link to Alldownunder is a great one! Frankie


 * 1) Know your Australia : [] - Sharing Information About Australia incl. facts and figures, handy links, quizzes and much more.


 * 1) Oz ESL : [] - quizzes about Australian culture, history, animals, slang


 * 1) ABC radio: [] - weekly health report (audio + transcripts)

Cheers, Ella

Hi all 1. [|http://foodsafe.ucdavis.edu/#]excellent for Food Safety Training 2. [] This is a fun virtual hotel aimed at OHS training 3.http://www.futuratraining.com.au/ (Hospitality Training)

Hayley Dennis

Hi Hayley, I had a look at the first one and had a great time listening/watching the clops - loved the BBQ safety one!!! Frankie

Hello All 1. http://www.download.com A good source to check out the latest software available on the market. The site includes links to Freeware and Shareware applications. A good source for my students as they need to know what is currently the best available software in use and where to best apply it. 2. http://mcpmag.com A great online source to catch up with the latest news relating to Microsoft Operating Systems. The site has articles and forums which help people (students) with system configuration issues and also provides general info about Microsoft Products. 3. http://www.linuxforums.org A really good way to begin; when you are new to the Linux Platform. This site helps with all sorts of articles and forums to help setup a Linux based Operating System network.

That's all for now Kamran

Thanks Kamran, I've bookmarked that download site as i'm always on the prowl for new software! Tx Frankie

The following links on e-learning may be of use to some of you (note: although the links may take you to IT related sites the general information about "flexible" and "e" learning may be of some use. http://toolboxes.flexiblelearning.net.au/champions/

http://designing.flexiblelearning.net.au/ cheers, Jim

Thanks Jim, I also like the toolbox repository which has mini bits of the full toolboxes! The design elearning is also a fantastic site. cheers Frankie

Hi The links are relating to blended learning for Java Programming - Introduction [] []

Regards John K Hi John, ok, i admit it - they're a bit over my head! Look useful though. cheers Frankie

Hi Everyone Here are two websites that I find very useful and an interesting article on online facilitation in the third website

Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria, Australia [] anything you want students to research in relation to the environment [|Calendar of Events] Registration allows you access to a range of customised tools and information that can help in the planning, starting and running of your small business. [] Professors often characterize on-line teaching as cold, impersonal, and in various ways inferior to live teaching. [] Roz Thanks Roz, these are all useful, especially the small business one. tx Frankie

This is a bit difficult for me as I am not currently teaching and have not taught for about 6 years so I am not using or sharing online resources with students. However my role now is managing the development of elearning resources (for example 'Optimake' a series 11 Toolbox). So my link is to the eWorks site that provides the previews of Toolboxes that can be purchased by teachers for use with their learners http://toolboxes.flexiblelearning.net.au/preview/index.htm

Cheers Alex Thanks Alex, actually the eworks site itself is a good one to share too. :) cheers Frankie

Hi all I am a little late joining this discussion but here at last I use the HR Flexible learning Toolbox for a number of subjects, I also use a number of government websites for related materials. I teach in Industrial Relations, Workforce PLanning, Performance Management, Project Management. A great resource for business templates and games is [|www.businessballs.com] a training website that has a monthly newsletter and access to training news and games is [|www.thiagi.com] both of these are good for extras and different methods of getting the message across.

I use TafeVC but really I am using it as a repository rather than an interactive resource. I like this I am looking at ways I can incorporate this into classes next semester. cheers Sue Brown

Thanks Sue I will try the Businessballs site Roz Davey Hi Sue, I've bookmarked the businessballs one, it's great! Thiagi's site I know and I also get the emailed updates which reminds me to go to see what's new. : ) cheers Frankie

Hi All, At last I have worked out how to do this after sending wikis all over the place! 2 sites that I use frequently and recommend to my students are: www.florey.edu.au wwwbetterhealth.vic.gov.au Both sites have lots of good information about a variety of medical conditions and current medical research. Some good quizzes about body systems can also be found on the sites. Kathleen Malek Hi Kathleen, well done for persevering and thanks, the betterhealth one is on I know and I agree that it has good quizzes! cheers Frankie

Form John W, VCE maths teacher: The section of the VCAA website relating to Year12 Further Maths: []

and the Mathletics website recommended in the phone hook-up, at a glance it seems to require payment to use it. [] Hi John, thanks for posting the information, yes the Mathletics one does cost but is relatively inexpensive I've found. cheers Frankie

[] This is a great site for health professionals interested in cultural diversity. It provides information about many different cultures and their values and beliefs in relation to health matters. Peta Righetti Hi Peta, I've just had a look at this site and it's a mine of information! Thanks, cheers, Frankie