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Lifelong learning for
a fairer Australia

Lifelong learning for
a fairer Australia

Community Pathways to VET award winner announced

Ron Maxwell from Western College with Kate Davis

The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) have announced the winners of their National Australian Training Awards for 2011.

This year, for the first time, the award categories included a national award for Community Pathways to VET, and ALA board member, Mark Brophy was one of the judges. Western College in Dubbo, NSW was the winner of the award.

LLN-CEN (virtual) Wine and Cheese Event

For people interested in building up connections across the new LLN Community Educator Network (LLN-CEN). Come to a virtual wine & cheese event. Bring your networking skills and your thinking […]

Adult learning spaces celebrated

Melbourne turned on a beautiful spring day to welcome the participants of the 51st ALA Conference in September. The theme of this year’s conference was Celebrating Adult Learning Spaces and this inspired a wide range of national and international presentations from keynote speakers about how the physical and conceptual spaces of learning are created.

2011 ALA Conference papers available

The papers from this year’s ALA conference—Celebrating Adult Learning Spaces—are now available online. Click here to view.

Older Australians and the Internet

In this session Sandra will share her experiences and ideas about what is best practice in teaching older people how to use the Internet and to explore the current training […]

Webinar: Cooperative Learning Ltd – a model for working collaboratively

Cooperative Learning Ltd (CLL), comprising 17 Community Colleges, 16 of which are RTOs, is an exciting experiment in collaboration between regional NSW training providers.  While still in the early stages […]

It’s never too late to learn to read

The National Year of Reading 2012 was given a grant by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations to run a writing competition as part of Adult […]

National Adult Learners Awards 2011 winners announced

(from left) Dr Jean Serle, Fiona Plesman and Katrina Shields: winners of the National Adult Learners Awards 2011

Adult Learning Australia is very proud to announce the winners of the 2011 National Adult Learners Awards held in Melbourne on the 26th September 2011 at Beer Deluxe in Federation Square.

Australian Adult Educator of the Year: Dr Jean Serle.

Jean was a founding member of the Queensland Council for Adult Literacy where she developed innovative and …

Portable Apps, Freeware and Discussion

In this session Keith explains what Portable Apps is all about, installing it and usage. He then goes on to explain how to add to Portable Apps and where and […]

Webinar – Streamlining Producing Your Printed Course Publication

From preparation to print – you can produce your publication used to advertise your classes in 4 weeks or less. Organization and software tools are the keys to a successful […]

September Quest now available

ALA’s latest issue of Quest magazine is now available. This edition features interviews with innovative Indigenous educator, Kathryn Gilbey and Australia’s delegate to the UN Commission for the Status of […]

Minister Hall announces Learn Local Award winners

A young woman who overcame adversity to continue with her education, in fact now studying for a Bachelor of Business, has been named the state’s ‘Outstanding Learner’ in the 2011 […]

LLN-CEN Webinar: Using NLP to assist students with low confidence

Expanding the boundaries of students with negative belief systems to achieve amazing results This webinar will use some of the processes of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) to assist educators to […]

ALW Webinar – From neighbourhood centres to employment and beyond – the ‘value’ of ACE across the learning and development spectrum

Friday 26 August at 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm AEST This is the second in the series of Adult Learners’ Week webinars for 2011. Facilitated by Aileen Boyer and Jane […]

ALW Webinar – It’s only the beginning: Later life learning and career shifting

Thursday 8 September, 2011, at 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm AEST. It is fitting that the third and final webinar in the Adult Learners’ Week 2011 series should focus on […]

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