The 2011 ACE National Conference is a “must attend” event for all educators, leaders, policy makers, researchers, advocates, community board members and anyone who is passionate about equity in education in contemporary Australia. The aim is to give fresh consideration to equity in the current Australian education context and contribute to a robust equity framework […]

Eco Parenting, Sub Tropical Forest Food and Bamboo Construction are just some of the Living and Working Sustainably workshops being offered by the Byron Region Community College.

This March 2011 report from the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) in Ireland summarises and discusses research on adult literacy policies and initiatives in Australia, Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, the United Kingdom (England), and the USA. Initiatives and countries were chosen based on their relevance to the Irish context. In all countries chosen, […]

The presentation will explore the content of The Australian Blueprint for Career Development which forms part of the Career Industry Council of Australia’s Quality Assurance Model for the delivery of quality career development programs. Bernadette will look at how the framework was developed, its use with adult learners and how ACE providers can develop suitable […]

This is a session for people who want to run their own Elluminate sessions. It covers best practice for running your Elluminate sessions. We include all the best hints and tips for making sure you look like a professional and have fun too! This interactive session will cover Setting up the Room to suit you […]

The first in a series of four sustainability webinars We encourage you to enrol in this webinar as the orientation to the following three sessions Eco Parenting, Sub Tropical Forest Food and Bamboo Construction are just some of the Living and Working Sustainably workshops being offered by the Byron Region Community College. College director Richard […]

Following on from session 1 – Greening your Centre – this discussion based webinar will focus on: starting with small changes through to bigger redesign options for retro fitting for energy, water, waste efficiency and sustainable procurement options for sourcing subsidies and grants how to bring staff and students on board with behaviour changes Participants […]

Session three in this webinar series, discussing: creative sustainability course options sourcing and supporting sustainability tutors promoting programs through different channels creating a profile as a sustainability education provider Here’s the powerpoint presentation from this session: [Byron Community – Greening courses marketing session 3, 28Jul11 – about 2mb, pptx format]. This session wasn’t recorded however. […]

The final session in this webinar series will discuss: identifying and building relationships with community groups and local government becoming linked into wider sustainability networks and support structures sustainability education partnerships projects advocating for funding for sustainability education Participants are encouraged to take part in the discussion This webinar is supported financially by the Department […]

2011 marks the 20th anniversary of state legislation for Adult Education in Victoria. This was the first whole of state and legislative support for Adult and Community Education. To celebrate this milestone, the Department of Adult Community and Further Education (ACFE) are commissioning a book which will look back on the 20 years and what […]

Presented by Nadia Casarotto, Curriculum Maintenance Manager, responsible for the CGEA, this session will present an overview of the qualifications within the CGEA and the relationship to the VET policy context.  The focus will be on examining how the CGEA can be used to provide diverse learning opportunities for all learners  including incorporating training package […]

Date:    Friday 6th May Time:   1.00 pm AEST Presenter:       The Incomparable Dave Tout Senior Research Fellow, Numeracy & Mathematics, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Content: The discussion aimed to answer questions about the teaching of numeracy, and share and present key ideas and approaches for successfully teaching adults basic maths […]

These days social networking is everywhere built into many web applications such as Flickr and Youtube. This session will look at the main differences between Facebook, Twitter and ordinary blogging. There are many different tools and strategies involved – come and find out what could work for you. Michael Chalk is an adult educator (language, […]

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The Broadband for Senior’s project is scheduled to be concluded on 30 June 2011. This session will bring together representatives from the Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association (ASCCA), U3A Online and Adult Learning Australia who will lead a conversation on some of the strategies you might like to consider to ensure your BFS Kiosk continues […]