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Lifelong learning for
a fairer Australia

Lifelong learning for
a fairer Australia

How to Give a Presentation

‘How to Give a Presentation’ is aimed at helping participants prepare and deliver one. Such a presentation can be as simple as a talk to a few people, a presentation using an LCD projector program, eg ‘TightProjector’, or even one using Elluminate. Keith is an experienced computer tutor. Before retirement, his background included time giving […]

Business looks to ACE for innovative skills training

‘Enterprising ACE’ is the name given to Adult and Community Education providers who are rising to the challenge to meet the workforce training needs of small and medium businesses in their local areas. This will be the subject of a series of webinars to be presented by ALA later in the year. A recently released […]

World First: Men’s Shed Study Tour & International Men’s Shed Forum

  The University of Ballarat, Australian Men’s Shed Association, Victorian Men’s Shed Association and Adult Learning Australia invite you to participate in a World First: Men’s Shed Study Tour & International Men’s Shed Research and Practice Forum 5 Shed Tour, Melbourne to Ballarat, Thursday August 25Forum, Ballarat, Friday August 26   TWO-DAY PROGRAM (Register and […]

LLN-CEN: Working with low level learners and the ACSF (repeat)

Friday 29 July 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm AEST This webinar will concentrate on some supports for low level learners.  It will include: Resources that are mapped to the ACSF Looking at at the skill of ‘learning’ Note: this is a repeat session from 24 June. Please make sure you have access to a copy of the […]

LLN-CEN: Working with low level learners and the ACSF

Friday 24 June 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm AEST This webinar will concentrate on some supports for low level learners.  It will include: Resources that are mapped to the ACSF Looking at at the skill of ‘learning’ Note: quite a few people missed out on this session, so we’re running a repeat session on 29 […]

2011 AGM

The 2011 ALA Annual General Meeting will be held at CAE Melbourne on Monday 26th September at 4.30 p.m. Nominations are currently being accepted for one of three vacant positions on the Board. If you have not received a nomination form in the mail, please contact Raelene Hodge r.hodge@ala.asn.au

Victorian funding round now open

The Hon. Peter Hall MP, Minister for Education and Training, has announced that the second round of the Capacity Innovation Fund, administered by the Adult Community and Education Board (ACFE), is now open. $3 million is being made available by the ACFE board for Victorian Learn Local providers to deliver innovative and projects in local […]

Making life easy at your Broadband for Seniors Kiosk

This session will provide an excellent opportunity for new Broadband for Senior’s host administrators and volunteer tutors to be involved in a panel discussion with Ian, Dom and Keith who have successfully introduced the Broadband for Seniors program to senior members of their communities. This is a chance for you to ask questions; learn what […]

4th National Australian Men’s Shed Association Conference

Registrations for the Brisbane Conference now open 21-23 August Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Registrations are now open for the 4th National Australian Men’s Shed Conference, to be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre is expected to attract over 400 delegates and will promote the spread of Sheds throughout the nation. It will […]

Australian College of Educators Education for Equity Conference

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 […]

Sustainability Webinar: Greening up your Centre

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.

A Literature Review of International Adult Literacy Policies

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, […]

Using The Australian Blueprint for Career Development with Adult Learners [Webinar]

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 […]

Hints and Tips to make Elluminate easy!

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 […]

Sustainability Webinar 1 – Greening up your Centre

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 […]