On the road again!
Mary and Josie hit the road again last week to Western Australia and South Australia to promote the E-learning Creative Community Partnerships project, as well as participate in consultation session with ACE in WA and SA.
The consultation session in WA was held at the offices of WestOne with Ian Kenny and Ros Howell hosting the session. The session was chaired by Janice Mason from Learning Centre Link. We learned that there are some 75 ACE providers in WA, with the bulk of the delivery being non- accredited. There is a small pocket of accredited delivery happening in community settings, all in partnership with an RTO.Participants had an opportunity to hear more about the Framework, and its funding opportunities, as well as discuss e-learning in and its potential benefits for communities in WA.
We also had opportunity to catch up with old friends, such as Ros McPherson form Challenger TAFE who was funded in 2005, as well ad Sue Thompson, who was a 2000 Flexible Learning Leader with Josie. Sue is now heading up the ACE department at Central TAFE. We were also able to talk to a representative from the 103 telecentres that operate throughout WA. These centres are multidisciplinary support centres and all in non – metropolitan areas. An informative and interesting session. Thanks to WestOne for hosting us!
We then moved on to SA where we met with Sue Ross, who heads up the ACE department at DFEST. We were also able to meet up with some old friends of adult learning and our project, including Rita Bennink, a past ACE rep on FLAG. We also met with Dr Kaye Bowman who will be conducting research into the outcomes of the project in 2007. All in all a very productive journey!
