E-learning projects meet for a sharing day
On Tuesday the 22nd November the 12 Community Leaders of the 2006 projects met for the final time in Melbourne for an evaluation/ sharing day. The venue was colourful, made more so with the use of flowers, balloons and colourful cloths used at the induction workshop.
The day started with some music from Louis Armstrong, and an exercise developed from ARED, where participants were asked to reflect on the song titles chosen and how this represented their e-learning journey. Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off saw a few nods in the room!
The day was facilitated by Delia Bradshaw, a good friend and valuable contributor to our project this year.
Delia asked the projects to reflect on a key achievement for both learners and teachers. A key theme was quite clearly one of awareness raising in the community, and having created a manageable, sustainable demand for e-learning in their communities.
Teachers reported on changing teaching methodologies and a growth in confidence, knowledge and the development of a whole new repertoire of skills.
Community leaders also reported back on their partnerships by discussing their collaboration charts. Each project created a chart at the beginning of the project in April and again yesterday.
They also discussed sustainability, partnerships, stakeholder interests and strategies to help the projects towards sustainability into the future. We also discussed their on going professional development needs, and how this could be supported.
The day ended with Ron Anderson, ACE member on FLAG, presenting each project with a certificate of participation.
Our sincere thanks to Delia for her support and input in making the day such a success.
If you would like to see some photos of the day, please visit our wiki at elearnala.wikispaces.com
