2002

December 2002

Evaluation of Equity Toolbox Development

The Evaluation of Equity Toolboxes 2002 (Word - 313KB) report has just been released.

Also available is a Response (Word - 68KB) to the recommendations in the report.

This and other reports are available in the Reports area of this site.

Tender for Equity Toolboxes

Tenders are invited for the development of a new series of online products to support training for the following learner groups (click below  to download the guidelines).  Tenders close on December 11th.  

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November 2002

Animation Toolbox wins  APICTA award

Gary Hargreaves, Paul Holland, Tony BradyThe photo shows Animation Toolbox project manager, Garry Hargreaves, QANTM managing director, Paul Holland, and NSW FLAG representative, Tony Brady, with the coveted award trophy after the ceremony.

We are delighted to announce that the Series 4 Animation Toolbox has won the award for the E-learning Section at the Asia Pacific National ICT Awards ceremony on Saturday November 2 at Jupiter's Casino on the Gold Coast.

The product was produced by QANTM Australia and was selected from 62 entries from all sectors of Australian education.  We congratulate the QANTM team - it's a great effort!

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Designing Toolboxes with Indigenous Learners

Peter Robertson with Janice Wurramurra from Groote EylandtPeter Robertson of Kangan Batman TAFE spoke at the AITAC Partners in a Learning Culture Conference on November 7 about the experience of adapting two horticulture Toolboxes for indigenous learners, as part of the series 4 Equity Toolbox initiative.

Peter described how indigenous communities across the country had contributed ideas, voices and images to the redesign of the products.

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More New Toolboxes released

In addition to the recent releases listed below, these Toolboxes are now available:

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October 2002

New Toolboxes Released

Ten new Toolboxes have just been released!
They include the following from Series 3:

these Toolboxes from Series 4:

and these Toolboxes from the Equity group:

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September 2002

Equity Toolboxes

Moira ScollayThe first group of Equity Toolboxes were launched by Moira Scollay at the ANTA Equity in Practice Conference in Melbourne on September 2. Seven products were developed to support indigenous learners, learners with a disability, and learners with literacy and numeracy needs. See the Toolbox Products link for details.

Tenders for a  new round of Equity Toolboxes will be called for in mid-November.

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August 2002

Series 4 Toolboxes Launched August 20 by Minister Nelson

Minister NelsonThe Series 4 Toolboxes were launched by Dr Brendan Nelson, Minister for Education, Science and Training on August 20, 2002 as part of the Networking 2002 Online Conference. Dr Nelson will be featured in a streaming video slide-cast presentation and a tour of the new Toolboxes will allow conference participants to view the products. Samples can be seen via the Toolbox Products link.


Provision of Mentoring Services

Tenders are invited for the provision of mentoring services to teams developing the fifth series of Toolboxes. The Tender brief is now available: TENDER NO. 02/03 - 02

Metadata Workshops

Prospective Toolbox teams may be interested in this National Series of Workshops (Word - 71KB).

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June 2002

Toolbox Series 5

Expressions of Interest are invited for the development of a fifth series of Flexible Learning Toolboxes.  Here are the Guidelines (Word - 138KB). Applications close at 2 pm, Wednesday June 5th 2002.

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May 2002

Overview of 2002 and 2001 Projects

Toolboxes are developed within the Online Product Development, Evaluation and Uptake project.  Read the Project Description and the current status (May 2002) of the project.

Here is an Overview of the Online Product Development, Review and Evaluation project in 2001.  The 2002 project is outlined on the Toolbox Home page.

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April 2002

Field testing of Toolbox Series 3

If you are running, or planning to use, a series 3 Toolbox in 2002, please consider this Expression of Interest for field testing (Word - 45KB) the products.  Applications close April 26th.

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March 2002

Evaluation of Toolbox Usage (Series 3)

Tenders are being called for the Evaluation of the Flexible Learning Toolboxes (Series 3) and are due by March 20th. Download the tender document (Word - 147KB)

The Original Website for the 2001 Equity Projects

Online Products for Equity Groups

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February 2002

More Series 3 Demonstrations

Demonstrations of the series 3 Toolboxes continued early in 2002. See the Registration Form (PDF - 34.6KB) for more details. You can preview the competencies covered, read  reviews and link to the model web sites from the Series 3 Toolboxes.

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January 2002

What's New in 2002?

Changes to Help Desk Numbers

New phone numbers now apply for some Series 2 Toolbox Help Desks: