Current Features - 2007
July 2007
Customising Toolbox learning objects with Web 2.0 technologies
Download mini tutorials on using free software to customise Toolbox learning objects. The tutorials cover:
- Text editing
- Enhancing and editing images
- Creating sound
- Blogs and wikis
- Web 2.0 images
- Video tools
- Personal social web
More information on learning objects and the Toolbox Repository
Technical information
Users will need Flash player 8 or above to play videos, Adobe Reader 6.0 to view PDFs, Javascript enabled in their browsers (Internet Explorer only) to view learning objects. They may also need permission to download and install software from their organisation.
Important note: The Toolbox project does not endorse any of the software used in the tutorials.
New Toolboxes under development
Five new Toolboxes will be developed in 2007 for the following industry areas:
- 10.01 BuildRight (General Construction training package)
- 10.02 Central Water (Water Industry training package)
- 10.03 H2Online (Water Industry training package)
- 10.04 Manufacturing (Competitive Manufacturing training package)
- 10.05 Retailer (Retail Services training package)
These Toolboxes will add to over 95 Toolboxes currently available.
June 2007
Toolbox Nominated for Innovation Award
Employment Consultant Skills(903), developed by Holmesglen TAFE has been nominated for the prestigious Victorian Innovative Product Award.
Employment Consultant Skills is scenario-based and set in the virtual environment of "JobFill", an employment service where you take on the role of an employment consultant. Your diary opens to a page displaying the appointments relevant to the competency you have chosen. Some activities ask you to choose various options which take you on different pathways. The JobFill virtual intranet contains JobFill's policies and procedures, job seeker and employer files, copies of blank forms, and links to useful websites.
View Employment Consultant Skills
You can also download learning objects from this Toolbox free from the Toolbox Repository - use the ‘Search by Toolbox code’ option and select ‘903 – Employment Services’.
The winner will be announced on Thursday 19 July. We wish Holmesglen lots of luck with their nomination, and congratulations to all involved in producing another outstanding e-learning product.
April 2007
Games Learning Objects
Playing computer games has always been fun, and now, with new interactive e-learning games, it can also be educational.
The games, which address national skills shortages, help learners acquire practical skills in the following areas:
- carpentry
- electrical
- plumbing
- catering.
The fourth Game is now available, The Quoting Game - Electrical
View The Quoting Game - Electrical
Try your hand at running a catering business and work your way up from a bed sit and bicycle to a dream holiday by the beach!
View The Quoting Game - Catering
Along with your boss ‘Bill’, help to build a deck using the interactive tape measure to estimate and quote the amount of materials needed.
View the Estimating and Costing Carpentry Jobs game
This game is intended for apprentice roof plumbers to gain the knowledge and skills to install a rainwater tank to a house. The aim of the game is to gather enough rain water to service a household.
View Harvesting the Rain - Games for the Trades - Plumbing
January 2007
Toolbox Series 10: E-Learning Resource Development
Tender No. 01/01-07
Tenders are requested from vocational and technical education (VTE) organisations suitably qualified to act as Lead Agent in the development of e-learning resources (Flexible Learning Toolboxes).
**This tender has now closed
View the Toolbox Series 10: E-Learning Resource Development tender information >
