ACT Toolbox Champions Service

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Services

We currently provide support and assistance for Toolboxes in the areas of customisation; WebCT integration; platform compatibility; and educational design issues.

Various tasks completed to date include:

1. Customisation of the HortWeb and Warehouse Toolboxes for two way integration with WebCT 3.x

2. Installation and customisation of Toolboxes on a Linux platform:

Administration
Retail Management
Cybertots
HortWeb
Library and Information Services
Programmer's Workbench
The Virtual Warehouse
Systems Analysis and Design
Tourism

3. User forums on the delivery method of Toolboxes in an Online Environment.

This site also provides great links to generic activities and assessment activities from Toolboxes.

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Who to contact

Helen Lynch Centre for Education Excellence,
Canberra Institute of Technology,
GPO Box 826
Canberra ACT 2601

Helen Lynch
Phone: (02) 6207 4031
Fax: (02) 6207 4834
Email: helen.lynch@cit.act.edu.au

Helen Lynch and team are supporting Toolbox implementation in the ACT.

Helen is a committed advocate of flexible learning and Flexible Learning Toolbox resources. She has a background as an educator and flexible learning enthusiast in the vocational education and training and university sectors in NSW. She has worked as an educational management and curriculum consultant with various companies to write competencies for a number of training packages, undertake flexible learning research and help small RTO's manage AQTF and educational business requirements. As well as acting as our Toolbox Champ Helen is an online educational designer with the Flex:ed team, Centre for Education Excellence at Canberra Institute of Technology. Helen holds post graduate qualifications in educational management, online education and Indigenous education and is currently undertaking a doctorate at the University of Southern Queensland researching professional development and learning object reuse.

The ACT Toolbox Champion team are keen to share their Toolbox and elearning expertise with other teachers and trainers across the ACT and hope to offer assistance in the effective use and implementation of Toolboxes in an educational environment.

ACT Toolbox Champions' newsletters

Download the ACT Toolbox Champions Newsletter:

Issue 2, March, 2007 in PDF (199KB)

View archived newsletters prior to 2007 >

For the latest national news on Toolboxes visit: www.flexiblelearning.net.au/toolbox/

Generic activities in Toolboxes

Many of the Flexible Learning Toolboxes contain learning material related to generic workplace activities such as 'communicating in the workplace' and 'occupational health and safety procedures'.

We've added a page to our site to provide you with links to some of these generic activities.

View the Generic activities page

Assessment activities in Toolboxes

Flexible Learning Toolboxes use an authentic assessment approach where assessment activities are embedded in the learning process. We've added a page to our site to provide you with links to some examples of Toolbox assessment activities.

View the Assessment activities page

Toolbox Treasure Hunt

Try the Toolbox Treasure Hunt

Click on the blank parchment to see the clues which will appear on the left of the screen. Click on the RED X every time it appears to progress through the Hunt.

Tip: The Clues refer to the navigation of the Toolbox. If you are directed to page 3 of the Toolbox you might need to use the Toolbox scroll bar to see the navigation page numbers.

Toolbox Calendar of Events 2009

Information sessions, demonstrations and workshops can be planned to suit your organisation. Please contact Helen Lynch (email: helen.lynch@cit.act.edu.au ph: (02) 6207 4031) to arrange a time.

Month	Event	Date	Day	Location	Time
Feb	Toolbox Launch	18th	Wednesday	Crowne Plaza	8am - 9:30am
March	Toolbox Showcase: Toolboxes, Learning Objects and LORN	3rd	Tuesday	CIT Southside	8am - 9:30am
March	Make your own learning object the easy way with the VET Reload Tool	17th	Tuesday	CIT Southside	8am - 9:30am
May	Toolbox customisation: Text and images	5th	Tuesday	CIT Southside	8am - 9:30am
June	Toolbox customisation: The World of Web 2	10th	Wednesday	CIT Southside	8am - 9:30am
June	Toolbox customisation: Repository to CD	30th	Tuesday	CIT Southside	8am - 9:30am
July	From the classroom to the Web: Teaching and learning Online with TLO	22nd	Wednesday	CIT Southside	8am - 9:30am
August	Prepare you business for rapid e-learning development: Toolboxes, learning objects and return on investment	18th	Tuesday	CIT Southside	8am - 9:30am
Sept	Toolbox customisation:Adding audio with Audacity	22nd	Tuesday	CIT Southside	8am - 9:30am
Oct	Toolbox Showcase: Toolboxes, Learning Objects and LORN	13th	Tuesday	CIT Southside	8am - 9:30am

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