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 Flexible Learning Solutions,
Learning Services Division,
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 Lynch has a background as an educator and flexible learning enthusiast in the vocational education and training and university sectors in NSW. She has worked with various companies to write competencies for a number of training packages and engage in flexible learning research. Helen, in her consulting business, has also helped private RTO’s develop elearning resources and manage AQTF requirements. Her most recent work has been in the university sector developing elearning and other resources for indigenous students.

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 2008

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	Date & Time	Event	Location
March	Tue 25th	Series 10 Toolbox Launch (Breakfast Presentation)	Crowne Plaza, Canberra
March	Wed 26th	Toolbox Workshop: Toolboxes and Designing Online Instruction	CIT Southside Campus
April	Tue 22nd	RTO Toolbox Seminar: Toolboxes and Designing Online Instruction	TBA
May	Tue 20th	Toolbox Workshop: Toolboxes and Designing Online Instruction	CIT Bruce Campus
May	Tue 7th	RTO Toolbox Seminar: Web 2 and Toolboxes	TBA
June	Wed 4th	Toolbox Workshop: Toolboxes and Strategies for Online Instructional Design	CIT Reid Campus
July	Tue 22nd	RTO Toolbox Seminar: Web 2 and Toolboxes	TBA
August	Wed 20th	RTO Toolbox Seminar: Teach Anything Anytime Anywhere with Toolbox Learning Objects	TBA
August	Tue 12th	Toolbox Workshop	CIT Bruce Campus
September	Tue 9th	Customising Toolboxes and Toolbox Learning Objects	TBA
October	Tue 21st	Toolboxes workshop	CIT Reid Campus
November	Wed 19th	Toolbox Seminar	CIT Southside Campus
November	Tue 29th	RTO Toolbox Workshop: Repository to CD	TBA

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