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challenger TAFE |
Project category:
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Empowering learners |
Industry area:
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Learner group:
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Regional/remote |
State/territory:
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WA |
Project Year:
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2008 |
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Investment has elevated aquaculture to the second largest seafood sector in WA. Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in Australia with an increase of approximately 10% per annum. This increased activity has generated labour shortages and the peak industry body for aquaculture in WA, the Aquaculture Council of Western Australia Inc. (ACWA), estimates an initial requirement of 100 extra jobs in the next 24 months. The labour shortage also affects the greater seafood industry because of competition from the resources and mining sector for metropolitan and rural workers. The project addressed strategic skill development needs by delivering a blend of on-site, (seafood industry workplaces) intensive short blocks of training and on-line delivery. The elearning component of the blended strategy is: • E-learning materials that facilitate the Pest, Predator and Diseases skill set. • Updated components of the Aquaculture toolboxes. • Communication, collaboration and knowledge sharing strategies. • Induction strategies and guides for facilitators and students. • Delivery of elearning materials through a learning management system such as Moodle, Blackboard or WebCT6, including: course information; schedules; assessment requirements; assessment tools; course readings; links to websites; course content; media and so on. Currently elearning resources for training in aquaculture and other seafood industries are limited and little has been done to provide flexible training in the workplace. The project outcomes will increase the uptake of Australia-wide elearning in training organisations that deliver aquaculture training – both on-campus and in the workplace. |
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| Project links: |
Aquaculture Training @ Challenger TAFE blog project blog Mobile Technology in TAFE blog AquaEd Ning Network Fish-e Web CT Login: s03disease Password: pest |
| Keywords: | aquaculture, Moodle, seafood industry |
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