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Anangu Inworld

RTO:
TAFESA Regional (APY Lands )
Project category:
 Empowering Learners
Industry area:
Innovation and Business
Learner group(s):
Indigenous
Apprentices/trainees
Disengaged youth
Skill shortage area
Geographically isolated
State/territory:
SA
Project Year:
2009
The problem/opportunity being addressed:

The venture into 3D virtual worlds will offer new possibilities for Anangu learners. The engaging learning environment of a realistic remote aboriginal community, with family centre, Council office, art centre, clinic and police station, will give opportunities for people to rehearse communication skills needed for work and everyday living. Indigenous cultural learning strategies involve the keen observation and recognition of visual, spatial and aural information. This rich interactive learning environment will enable the development of skills, through role playing, which have been challenging to broach in face to face training due to 'shame' issues. This online platform supports flexible delivery offering access when Anangu are away from homeland.
The learners/clients and how they will benefit:

Staff and anangu (aboriginal) malpas will play an integral part in collaborating on the virtual Community recreation. They will also produce scenarios from their area of study to be used for inworld role-plays and rehearsals. This project will give all staff opportunities to learn about innovative ways to train and adapt their current learning activities to new virtual learning environments. Students will have opportunities to trial the new learning environment and give feedback on its effectiveness. All community members will be invited to come to the launch of the Art Exhibition and venture into Second Life in the last month of the project.
How the training is currently delivered:

APY Lands TAFESA is currently employing a range of online delivery modes to enable flexible access for aboriginal people in the Lands. Centra, GTalk and Moodle are being used. TAFE staff and students in the Music, Business Studies, Interpreting and Community services courses have begun to use the Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) for access to course material and some assignments over the past year. E-learning has seen an increase in the retention rates of students and Anangu participants from last year’s project have grown in confidence with using online platforms and are eager to venture into virtual worlds.
How the innovation will change current delivery:

Online platforms like virtual 3D worlds bring staff and students together synchronously for a multimedia experience.The interactive and realistic environment will add a dimension to meetings, training, demonstrations and exhibitions that the 2D platforms we presently use cannot achieve. The 'real life' situations and characters will enable participants to 'act' inworld and develop communication skills in 'close to life' scenarios. The Diploma of Interpreting requires constant practice at interpreting in various community settings and the Business Studies and Community service trainees will benefit from communication challenges in situ. Staff can adapt training activities to this 'live' learning platform as well as give students access to learning materials through the Sloodle (Second Life/Moodle) interface.
Resource files: Anangu lnworld Case study produced by TAFE SA Regional APY Lands project 'Anangu Inworld'.

 

 

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