Housekeeping Management Consulting
Honours for E-learning Innovations projects
Ariane Lellmann and Ann Brady
By: Hayley Beck, Australian Flexible Learning Framework
The Learning Impact Awards (LIA2011) was a very successful event not only due to the interesting speakers and overwhelming LIA entrants but as commented by Rob Abel (CEO of IMS Global) due to the ‘outstanding quality of LIA entrants’ which made it very difficult for the judges to decide on award allocations.
Following is a list of the successful awards recipients:
* Winner: Mathletics (3P Learning Pty Ltd)
* Ist runner-up: Diving Supervisors and Chamber Supervisor Training* 2nd runner-up: Redefining ‘Class’ (Wanganui Park Secondary College) * Encouragement Award: Finance for Housekeepers (Lycette & Associates/Balfour College)* Encouragement Award: Remote Access Laboratory (USQ)
* Encouragement Award: BlogED (NSW Department of Education and Training (DET)
* Encouragement Award: Deloitte Leadership Academy (Deloitte)* People’s Choice: Tri-Border Attendance Strategy (Department of Education, WA)
Two innovative e-learning projects, funded and supported by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework) were among the recipients. The awards, which recognise outstanding applications of technology to support education and learning, were held in Melbourne on 24 February 2011. ‘Diving into mobile learning’ was named runner-up of the Learning Impact Award and ‘Hospitalit-e’ received an Encouragement Award.
Diving into mobile learning
In 2010, the Australian Diver Accreditation Scheme (ADAS) partnered with the NSW Public Safety Diving unit, to ensure public safety divers stayed up-to-date with industry standards and occupational health and safety legislation. Public safety dive teams, attached to the police, navy and army, face some of the most difficult and demanding scenarios of any rescue group. They typically dive in low-visibility or even black-out conditions, racing to save a life or methodically searching the bottom for evidence. The project used the Moodle learning management system (LMS) and mobile technologies such as netbooks and smartphones to provide learners with just-in-time information in the field. An offline version of the LMS (Poodle) was also created to provide information, resources and training materials to current and past ADAS learners.
Hospitalit-E
In 2010, Balfour College, working with Lycette & Associates, needed to address a skills gap identified where housekeepers working in resorts, hotels, aged care facilities and hospitals are often responsible for maintaining budgets, sometimes worth millions of dollars. Housekeepers tend to be recruited internally and learn on-the-job rather than through formal qualifications. Using Moodle and creating learning objects with Adobe Captivate, the project team devised an online learning program for three units of competency in finance. Assessment was carried out through online and work-based tasks.
Both projects were funded and supported by the Framework’s E-learning Innovations business activity. The ADAS project will now progress to the international IMS Global Learning Impact Awards, taking place in Long Beach California on 16-19 May 2011.
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