training providers forum 2013
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2013Western Australia’s leading Forum onTraining and Workforce Development
17 – 18 JUNE
Sustainability, Technology and Innovation in Training
TRAININGPROVIDERS FORUM
PROGRAMFor more information and to register go to vetinfonet.dtwd.wa.gov.au/tpf
supported by Telstra
Sustainability, Technology and Innovation in Training
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2013 Training Providers Forum. The Forum is Western Australia’s largest annual gatherings of vocational education and training (VET) staff and practitioners.
This year the Forum’s themes are innovation, technology and sustainability and our program has been designed to reflect these themes and highlight an extensive range of presenters and topics.
This year we have increased the number of concurrent workshops so there are 28 sessions to choose from. Unlike previous years, you are not required to register for individual sessions.
As delegates you will have the oppor tunity to learn about both National and State policy and attend innovative sessions that will provide information, ideas and resources on quality teaching and learning that can be taken back and applied in your workplace.
I would like to thank all our presenters, from interstate and Western Australia. I am sure you will all enjoy the Forum and we look for ward to your feedback.
Dr Ruth SheanDirector GeneralDepartment of Training and Workforce Development
WELCOME TO THE TRAINING PROVIDERS FORUM 2013
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DAY 1 - MONDAY 17 JUNE 2013 DAY 2 - TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2013
7:00 Registration 8:00 Registration
8:30 Welcome to countryKim CollardKooya Consulting
Welcome to the Training Providers ForumDr Ruth SheanDirector GeneralDepartment of Training and Workforce Development
Opening addressHon. Terry Redman MLAMinister for Training and Workforce Development
Keynote address Mark PesceFuturist and author
Massive Attack: Opportunity and orientation in online education
8:30 Update on National ReformsDr Ruth SheanDirector GeneralDepartment of Training and Workforce Development
Keynote addressNils VeskInnovation ArchitectInnovation Blueprint
Innovation with Legs. How to bring innovation to the training world..and keep it in motion
10:30 Morning tea 10:00 Morning tea
11:00 Session 1Concurrent presentations
10:30 Session 4Concurrent presentations
12:00 Plenary presentationAllan BlagaichChief Executive OfficerSchool Curriculum and Standards Authority
VET in the WACE 2016 and beyond
11:30 Plenary presentationAnita MillsActing General ManagerUnique Student Identifier Taskforce
VET Transparency Agenda – what’s in it for me?
12:30 Lunch 12:30 Lunch
1:30 Session 2Concurrent presentations
1:30 Keynote addressSusi Steigler-PetersNational General ManagerEducation Industry DevelopmentTelstra Enterprise and Government
Quality Teaching for Personalised Learning
Forum reflectionsDr Ruth SheanDirector GeneralDepartment of Training and Workforce Development
2:30 Afternoon tea 2:30 Afternoon tea
3:00 Session 3Concurrent presentations
3:00 Session 5Concurrent presentations
4:00 Networking drinks 4:00 End
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Sustainability, Technology and Innovation in Training
Mark Pesce
Australia’s leading futurist, Mark Pesce’s work has kept him at the forefront of emerging developments in science, technology and media. With his unique ability to make abstract concepts clear for lay audiences and further the knowledge of the technologically savvy, he is a much sought-after public speaker who lectures throughout the world on a variety of topics – from the latest trends on the internet to current developments in neuroeconomics and the future of design in an energy-conscious world.
Follow Mark on twitter @mpesce
Susi Steigler-Peters
Susi has responsibility for the Education vertical within Telstra. Her national role reaches all schools, TAFEs, universities and key education agencies, including those with responsibility for curriculum, teacher accreditation, regulation, credentialing and content creation in Australia.
Susi’s key areas of focus are the provision of thought leadership, solution innovation, industry insight and strategic engagement with education C-levels and ministers. She is focused on collaborating with education leaders to help them arrive at their preferred future. Susi is a champion of the link between education and the nation’s economy.
Nils Vesk
Nils Vesk is a professional designer but you won’t find him designing your office layout or your company website. For the last 18 years Nils has been applying the process of design thinking to the business of generating and realising ideas. His clients include the world’s fastest growing companies who use Nils as a virtual think tank and change catalyst for accelerating business growth through innovation.
Follow Nils on twitter @nilsvesk
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS MONDAY 17 JUNE 2013
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2013
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Allan Blagaich Chief Executive Officer School Curriculum and Standards Authority VET in the WACE 2016 and beyond
Anita Mills Acting General Manager Unique Student Identifier Taskforce
VET Transparency Agenda – what’s in it for me?
Dr Ruth Shean Director General Department of Training and Workforce Development Update on National Reforms
PLENARY PRESENTATION MONDAY 17 JUNE 2013
PLENARY PRESENTATION TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2013
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SESSION 1
Guy TrussPrincipal Lecturer
South West Institute of Technology
E-learning pedagogy – not just bells and whistles
Designing and providing good quality, engaging e-learning opportunities for students requires much more than just adding ‘bells and whistles’ to existing learning resources.
The essential elements that must accompany well-designed e-learning programs are positive leadership, removal of accessible barriers, building and maintaining sustainable learning communities and the development of strong, collaborative networks between students and facilitators.
Developing and using quality resources with online technology is only one part of the story. How educators link learning activities, online technologies and tools with modern learning theories and strategies is another.
Overcoming the social media risk factors and linking everything together presents yet another challenge.
We tell our story from the perspective of the practitioner.
Co-presentersAmanda SmithRebecca Evans
Steph TrestrailExecutive Officer
Training Accreditation Council
Vocational competence and currency – The regulator ’s approach
The VET sector has long required its practitioners to be ‘jacks of all trades’ – specifically trainers, assessors and industry specialists.
This requirement has been consistently supported by the sector’s governing bodies with the aim of ensuring that the ‘right person’ provides learners with training and assessment.
So why do so many find it hard to address AQTF Standard 1.4 and SNR 4.4 and 15.4?
This session unpacks the standard and examines the criteria applied by the regulator when assessing the standard for compliance.
Participants will gain a clear understanding of the intent of the standard and the factors contributing to the auditor’s judgement of compliance.
CONCURRENT PRESENTATIONS
Margaret QuartermaineDirector
Marr Mooditj Training Inc
They come and they stay
Marr Mooditj Training uses innovative strategies to address the learning barriers faced by Aboriginal students, while encouraging their holistic wellness and increasing the rate of student retention.
Co-presentersSophie HillsVicki Lenegan
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Dannielle PhelanPrincipal e-learning Consultant
Lantern Learning Design
Instructional Design – what works?
Come along to this fun-filled workshop and come away with practical instructional design tips for transforming your e-learning resources, engaging your students and building your confidence.
You will explore the role of the instructional designer and learn how to use strategies to make your resources more challenging and effective.
Dannielle has worked as an ID for over a decade and now provides advice to organisations on e-learning strategy.
Find out what works in the world of ID!
Chris WinterSenior Program Officer
Department of Training and Workforce Development
Mobile Technology in Training
In this session we’ll look at the trends in the use of mobile devices and discuss the advantages and challenges of mobile delivery.
With mobile devices now integral to daily life, we’ll look at effective development and delivery strategies, and review what’s ahead on the digital horizon.
Sharon FerrierProfessional Speaker and Corporate Trainer
Persuasive Presentations
Staple it to their heads – how to make your training stick
Part 1 of 2
As trainers, we all fight for our students 'head room’. Everywhere we go, we are bombarded with information and research shows that the attention span of the average person has reduced from 20 minutes to ten.
This workshop will give you some tips and tricks you can use to bring the training you deliver to the forefront of your students’ minds so that they can remember the messages you deliver and act on them.
Topics include how to:
• jazz up dry or boring topics
• grab and keep your students’ attention
• avoid death by PowerPoint
• increase engagement and interaction.
This a 2 hour workshop delivered over 2 sessions; on day one and repeated on day two.
You must attend part 1 and 2 on the same day.
SESSION 1 CONCURRENT PRESENTATIONS
For more information and to register go to vetinfonet.dtwd.wa.gov.au/tpf #TPF13
Sustainability, Technology and Innovation in Training
Mark PesceFuturist and author
Hyperconnected Education: Planning, Designing and Delivery in 21st Century Training
Everyone is connected: students, teachers, mentors, institutions, and employers. The natural but mostly hidden linkages between students, skills and employment are becoming the primary elements shaping delivery of training. We’ll explore how to rethink and redesign institutional processes to meet the needs of today’s students and tomorrow’s economy.
Gareth MacRaeSustainability Coordinator
West Coast Institute of Training
What you need to do to ‘educate for sustainability ’
Sustainability and Education for Sustainability (EfS) are terms which draw a wide range of interpretations and reactions nowadays.
This session helps you address two fundamental issues. It establishes the ‘right conditions’ so that your training organisation can ‘do sustainability’; and illustrates how you can ‘educate for sustainability’ through your teaching and learning.
The session draws on ‘tried, tested and proven’ best practices in Australia and the UK which can be applied to any registered training organisation (RTO), with the result that your RTO will be better equipped to move forward quickly, avoid reinventing the wheel and get it right the first time.
You will be able to maximise your learning by seeing EfS learning principles in action through participatory, hands-on activities. And in order to do this effectively, the presenters will make it fun!
Co-presenterDawn AgnewSteve Goodfellow
Naomi StallardIntellectual Property Training Officer
Department of Training and Workforce Development
A basic guide to copyright
In this workshop you will explore the intricacies of this tricky area which can make or break a good learning program.
Naomi will also discuss the principles of intellectual property. The topic may be dry, but it is extremely important in our technologically evolving world.
SESSION 2 CONCURRENT PRESENTATIONS
For more information and to register go to vetinfonet.dtwd.wa.gov.au/tpf #TPF13
Sustainability, Technology and Innovation in Training
Sharon FerrierProfessional Speaker and Corporate Trainer
Persuasive Presentations
Staple it to their heads – how to make your training stick
Part 2 of 2
As trainers, we all fight for our students 'head room’. Everywhere we go, we are bombarded with information and research shows that the attention span of the average person has reduced from 20 minutes to ten.
This workshop will give you some tips and tricks you can use to bring the training you deliver to the forefront of your students’ minds so that they can remember the messages you deliver and act on them.
Topics include how to:
• jazz up dry or boring topics
• grab and keep your students’ attention
• avoid death by PowerPoint
• increase engagement and interaction.
This a 2 hour workshop delivered over 2 sessions; on day one and repeated on day two.
You must attend part 1 and 2 on the same day.
SESSION 2 CONCURRENT PRESENTATIONS
Sue FergussonGeneral Manager, Research
National Centre for Vocational Education and Research (NCVER)
The impact of e-learning technologies: what do we know?
Review of recent and forthcoming research on the impacts of e-learning technologies, including online and blended learning modes.
• Is it effective?
• Is it efficient?
• How is quality assured?
• Who benefits?
For more information and to register go to vetinfonet.dtwd.wa.gov.au/tpf #TPF13
Sustainability, Technology and Innovation in Training
Kevin CoombesDirector, Training Resource Allocation
Department of Training and Workforce Development
‘The King’s shilling’ – RTO funding and contract compliance requirements
This workshop examines the Department’s new training purchasing arrangements, including the revised procurement framework.
It also outlines the contractual compliance requirements for RTOs in receipt of public funds.
Workshop topics include:
• an overview of the procurement framework, purchasing agreement and associated funding policy
• the steps an RTO needs to take to attain preferred provider status
• contract compliance, including the identification and response to non-compliance
• remediation, education and support services for RTOs.
Co-presenterJoshua Lyons
Val DoddsAboriginal Mentoring and Transitional Support Officer
Department of Training and Workforce Development
Ready, Set, Job
Ready, Set, Job is an Aboriginal Workforce Development Centre (AWDC) program that provides employers offering guaranteed, entry-level jobs with a one-stop shop where they can access a comprehensive service that recruits Aboriginal jobseekers and arranges their pre-employment training.
This program gives Aboriginal jobseekers access to career development support and helps them to overcome barriers to employment.
Carl HolmesTechnical Director
Integracom Management Group
Training for a purpose-integration with Industry
The true measurement of any training program is the final outcome. Training our students to be able to work in such exciting projects as the National Broadband Network (NBN) will be successful only if we can place them in roles that relate to their training experience.
Coordinating training companies, students and industry via network coordinators is how we move forward to produce a sustainable workforce, as Australia moves into a new decade of digital economy and growth.
Co-presenterMatt Wagner
SESSION 3 CONCURRENT PRESENTATIONS
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Karen RaeSenior Academic Consultant
Aspire Performance Training
Remember me? I’m the learner
We spend time in the VET sector making sure that we are compliant, have ticked all the boxes, validated our resources, completed the paperwork and met all the requirements to pass the audit.
But where is the learner in all this? How do you translate your great design and development work into the classroom?
Can you honestly say that all learners are fully engaged and accountable in your classroom sessions 100% of the time?
Do you experience the 80/20 rule, where 20% of the learners answer all your questions while the remaining 80% just let them?
Does your learning environment promote safety so that every learner contributes, holds themselves accountable and feels included at all times?
In this workshop, you will develop the skills and strategies you need to put the learner back at the centre of the learning process.
Theresa PutlandPrincipal Lecturer
Polytechnic West
Vocational Graduate Certificate in Education and Training for Sustainability
Education for Sustainability (EfS) is about learning-based strategies for stimulating change.Experience the strategies and hear the stories of the 2012 West Australian participants from this National Centre for Sustainability project.What made the project so successful for these participants? What do they now believe they can contribute to their organisations?This workshop covers the purpose of the project, who participated, the experiences of the participants at the start of the project and what happened over time.Attendees will see practical examples of the strategies used and hear some short case studies from different organisations. They will also hear about the change that occurred and the strong relationships that grew out of the course in promoting a better understanding of sustainability in the VET sector.
Co-presentersPenny BostonGeraldine BurgessRobin WilliamsRicky MurrayKerry BoweGareth MacRae
SESSION 3 CONCURRENT PRESENTATIONS
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Nils VeskInnovation Architect
Innovation Blueprint
Innovation shortcuts workshop
Join us in this innovation 'do fest' as we apply the innovation skills covered in the keynote to your 'real life' training challenges.
The good news is no matter how time poor, or how crammed our heads might be with traditional training skills, with Nils’ innovation techniques we can still find a way to bend time to our advantage and shake up our thinking patterns to start innovating.
This workshop delivers an innovation experience so that you can actually experience what it takes to cross boundaries from traditional thinking to innovative thinking.
Be prepared to buckle up as Nils takes you on a counter intuitive experience that is as challenging as it is rewarding.
Luke BehnckeDirector
Office of The National Skills Standards Council
Standards for training packages
During 2011–2012, the National Skills Standards Council (NSSC) developed the Standards for Training Packages – a culmination of a number of years of collaboration to ensure that the recommendations agreed to in the Council of Australian Government (COAG) VET Products for the 21st Century Report (endorsed by Ministers in 2009) were reflected in a new organising framework.
On 16 November 2012, the COAG Standing Council on Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment endorsed the new Standards for Training Packages for immediate implementation with a three-year transition period.
The NSSC collaborates with governments, industry skills councils, and peak industry and education bodies to support the change management process.
The NSSC is providing stakeholders with workshops so that they can develop a shared understanding of the implementation of the Standards for Training Packages.
Sharon FerrierProfessional Speaker and Corporate Trainer
Persuasive Presentations
Staple it to their heads – how to make your training stick
Part 1 of 2
As trainers, we all fight for our students 'head room’. Everywhere we go, we are bombarded with information and research shows that the attention span of the average person has reduced from 20 minutes to ten.
This workshop will give you some tips and tricks you can use to bring the training you deliver to the forefront of your students’ minds so that they can remember the messages you deliver and act on them.
Topics include how to:
• jazz up dry or boring topics
• grab and keep your students’ attention
• avoid death by PowerPoint
• increase engagement and interaction.
This a 2 hour workshop delivered over 2 sessions; on day one and repeated on day two.
You must attend part 1 and 2 on the same day.
SESSION 4 CONCURRENT PRESENTATIONS
For more information and to register go to vetinfonet.dtwd.wa.gov.au/tpf #TPF13
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Catherine Mac Dougall Chef, VET Teacher, Trainer in Vocational Studies
The ‘Prepare-Produce-Provide’ community-based project
This school-based initiative in conjunction with Crown Perth and schools that deliver VET courses celebrates the power of community spirit and gives students the opportunity to take part in competency-based activities with highly trained industry personnel.
By participating in this project, students from every school produce 5000 meals for the needy via Foodbank, while meeting the requirements of a number of competencies.
The project culminates in a celebration expo highlighting local chefs and produce.
Co-presenterTracey Ashman
Frank MusielloBusiness Development Manager
Activ Foundation
Creating opportunities together
Activ Pathways specialises in the provision of viable solutions to meet the needs of individual learners. The Department of Education has been working in partnership with them to deliver traineeship, workplace learning and VET opportunities for students in mainstream schooling and those with special educational needs.
This partnership helps to provide transition from school to the workforce through quality training and skills acquisition while contributing to the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE).
The workshop showcases current and future projects where Activ Pathways and the Department of Education work together with schools to create opportunities for students.
Co-presenterKristin Reddin
Russell ThomSenior Academic Consultant
Workpower Media
Using design thinking to meet your students’ needs
This is an interactive, practical session which provides you with new skills and understandings you can take away.
Understanding reasonable adjustment and its place in training allows you to find alternatives to help your students.
Russell’s current Masters research in design thinking, social design and the role of training focuses on alternative models of delivery and assessment to remove barriers and enhance student success.
SESSION 4 CONCURRENT PRESENTATIONS
For more information and to register go to vetinfonet.dtwd.wa.gov.au/tpf #TPF13
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Celeste HowdenOwner, Training and Compliance Consultancy
RTObiz
New resources for RTOs in sustainability and energy efficiency
Manufacturing Skills Australia provides guidance and support for RTOs to deliver its expanding catalogue of sustainability skills products.
This session explains how an RTO can use the resources to help them interpret units, develop training and assessment strategies, identify sustainability issues in different industries and design learning and assessment resources. It will provide an overview of these resources including:
• online resources for the Sustainable Operations qualifications
• multimedia resources for the six MSS11 energy efficiency skill sets
• embedding energy management–a structured program and resource kit to educate management teams about energy management planning.
Co-presenterWendy Davies
Paul PedrettiSenior Constable
WA Police
Crash into ‘police problem-based learning’
There has been a serious traffic crash and you are tasked to control the scene and find out what happened. You will use all the skills you have gained from watching police shows on television to figure out how the crash occurred and who was responsible.
While you are doing this, you will be using the ‘police problem-based learning five-step process’.
This workshop showcases multiple intelligences using numerous styles throughout. You will also be working at various levels of Bloom’s revised taxonomy as you conduct your investigation.
There will be a strong emotional component to this workshop and you will need to consider emotional intelligence and how your emotions affect your performance as a crash investigator.
Please noteThis workshop will have a simulated crash scene as well as audiovisual simulated crash scenes which some attendees may find disturbing.
Co-presenterSergeant Trazelle Wilkinson
Sharon FerrierProfessional Speaker and Corporate Trainer
Persuasive Presentations
Staple it to their heads – how to make your training stick
Part 2 of 2
As trainers, we all fight for our students 'head room’. Everywhere we go, we are bombarded with information and research shows that the attention span of the average person has reduced from 20 minutes to ten.
This workshop will give you some tips and tricks you can use to bring the training you deliver to the forefront of your students’ minds so that they can remember the messages you deliver and act on them.
Topics include how to:
• jazz up dry or boring topics
• grab and keep your students’ attention
• avoid death by PowerPoint
• increase engagement and interaction.
This a 2 hour workshop delivered over 2 sessions; on day one and repeated on day two.
You must attend part 1 and 2 on the same day.
SESSION 5 CONCURRENT PRESENTATIONS
For more information and to register go to vetinfonet.dtwd.wa.gov.au/tpf #TPF13
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Leone ScottPrincipal Consultant VET in Schools
Department of Education
VET in Schools and the Western Australian Certificate of Education
This workshop gives training providers and schools new to VET the opportunity to explore VET in Schools options and find out how these are incorporated into senior secondary pathway options.
VET in Schools is a senior secondary pathway that gives students the experience and knowledge they need to make informed decisions on post- school training and employment options.
Learn how VET is incorporated into the current Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) and the impact the new 2016 WACE requirements will have on VET in Schools programs.
Different models of VET in Schools programs currently implemented will be highlighted.
Co-presenterNicole Gazey
Gordon DuffyManager, Workforce Development and VET Planning
Department of Training and Workforce Development
Workforce planning for Western Australia – where we are at
This presentation will be in three parts:
• an economic and labour market update (with Michael Eckermann)
• outcomes and common themes from the industry workforce development plans and regional workforce development plans (with Gordon Duffy)
• plans for the updating of Skilling WA, including an overview of the Skilling WA discussion paper and responses gathered so far (with Paul Gale).
Co-presentersMichael EckermannPaul Gale
Craig JerrardManager, Physical Resources
Durack Institute of Technology
Stepping up to sustainability: awareness + action = change
Sustainability has been a focus at Durack Institute of Technology. The past three years have been a watershed for us, with significant emphasis and effort placed on implementing technologies, practices and a culture that enables students, staff and our community to develop, at the same time as reducing the negative environmental impacts of our activities.
The Institute showcases the benefits that flow from a focus on renewable energy, water efficiency and waste-reduction initiatives – not only for our staff and students, but also for the community and local business at large.
In 2012 we developed a sustainability strategy that prioritises the actions to be taken to propel Durack quickly along its journey towards sustainability.
Durack staff have been heavily involved in developing the Durack Environmental Sustainability Action Plan for each of our core functional areas, including the embedding of education for sustainability into all our delivery and assessment.
Co-presenterYvonne Ellis
SESSION 5 CONCURRENT PRESENTATIONS
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