Forum 5: Australian Government, July 24

Staff from DEEWR represented several branches:

• Student Access and Equity
  
• VET Technology Projects, Technology and Communications
  
• Higher Education Quality Branch
  
• Enterprise and Careers Branch
  
• Transition to Training and Work Branch
• Student Access and Equity Branch
• IT Development Branch
  

Issues and challenges for edna

• Optimal targeting of audiences for edna services - sector, location, ICT access and skills
• Points of difference of repositories from other services - eg Google, Scootle, with potential for edna to focus on free and open licensed content
• Previous and pending DEEWR restructures
  

Advice and recommendations following edna presentation

• Continue role in innovation and assessment of new technologies for learning - allow a safe place for educators to experiment
• Present accessible research and practical advice on what does and doesn't work, inform decisions at the local level
• Improve communication strategies, search engine rankings and ways of organising interfaces for a large range of services
• Liaise with DEEWR Higher Education section in the edna higher education review (demand and value assessment) later in 2008
• Circulate completed edna 2008-09 work plan to participants
• edna contract management is the responsibility of the Schools, Teaching, Students and Digital Education Revolution Group
  

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Posted at 12:06PM Aug 06, 2008 by Mark Tranthim-Fryer  |  Comments[4]