April 2017

Bringing together a coherent provider strategy for effective online learning is a complex task. We juggle many factors in planning and implementing online environments that work for our learners, whether they study wholly online or in blended modes. The challenges multiply when we serve online learners who are unfamiliar with what tertiary education asks of […]

The Closing the Gap Prime Minister’s Report 2017 charts significant increases since 2002 in the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders holding certificate level qualifications. In 2008 the Council of Australian Governments adopted seven targets that sought to reduce disadvantages experienced by Indigenous Australians. But as the Prime Minister pointed out when tabling the

We need change in what young people learn, and how they learn it. There is growing interest in extending the apprenticeship model to exploit its benefits for young people and industry. In 2016 VDC News carried two articles on this topic – Government-appointed Advisory Group asks for apprenticeship system reform (31 August 2016), and Growing

Brendan is a qualified tradesman who has 20 years of experience and has operated his own business successfully for 10 years. Five years ago he decided to follow his passion and he became a trainer at his local TAFE.  After some time he was earmarked as “management material” and started in his current role. Although,