COMPUTERS, JOBS AND RATES OF PAY Posted by VETCentre on Thursday, 30 June 2016 in E-Learning The incursion of digital technology into the workplace has hastened year on year. Old timers will be able to tell you when the first photocopier arrived in their workplace. It was under lock and key because a copy was so expensive. The old […]
QUOTES FOR CHRISTMAS Posted by VET Centre on Tuesday, 22 December 2015 in VET The VET Blog is signing off for 2015. The ever-present Christmas dilemma is what to give our blog readers as a parting gift for the year? Thankfully, India’s EdTechReview has just the thing to feed your professional thinking over the Christmas-New Year break. The good folk at
OECD REVIEW OF VET Posted by VETCentre on Thursday, 18 December 2014 in VET Late last month the OECD released Skills Beyond School (116 pages) which reviews how OECD countries are meeting the demand for skills, or falling short of the mark. And falling short is what most countries are doing. The image and status of VET is something that the report suggests
SCREEN READING ON THE RISE Posted by VETCentre on Tuesday, 17 December 2013 in Research An Australia Council fact sheet tells us how the reading habits of Australians are changing – something of no small interest to teachers and trainers. A changing story: trends in reading among Australians, based on data collected as part of the Council’s Get Reading!
