What a year we had in 2021! We continued to work online - sometimes live, sometimes not. And we sometimes got to meet people in person, giving up our much-loved trackie daks for 'hard pants' - this year's term for slacks that are less comfortable than...
'Skills Urgency' is the title of the Australian Industry Group’s most recent report on the skill needs of Australian employees. The report aims to prompt discussion about big changes the AIG suggests are needed to build employee skills in Australia. The AIG states that: “A cocktail...
Live, online classes are here to stay As we emerge from isolation and return to 'normal', many in the adult education profession have debated what will the new 'normal' look like. There is no doubt that our new normal will include more live, online classes. And why...
A heartfelt ‘thank you’ to Donna Purcell, Sarah Hayes and Lisa Le Van for generously sharing their expertise in human rights and in education for people with disability. Last month I facilitated a Train the Trainer program with a cohort that included people with vision and...
Learning should lead to performance...
This is my first post of 2019. It is long overdue, but the fact is, I simply haven't had the time to write before now. This is because, since January, much of my time has been spent training and assessing TAE upgrades. The deadline for completing the...
September 2018 was another good month for conferences - I attended (and presented at) Velg Training's National VET Conference (#2018NVC). This year I was lucky enough to work with not one, but three experts in the area of foundation skills. I have come to realise that...
A good day out! If ever there was a time to say a heartfelt 'thank you', now is that time! Many thanks to the 18 people (from 12 RTOs) who helped me validate the draft of a new assessment tool I recently wrote to cover the unit...
In the past 6 weeks I've had the good fortune to attend two amazing conferences: The Association for Talent Development's International Conference and Exhibition (ATD 2018) - May 6-9, San Diego The Australian Institute of Training and Development's National Conference for 2018 (offered in partnership...
Today's the day! Today is the deadline for submissions to PwC's Skills for Australia, in support of the case for change to the TAE Training Package. I know the training and education industry is still recovering from the introduction of the TAE Training Package, TAE40116 Certificate IV in...