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ELearning in an incarcerated environment

ELearning in an incarcerated environment. December 2005. Welcome to the planning, preparing (and hoping) stage of eLearning in the AEVTI training environment. AEVTI.

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ELearning in an incarcerated environment

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  1. ELearning in an incarcerated environment December 2005

  2. Welcome to the planning, preparing (and hoping) stage of eLearning in the AEVTI training environment. Mark Norbury 2005

  3. AEVTI • Delivers accredited programs in literacy, numeracy, vocational training, life skills and recreation so inmates acquire skills and address deficits enabling them to live constructive law abiding lives. • Staff at Correctional Centers include Senior Correctional Education Officer, Correctional Education Officer and Teachers. • Head Office develop policy and plans, set standards, monitor programs, provide professional support and manage programs. Mark Norbury 2005

  4. 29 AEVTI regional ‘offices’ Mark Norbury 2005

  5. AEVTI • In 1996, AEVTI was the winner of the NSW ‘Outstanding Learning Organisation’ and ‘Outstanding Learner’ Awards Mark Norbury 2005

  6. Brief points about our current education environment! • Correctional Education Officers and Teachers at Correctional Centers deliver courses according to their discipline. So not all curriculum available at all centers. • Students (Inmates) with varying education background • Students (Inmates) move from centre to centre at varying random times. They may move on whilst engaged in education!! Mark Norbury 2005

  7. Brief points about our proposed education environment! • Teachers with varying computer skills - Can they use technology to improve their training? • Students (Inmates) with varying computer skills background - Can they use technology and still achieve learning outcomes? Mark Norbury 2005

  8. Our eLearning hope! • Grow in skills, resources, availability and output that uses the benefits of eLearning to enhance and supplement existing f2f teaching. Mark Norbury 2005

  9. Our eLearning plan • Apply, and enhance, existing Adult learning principles into successful skills and practices that uses eLearning effectively whilst maintaining strict secure environment. Mark Norbury 2005

  10. Overview of our eLearning issues • Computer access for students • Learning material suitability • Students accepting new teaching methodology, (certainlynot a concept unique for AEVTI) • Staff development…(what are we doing?) • Departmental approval… (and can we do it?) Mark Norbury 2005

  11. Will it be eLeaning? Mark Norbury 2005

  12. Steps so far • Become LearnScope identity to develop staff • Evaluate existing toolboxes • Explore other technology such as Digital Video manipulation • Learn, ponder eLearning environment • Explore EdNA • Establish departmental policy • Consider virtual community options eg Mark Norbury 2005

  13. So we setup three blogs, turned ourselves into blogees, then we blogged, we looked at other blogs, we were blogged at.Things started to change into blogs…. Overall the new comers were thrilled to be a blogee!!The following three slides show our blogs…. Mark Norbury 2005

  14. Set up to evaluate toolboxes: Eg “Where’s the party at” Mark Norbury 2005

  15. Evaluate ohs module of SB toolbox, Identify skills required to use, develop skills to customize Mark Norbury 2005

  16. Objective to plan, develop and design an elearning resource Mark Norbury 2005

  17. Further considerations • Any successful eLearning event needs careful planning. This is the case with AEVTI. We hope to ensure that any implementation of technology is not done for the sake of technology, but for the sake of the learners. IMPORTANT Mark Norbury 2005

  18. So we must: • Decide to: • Use existing resources eg toolbox • Use digital editing features eg ClickView • Use current authoring tools to produce our own resources eg convert existing paper lessons into technical equivalent • Identify those eLearning principles that can be incorporated into AEVTI (and also those that can’t!) Mark Norbury 2005

  19. Other issues! • Teachers need a usable tool, not an expensive and unmanageable appendage. • Ensure adherence to departmental policy. Consult in the development process as required. This is new, policies will be needed because the policy says “You need a policy to do anything !!!! Mark Norbury 2005

  20. Thanks for viewing this and sharing our dream!! Mark Norbury 2005

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