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This paper outlines the Australian experience in developing an employability skills e-portfolio. It provides a snapshot of: the e-portfolio?s scope and functionality; interoperability considerations under which it was developed; the outcomes of a trial with a small sample of users in a range of settings; and suggested enhancements. The Employability Skills e-portfolio project was funded by the Australian Government?s Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST). The project aim was to build and trial an e-portfolio for people of all ages to monitor and collect evidence of their employability skills.

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These are the powerpoint slides for the paper presented at the 4th International E-portfolio Conference, 11-13 October 2006. This paper outlines the Australian experience in developing an employability skills e-portfolio. It provides a snapshot of: the e-portfolio?s scope and functionality; interoperability considerations under which it was developed; the outcomes of a trial with a small sample of users in a range of settings; and suggested enhancements. The Employability Skills e-portfolio project was funded by the Australian Government?s Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST). The project aim was to build and trial an e-portfolio for people of all ages to monitor and collect evidence of their employability skills.

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A national career web site provides the foundation for a knowledge network in the sense that it is an aggregated information service on the Internet.

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This keynote address to the Learning Technologies 2005 conference provides an overview of the Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector, the changes which are occurring and the work that has been undertaken related to ICT in the VET sector and the ICT skills needed for Australia to be successful in a global society. The paper discusses government strategies for the future, and changes such as the Skilling Australia's Workforce Bill 2005, in terms of providing the strategy and infrastructure for Australia's training system becoming responsive to the needs of industry and business.

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This paper suggests that the use of ICT has changed our conventional way of understanding learning and proposes the need to rethink education in terms of a more current context. Beyond the Horseless Carriages was first published as a paper for the Board of education.au limited on 28 January 2005, and following wide consultation has been republished for general readership.

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Garry Putland, of education.au was a presenter at the Educause Conference held on 5 - 8 April 2005, in Auckland New Zealand. Garry's paper and presentation focused on the use of Shared Information Services from edna by a number of education and training organisations. It also included a history of edna, a rationale and overview of edna?s Shared information services, followed by case studies from a number of Australian universities and other education and training organisations that have incorporated these services within their websites.

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This report, by Mark Pesce, reflects on the education.au 2007 seminar featuring Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. Mark identifies three areas that present opportunities and challenges entitled: Control vs Chaos; Firewalls vs Freedom; and Staying Current vs Staying Present. Educators were encouraged to ponder the challenges and opportunities of peer-produced knowledge production.

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This paper describes the principles, key characteristics and practices that guide education.au limited in collaborative activities, internally and externally. Collaboration involves the exchange of information, the sharing of resources and the enhancement of the capacity of an individual, team or organisation for mutual benefit, and to achieve a common purpose.

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education.au's new brand identity was formally unveiled on Friday 4 August at the education.au seminar in Sydney by its Board Chairperson, Professor Lesley Parker Professor AM. education.au supports states and territories in achieving national consistency across education and technology delivery, through such products as EdNA and myfuture. education.au News, 4 August 2006

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The purpose of the study is to identify current practice and trends in electronic portfolio (e-portfolio) systems and implementations, to inform policy development and to identify where further research into technical standards is required to enable effective systems implementations. The study includes an environmental scan of e-portfolio use relevant to the Australian vocational education and training (VET) system and the identification of potential case scenarios. Issues regarding standards, interoperability and policy areas for implementation are also identified and discussed. Of particular interest in this study is the application of e-portfolios with regard to identifying and recording information about qualifications and competencies, recognition of prior learning and the management and provision of secure and verifiable personal information.