ONLINE
RESOURCES
There
are literally thousands of free (and almost free) teaching
resources on the web.
AEShareNet
Australian Training Products
EdNA - Education Network Australia
Gateway to Educational Materials
Learnscope
MERLOT
MIT – Open Course ware
Museum Victoria
SMETE
TAFE Frontiers
Virtual Independent Learning Centre
Virtual School
The TAFE
VC Online Course catalogue itself contains over 600
e-learning resources. Another key source of e-learning materials
is:
TAFE
Frontiers
http://www.tafefrontiers.com.au/catalogue
TAFE Frontiers manages the distribution of Victorian training
resources (print and CD) for the Office of Training &
Tertiary Education (ETTE). This includes manuals, guides,
teacher and student training materials. These resources are
sold at cost to Victorian RTOs. TAFE Frontiers also fund the
development of resources and manage a range of other flexible
learning activities. This site also includes some excellent,
free, Professional Development resources for teachers new
to e-learning. This site is highly recommended for Victorian
VET teachers.
Here is a list of some other sites we have found. If you have
a favourite site that’s not on the list let us know
email@email
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Additional
Free Courseware (& low cost) Teaching Resources
AEShareNet
http://www.aesharenet.com.au/
AEShareNet is intended to be the first port of call for people
looking for Australian training resources. It doesn’t
sell or distribute resources. It provides information (including
licensing and copyright) about the resources and who to contact
about acquiring them. It also contains a range of information
about copyright in the education sector.
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Australian
Training Products
http://www.atpl.net.au/
ATP is the distributor of ANTA products which include Trainer
packs Learner Packs, Training Packages, Professional Development
Guides, publications and more. They are sold at cost, so while
you will need to pay you won’t pay much.
The ANTA Toolboxes are also sold through here. We are progressively
loading the Toolboxes onto the TAFEC so check the Online Courseware
Catalogue first.
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EdNA
- Education Network Australia
http://www.edna.edu.au
“EdNA Online is a service that aims to support and promote
the benefits of the Internet for learning, education and training
in Australia. It is organised around Australian curriculum,
its tools are free to Australian educators, and it is funded
by the bodies responsible for education provision in Australia
- all Australian governments.”
EdNA contains numerous
communication forums, a database of resources, and links to Australian
educational information.
This link goes to the VET Learning Materials Section. Click on the name
of the area you are interested in
http://www.edna.edu.au/go/browse/12650:resource#resulttab
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Gateway
to Educational Materials
http://www.thegateway.org/welcome.html
This is a US site containing a huge number of links to educational
resources found on various US federal, state, university,
non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. Not all resources
linked from this site are free. Searching the links from this
site will take time but well worth the effort.
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Learnscope
http://www.learnscope.anta.gov.au/learnscope/resources.asp
This site is the Professional Development section of the ANTA
Flexible Learning Framework. This link will take you to the
resources section but take sometime to look at the rest of
the site to see how VET teachers are applying flexible learning
around Australia.
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MERLOT
http://www.merlot.org/Home.po
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
1000s of resources. Each resource has a brief description
and links review comments and ratings.
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MIT
– Open Course ware.
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s catalogue of
freely accessible online resources. Primarily text based lecture
notes, assignments exams and course outlines for Tertiary
Educators
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Museum
Victoria
http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/ed-online/
The Ed-online section contains arrange of information about
Australian Cultural History and Natural History.
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SMETE
(Science, Math, Engineering and Technology Education)
http://www.smete.org/
“The SMETE Digital Library is a (U.S.) dynamic online
library and portal of services by the SMETE Open Federation
for teachers and students. Here you can access a wealth of
teaching and learning materials as well as join this expanding
community of science, math, engineering and technology explorers
of all ages. If you're a student, you'll have access to resources
that can help you prepare for a class or exam. If you're a
teacher or professor, you can find learning materials you
can use in your classroom right away. SMETE opens up the worlds
of science, mathematics, engineering and technology education
to teachers and students anytime, anyplace. We invite you
to explore, share, discuss and learn at our digital library.”
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Virtual
Independent Learning Centre
http://www.virtualilc.com.au/
“The Virtual ILC is a subscription-based not-for-profit
service for English language learners and ELT teachers and
providers around the world. …. It contains tasks based
on real web pages, everyday media, and free learning and information
resources to help students and teachers use the Internet to
meet curriculum goals.”
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Virtual
School
http://www.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/en/index_vs.html
This is a European site aimed at secondary school teachers.
It has a list of subject areas (eg Chemistry, Physics, Art,
Health, Geography, Media etc) and each area has its own list
of online resources, lesson plans articles and other goodies.
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