International acclaim for Framework mobile learning project
The team behind a Victorian E-learning Innovations project, which is delivering just-in-time mobile learning for hospitality workers, has competed in the finals of the Handheld Learning Awards, held this week in London.
The awards were judged by an international panel of technology and e-learning experts, who commended the quality of the content management system developed for mobile devices by Goal Training and Development.
The judges praised the project as an innovative platform to deliver any type of training content to industry and business.
The project involves providing learners with a mobile phone or PDA (personal digital assistant) loaded with an innovative content management system that features a range of site-specific and current multimedia resources, including text, images, audio, video, assessment activities, captioning, and sign language.
These resources are providing learners in the hospitality industry with ‘just in time’ information about workplace specific products and processes, anywhere and anytime – including on the job and in remote locations – and at their own pace.
Developed with funding and support from the national training system's e-learning strategy, the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework), the project is addressing the diverse training needs of hospitality learners, including youth and mature age learners, and casual, part-time and full-time employees with varying qualifications and levels of experience.
These resources cater for different learning styles, and are easy for individual employers and training providers to customise and update.
Joe Pavlekovic, Managing Director of Goal Training and Development, said that it was an honour to be a finalist for the prestigious award.
“This has been a great opportunity to get the word out to business and industry about the benefits of our product to learners.
“The content management system we’ve developed allows learners to access flexible training that caters to their individual learning style – and they don’t even need continuous access to the internet,” Joe explained.
The project is also providing a cost-effective training solution for employers, by eliminating high training delivery costs including trainer fees, employee wages during training, and travel costs.
The awards were judged by an international panel of technology and e-learning experts, who commended the quality of the content management system developed for mobile devices by Goal Training and Development.
The judges praised the project as an innovative platform to deliver any type of training content to industry and business.
The project involves providing learners with a mobile phone or PDA (personal digital assistant) loaded with an innovative content management system that features a range of site-specific and current multimedia resources, including text, images, audio, video, assessment activities, captioning, and sign language.
These resources are providing learners in the hospitality industry with ‘just in time’ information about workplace specific products and processes, anywhere and anytime – including on the job and in remote locations – and at their own pace.
Developed with funding and support from the national training system's e-learning strategy, the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework), the project is addressing the diverse training needs of hospitality learners, including youth and mature age learners, and casual, part-time and full-time employees with varying qualifications and levels of experience.
These resources cater for different learning styles, and are easy for individual employers and training providers to customise and update.
Joe Pavlekovic, Managing Director of Goal Training and Development, said that it was an honour to be a finalist for the prestigious award.
“This has been a great opportunity to get the word out to business and industry about the benefits of our product to learners.
“The content management system we’ve developed allows learners to access flexible training that caters to their individual learning style – and they don’t even need continuous access to the internet,” Joe explained.
The project is also providing a cost-effective training solution for employers, by eliminating high training delivery costs including trainer fees, employee wages during training, and travel costs.
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