REFRAMING THE FUTURE PROJECT Developing a research culture

REFRAMING THE FUTURE PROJECT Developing a research culture in VET Presentation by Jan Pobjoy User Services Librarian Gordon Institute of TAFE Library VATL TRIG November 2005

Expressions of Interest 2005 Reframing the Future team ¡ ¡ ¡ Resume submitted highlighting the “research expertise” of Librarians Invited to speak at initial workshop about Searching the Internet Changed the topic to VET Research Strategies

Reframing the Future website www. reframingthefuture. net Explore the parts of the website eg. Overview, Publications, Sub-programs,

Browse the Periodicals in the Gordon TAFE Library Australian Journal of Education See APAFT Database Australian TAFE Teacher PER 378. 12 A 883 ¡ Australian Training Magazine PER 378. 013 A 822 ¡ Australian Training Review 1991 -2001 PER 378 A 882 ¡ Campus Review (Paddington, NSW) PER 378 C 199 ¡ English in Australia PER 420 E 34 ¡ Fast Facts See link to DEST website www. anta. gov. au ¡ Fine print (Victorian Adult Literacy Council) PER 374. 012 F 495 ¡ Insight : news and information from NCVER PER 378. 94 V 872 ¡ International Journal of Training Research (Charles Sturt) PER 378. 0072 I 61 ¡ Newsletter (Victorian Assn. of TESOL & Multicultural Education) PER 371. 97 N 992 ¡ Research developments (Australian Council for Educ. Research) PER 370. 78 R 432 ¡ Success : showcasing excellence in VET (OTTE) PER 378. 94 S 942 See also OTTE website at www. otte. vic. gov. au/publications/success ¡ TESOL in context. PER 371. 97 T 55 ¡ Training Agenda (TAFE NSW) PER 378. 94 T 135 ¡ Training and Development in Australia PER 378. 94 T 121 ¡ V. A. T. E. Newsletter (Victorian Association for the Teaching of English) PER 428 V 871 ¡ Vetassess news PER 378. 945 V 585 ¡ ¡ You can also search NCVER’s VOCED database at www. voced. edu. au

Search the Library Catalogue at http: //library. gordontafe. edu. au

Search COOLCAT from the Library Catalogue to see other Vic holdings Coolcat simultaneously searches the Library Catalogues of RMIT, VUT, Latrobe, Deakin, Melb Uni, etc. To search Coolcat • Go to the Gordon Library website at http: //library. gordontafe. edu. au • Click on Library Catalogue • Click on OTHER LIBRARIES in the top yellow bar • Then click on Coolcat • Click on Advanced Search • Type in search term/s eg. Subject Heading Adult learning

Gordon Library Website http: //library. gordontafe. edu. au ¡ You can also search the online databases for journal articles. Just go to the Library website and click on Databases & Resources The APAFT database has full text articles from “Australian Educational Researcher, ” “Training & Development in Australia, ” “Campus Review, ” etc ¡ ¡ AEI (Australian Education Database) indexes a wide range of ¡ Australia/NZ Reference Centre is quick and easy to search. journals. It has full text articles from “The Age”, The Australian”, “The Herald Sun”, “Geelong Advertiser” & “Geelong News. ” It also has full text journal articles from titles such as “Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education” Explore the Library’s Internet Gateway and key Internet sites listed under the headings : Education & Training ¡

Educational e-newsletters Think about subscribing to these email services ¡ Stay up-to-date with VET news by subscribing to the fortnightly email Fast Facts. Contact DEST on Tel. 02 6240 8111 or email fastfacts@dest. gov. au Look also at DEST’s Training Talk ¡ NCVER News keeps you in touch with NCVER’s latest research and statistical publications. To subscribe just forward your name and email address to julianne. treloar@ncver. edu. au ¡ Email trainesier@atpl. net. at to receive Australian Training Products monthly e-newsletter Trainesier ¡ Go to http: //flexiblelearning. net. au/newsandevents/flexenews. htm to subscribe to the Australian Flexible Learning Framework Flex e-News ¡ Ask the Library to forward the AVETRA email alert to you

National Training Information Service www. ntis. gov. au NTIS has Training Package information. Click on Competencies and search by Keyword

Australian Training Products www. atpl. net. au Browse Catalogues or do a Product search. There are many sample resources

Resources can be purchased and licensed Develop and Update Hospitality Knowledge - THHHCO 01 A $28. 14 Trainer Resource (Unit of Competency) Provides suggested approaches to on and off the job training for the unit THHHCO 01 A Develop and Update Hospitality Industry Knowledge Tourism Training Australia Copyright & Licensing Owner: Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) -Melb Office Licensing: When you buy one copy of this product you automatically get a licence to reproduce and in some cases adapt. Ask Luanne at the Gordon Library about using these AESHare. NET licences.

Resource Generator www. resourcegenerator. gov. au Register as a user and click on units of competency to search for resources

Resource Generator allows you to download and edit material free of charge

NCVER website www. ncver. edu. au Click here to see NCVER News Click here to see NCVER Publications Search VOCED Click here to see NCVER Publications

VOCED is the UNESCO / NCVER research database for technical and vocational education and training, an international database of research abstracts, in English

Sample of VOCED Search results

Australian Flexible Learning Framework http: //flexiblelearning. net. au Click on Case Studies & Projects to see current flexible learning & Learnscope projects

Flexible Learning Toolboxes www. flexiblelearning. net. au/toolbox Click on Resource Collection, then on Select and download pages from the Resource Collection and do a Repository Search. Click on Add to Collection, then Proceed, then Download, then Save to disk. You can then right click the file, winzip it and edit it in Frontpage

OTTE www. otte. vic. gov. au Click on Training Providers, Search etc

OTTE Training Support Network http: //trainingsupport. otte. vic. gov. au Check this site often to source the latest info about Training Packages and support resources. Check CMM Contacts for links to Industry Training Boards & Industry Skills Councils.

Explore the DEST website (Dept of Education, Science & Training) at www. dest. gov. au/sectors/training_skills

TAFE Development Centre www. tafecentre. vic. edu. au/publications. php

VISTA is the peak professional association for managers and leaders in the Victorian VET sector www. vista. org. au

ERIC Database www. eric. ed. gov

AVETRA website www. avetra. org. au AVETRA is a national, independent association of researchers in Australian vocational education and training (VET). The Gordon Library is an AVETRA member and receives the AVETRA e-newsletter

ACER Ed. Research Online http: //cunningham. acer. edu. au/dbtw-wpd/sample/edresearch. htm * * In many cases the Gordon Library can obtain free of charge a copy of articles from its online databases or from Deakin University **

ACER Cunningham Library Look at their listings of Recent Acquisitions at http: //cunningham. acer. edu. au/inted/display/list. htm

CEET (Monash) www. education. monash. edu. au/centres/ceet The Centre undertakes research, research training, consultancies and dissemination on the economics and finance of education and training.

UTS OVAL Research www. oval. uts. edu. au Click here to search the OVAL database (University of Technology, Sydney)

CIT CURVE Database www. cit. act. edu. au/curve CURVE has a strong focus on practice and practitioners and focusses on teaching, learning and assessment research. Click here to search CURVE

RIVET Research in Vocational Education & Training (Charles Sturt Uni) www. csu. edu. au/faculty/educat/edu/vetfolder/research

Google Advanced Search - Go to www. google. com and click on Advanced Search exact phrase . au limits results to Oz sites 100 results

When in doubt? Ask a Librarian and we’ll research for you The Gordon Institute of TAFE Library has a “WHAT’S NEW IN VET” collection of recent education & training reports, books & articles A bi monthly VET newsletter is sent via email to all teaching staff For more information contact Jan Pobjoy Ph. (03) 5225 0815 jpobjoy@gordontafe. edu. au

Benefits of participating in the Reframing the Future project §Teaching staff valued the Library’s research skills and literature reviews §Able to promote the idea that research involves more than just doing a Google search §Lots of collaboration and networking with the teachers §Invited to present the introductory Research session for the Gordon Diploma of VET course §Learnt heaps and raised the profile of the Library

Interesting speakers at the Gordon’s Reframing the Future Workshop Hugh Guthrie from NCVER Damon Anderson (Monash Uni) John Mitchell §

The many uses of the Library Fashion students at work