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=**GippsTAFE Online Facilitation Course** - Resources Work Task  =  Welcome to the wiki for the GippsTAFE Online Facilitation Course Work Task.

The purpose of this wiki is for us to build up a list of suitable online learning materials. Please select your favourite two or three online resources and add them to the wiki. For each include a title, the URL and a one line description of what the web site is about.

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 * Gen Y learners**

Here's a link I go to a lot to remind me about the expectations of the majority of our 'clients': [|A vision of students today]This short video summarises "how students today learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. It was created by Michael Wesch [US Professor of the Year 2008] in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University."

media type="youtube" key="dGCJ46vyR9o" height="344" width="425" I tried to embed the video but could not get the widget editor to work in this wiki (works OK in Blackboard) - Irena Thanks Irena - it's a fantastic video and Michael Wesch is an inspirational teacher. Well worth watching (grab a cuppa first). :) It works fine for me Irena. cheers, Frankie

Irena's Delicious links
Here is where I save my online resources: [] Tx Irena, delicious is fantastic, isn't it! Could you suggest a couple of links that you go to all the time? Oh and my deliious links are at http://delicious.com/frankieforsyth :) cheers, Frankie

Another great Delicious site: [] has 2087 bookmarks covering a wide range of eLearning topics including copyright, metadata, research, social networking, ePortfolios, tagging and libraries. Pru Mitchell works for education.au limited. Cheers, Irena


 * Online Facilitation Resources ** **Australian Flexible Learning Framework ** [] Check out this link for the latest e-learning news and developments, as well as links to products, resources and support networks.

**Risk Management - Virtual Office**
Virtual "world" of a "typical" office. @http://www.comcare.gov.au/virtual_workplaces/virtual_office

**Commonwealth Law - OHS - Code of Practice 2008**
@http://www.comlaw.gov.au/ComLaw/legislation/legislativeinstrument1.nsf/all/whatsnew/EB5FC3B7354590F9CA25745F000F62CC?OpenDocument davidcol

Hi David, thanks for these links - I had fun looking at the Risk Management one, thanks for sharing it and the others. cheers, Frankie Hi David, the OH&S link didnt seem to open to the website. I took a look, forced it to open it in a new window / external link and it seemed to fix it. LF

Interesting - it always works for me - browser settings might come into it - my default setting in Firefox is to open in New Tab. davidcol

**__ http://lorn.flexiblelearning.net.au/ (Learning objects) __**
http://forum-network.org/ (videos)

www.ascilite.org.au
 * Ascilite** - Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Founded in 1985, Ascilite has grown into a vibrant professional community of innovators, leaders and scholars engaged with the application of technology to enhance teaching and learning in tertiary education throughout Australasia.

LF Hi Lisa, it's good to see the Ascilite community mentioned here - I'd seen it a few years ago but lost touch with it so have now reconnected, thank you! cheers, Frankie

Directory of open access repositories. As well as providing a simple [|repository list], //Open//DOAR lets you [|search for repositories] or [|search repository contents]
 * OPENDOAR** [[image:charts.jpg]] [[image:charts1.jpg]]

[|openDOAR home page] Phil B

Thanks Phil, I've added a couple of other open access repositories above - lots out there now! cheers, Frankie

[|www.dia.org.au] [] ​
 * Design Institute of Australia** - a great professional resource for both professionals and students of design
 * Australian Graphic Design Association** - Victorian chapter, loads of events and seminars for any practicing graphic designer

Hi, thanks for posting these here, haven't had a chance to look at these yet. Has anyone else any comments to make on them? Cheers Frankie

YOUTUBE has lots of these What about books? I'm a bookbinder you know? [|you can post anything]

Phil from the Mushroom

@http://www.southalabama.edu/oll/jobaidsfall03/Icebreakers%20Online/icebreakerjobaid.htm
 * Icebreakers -** Using icebreakers online to promote student and teacher interaction

I came across this website when I was researching online icebreakers. ​

Thanks for this one - information about good online icebreakers is still pretty slim, surprisingly! cheers, Frankie

Check this out PHIL Good one Phil, it's still relevant despite being written in 2004. cheers, Frankie

Hi I am an ESL teacher and the most useful site is [|http://about.esl.com] why because all students can subscribe and recieve a weekly newsletter. This may also be useful for you international students. I had a quick look but the link was broken, do you perhaps mean http://**esl**.**about.com**/ ?

Also [] is great for english language learners Annette Brennan Ooh thanks Annette, my daughter will like this one!

=Still sceptical about using Twitter?= (from Jane) Twitter really does have widespread uses, and can form a network of its own. Learning to use it would be useful to most teachers...

Check out the Teacher magazine online:
[] Absolutely Jane, my twitter name is frankief if you'd like to buddy up with me. cheers, Frankie :)