Research into Flexible Learning in ACE
Currently reading Josie, Glenda and Mary’s research into Flexible Learning in ACE, put together by TAFE frontiers in 2004. It’s a brilliant and thorough piece of research, and i hope it’s getting the attention it deserves – especially now as we have a major review into education in Victoria.
From the ‘themes’ page, their research “showed overwhelmingly that flexible teaching and learning is flourishing in ACE – as it has for a long time”. Urban providers could learn to broaden their learner base using technology more flexibly, and rural providers could build technologies into their everyday practice more thoroughly. (Each could learn from the positives of the other, say the authors.)
Overall, however, flexible learning is flourishing because ACE has a fundamental flexibility at the heart – ACE teachers make their primary focus the needs of the learners.
Funds-Hunting Time
Ah yes, it’s that time of year again, and here at PRACE we’re hunting around for funds to run exciting projects. Plenty of ideas and enthusiasm. Oh joy.