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 * LTL - TEKNOWHOW


 * Manager:** Paulis Cheung – paulis.cheung [at] tafensw.edu.au
 * Facilitator:** Lisa Hoggard – lisa [at] lhlearningpartners.com.au


 * Sponsoring RTO:** Sydney Institute and DET L2L and Powerhouse Museum


 * Target client groups:** youth; disengaged; community

The major goal of the project is to develop a team of **15 Community eLearning Leaders**, who will be regional eLearning coordinators/mentors of 5 Links to Learning regional groups, to support the **implementation of “Community Partnership Framework”**. Our “Community Partnership Framework “ is a community-based mentoring system to provide the LTL community across the 5 regional groups with access to an integrated eLearning network capable of delivering targeted meaningful outcomes for disengaged youth. The Community eLearning Leaders include members of Community Technology Centres (CTC) Association Inc and LTL youth practitioners from 5 LTL regions across NSW. The project will focus on 1. **Enhancing eLearning, leadership and facilitation capabilities** of LTL & CTC members through a specific focus on mentoring support at regional & LTL program level 2. **Initiating & fostering community partnerships** with 74 Community Technology Centres (CTCs), 90 LTL Program Providers, Powerhouse Museum and Registered Training Providers (RTOs) to support eLearning skills development & VTE pathway transitions for disengaged young people
 * Project summary:**
 * LTL TEKNOWHOW (LTL @ Communities)** project will be sponsored by Community Grants Programs, NSW DET and supported by Community Technology Centres Association Inc., Powerhouse Museum and TAFE NSW Sydney Institute.
 * Review & utilize eLearning resources (especially the ‘youth friendly’ Toolboxes)**, delivery methodologies and models from other AFLF projects as part of development of specific strategies for eLearning with youth at risk

Postcard from the Field due date:** week starting 23 October Proposed LearnScope visit/s:** TBC
 * Online presence:** (blogs, wikis, EdNA Group, websites, flickr tag, del.icio.us tag etc)


 * Team events** (focus, date, time, availability to other teams)


 * Team Discussion** **http://nswlearnscope.wikispaces.com/message/list/069**


 * FURTHER DETAILS:**

The **Links to Learning Program** consists of **90 youth projects** delivered by community based organisations in NSW designed to engage and support disadvantaged young people in learning, and effectively link them to learning pathways. The Program is managed by the Community Grants Programs, within the Equity Programs and Distance Education Directorate, NSW Department of Education and Training. Forty two (42) of the Links to Learning projects focus on youth at risk of leaving school early within the schools system. Forty eight (48) of the projects target unemployed early school leavers, and are based within youth centres, community based organisations, Local Councils, Adult and Community Education (ACE) colleges, community training colleges and Registered Training Organisations (RTOs). Some the RTOs are also Group Training Organisations and a number of organisations administer a range of Commonwealth programs. e.g JPET, Work for the Dole etc. This is most common in rural and remote regions. It should be noted that 12 projects specifically cater for young ATSI people and address areas within the //Partners in a Learning Culture – National Strategy.// The key strategies underpinning all project learning activities are to **support young people** **at risk,** **engage them in learning & link them into successful learning and employment pathways** through setting up the “Resources & Technical Support Teams” with targeted skills & expertise which the “Regional e-Learning Coordinators/Mentors” assist LTL regional groups to establish strong linkage to the Resources & Technical Support Teams. The e-Learning strategies outlined in this proposal would increase the capability of LTL staff to successfully integrate e-Learning into their learning and assessment approaches to achieve the outcomes of the LTL Program.
 * Background to the project:**

Through this professional development project, the following major outcomes will be achieved. § 15 Community e-Learning Leaders trained with e-Learning & leadership capabilities to act as mentors to promote & implement e-Learning strategies in regional areas § Establishment of an e-learning mentoring network to support implementation of strategies of linking to CTCs, LTL Program Providers, Powerhouse Museum, RTOs and industries established to support the young people at risk in learning and to improve their employment opportunities § E-Learning resources and delivery methodologies identified and/or developed specifically for the young people
 * Proposed project outcomes:**

This project will provide opportunity to develop knowledge and eLearning capacities to initiate an eLearning activity in a supported environment. Through the project, those Links-to-Learningcommunity organisations can identify the people and approaches needed to develop and sustain effective partnerships with TAFE NSW, Community Technology Centres, Powerhouse Museum and Industries via establishment of strong linkages The strategic alliances & partnerships created through this project will be used to ensure that the models, resources and strategies developed support learning pathways that align with young people’s skills, individual needs, pathway aspiration and regional industry opportunities
 * Benefits to client group:**

2 of the 5 regional groups will pilot 4 Powerhouse Museum’s Customised eLearning Modules in the Hunter and North Coast Regions. In addition, all 5 regional groups will develop their capability in customizing and implementing both these 4 PHM modules and customized AFLF Toolboxes to support key competency/ employability skills development, and pathway planning using National Training Packages The pilot Regions will review the customized PHM modules, and other tools such as relevant toolboxes, and also record any success stories in the learning journals. Evaluation survey will be conducted to collect the feedback from LTL projects.
 * Evaluation strategies:**

The project will apply series of strategies to capture the learning · All activities will be recorded in either MP3 or Video format and posted in LTL Regional Group Network Website”
 * We are capturing our learning via:**
 * __MP3 and/or Video__**

· Participants will be encouraged to records their learning activities through development of Postcards & Digital Stories · Participants will record their learning experience & success stories in a learning journal to reflect their learning · Learning journals will be published in selected web-blog and/or “LTL Regional Group Network Website” by team members · A satisfaction survey which will be administered at the completion of each training workshops We hope to share our learning via :**
 * __Postcards & Digital Stories__**
 * __Learning Journal / Portfolio__**
 * __Evaluation Forms__** **__and__** **__I__****__nterviews__**

Part of the aims of the project is to prepare a group of eLearning enablers to improve the up-take of eLearning in youth education programs through linking and collaborating with other projects which is Reframing the Future. This LearnScope proposal forms the basis of an integrated strategy to connect elearning with LTL workers, their young clients and local eLearning technology partners.

Through establishment of these strong linkages the project team can share the outcomes with other VTE stakeholders, RTOs, Community Youth Centre and industries. Learning journals and success stories will be part of strategies for sharing project outcomes to the community nationally and internationally.

The project team will also share the project outcomes and learning experience through the “Links-to-Learning Regional Network Website” for all LTL community workers within 90 LTL projects.

· Specific strategies for promotion and dissemination our project outcomes and learning have been planned for to maximise the take up and capacity of staff to engage with and implement e-learning. These include: · Using the Expression of Interest approach as a means to both promote the project and its objectives to all LTL staff as well as motivate targeted LTL staff to become participants in the Learnscope project process. · Using our “LTL Regional Group Network Website” to promote, build and sustain the learning outcomes of participants · Using both the LTL email network and **LTL @ Communities** LearnScope web-blog to disseminate and discuss our learning. · Using the Learnscope website as a means to connect with other projects where appropriate and ensure our project’s reporting approach enables dissemination of our goals, our learning and our e-learning approaches. · Dissemination and promotion will be a clear focus for early project discussions within both our Learnscope project management team and the broader team, involving our 10 participants and expert mentors.
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 * Proposed project products/outputs:**
 * LTL @ Communities**LearnScope team are strongly encourage to keep record of learning journal in either team member’s personal web-blog or in “LTL Regional Group Network Websites” in regular based that can share their learning outcomes to LTL community workers as well as other Learnscope projects. Project Manger and Facilitators will sum up all entries of each web-blog as final report for NSW LearnScope Project Management Team.