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Welcome to Durack Institute's Community of Practice about Using Technology for Training and Assessment
The leaders for this Community of Practice are: Phone 9956 2724 Email: cheryl.galloway@durack.edu.au Twitter: @chergal_ LinkedIn: @http://au.linkedin.com/in/chergalloway/ || **Michele Edwards** Phone: 9956 6121 Email: michele.edwards@durack.edu.au Twitter: @ ||
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 * **Cheryl Galloway**


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The use of technology for training and assessment is very broad. It can include any types of technology used by either the learner or the trainer/assessor.

Download our compilation of Durack Lecturer's favourite apps for training, productivity or just making life easier:
 * Examples of technology currently being used** or trialed by lecturers and students at Durack include:
 * Mobile devices (iPads, tablets, eReaders; smartphones etc.)
 * Learning Management Systems (Moodle and Blackboard)
 * Web conferencing (Blackboard Collaborate, GoToMeeting, Skype)
 * All types of digital cameras, including in smart devices and those built into wearable items like safety glasses and 'GoPro' type head mounted cameras.

Along with the array of technologies available for training and assessing, there are also amazing **digital resources** available - and many of them for free. Some of the typical ones used by lecturers are:
 * Social media sites like YouTube; Vimeo; Wikispaces (this site); How Stuff Works; SlideShare; Prezi; LinkedIn; Flickr; Picasa; Wikimedia/pedia/books/commons/versity....@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
 * Thousands of apps from either Google Play or the Apple App Store
 * eBooks are now available from most suppliers as an alternative to paper-based / hard copy texts and workbooks. Check out this list of best sites to download free e-books
 * Open source education sites and MOOCs like the Khan Academy; Coursera; iTunes U; Open 2 Study; MIT Open CourseWare;

//How can you find out about **new and emerging technologies** and innovations?// Every year a group of international experts get together and research the latest advances in this field and they produce the annual Horizon Report. @http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2013-Technology-Outlook-for-Australian-Tertiary-Education.pdf These documents are always a fantastic glimpse of what technologies are going to become mainstream in education and training within the next couple of years, as well as ones that are on the 4-5 year horizon. Historically they have been spot on with their predictions! The technologies predicted to make a big impact in education and training include: learning analytics; MOOCs; 3-D Printing; mobile learning; augmented reality and wearable technologies. If you prefer to watch rather than read, then this YouTube video: Technology in 2019 provides a look at how we could be using technology in the not too distant future.

Digital resources appeal to and engage all types of learning styles. For example, I prefer visual images to words and can 'absorb' the information much easier and quicker. With the right tools, lecturers can easily create their own digital resources to support learners like me. Below is an example of a typical infographic resource. This one just happens to illustrate the types of technologies available to support training: media type="custom" key="24170354"

Below are links to some **websites and resources** that can help you to utilize more technology and digital resources in your training and assessment:
 * National VET E-learning Strategy for Toolbox learning objects, free PD webinars and web guidelines and standards to help you when you are developing your own resources
 * Training Sector Services (WestOne) - a WA DTWD website for training resources and free e-learning and technology professional development
 * Six steps to successfully implementing workplace online training - great tips and links to other helpful resources
 * Durack Social Media Hub - another wikispaces resource developed to support Durack staff
 * The Padagogy Wheel - integrating technology into learning and teaching
 * Campus Technology - information, resources and access to a free monthly magazine that keeps you informed about the latest technology trends and products available for education and training (it's from the US, but very relevant)
 * The Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies - a UK site facilitated by the technology guru, Jane Hart
 * Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything - an amazing site where you can find out all about technology and education, with links to heaps of resources and other useful websites
 * Educational technology and mobile learning - web tools and apps for educators
 * Edudemic - connecting education and technology
 * Wikitude - develop your own augmented reality resources

Let's look at some **case studies** of interesting things that Durack lecturers are already doing using technology for training and assessing: // (to add video snapshots, case studies, example documents and links here) //