The Australian Flexible Learning Framework is a national strategy collaboratively funded by the

Australian Government The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or simply as the federal government, is the national executive government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The executive consists of the pr ...

and all

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's states and territories. It is intended to provide the vocational education and training (VET) system with

e-learning Educational technology (commonly abbreviated as edutech, or edtech) is the combined use of computer hardware, software, and educational theory and practice to facilitate learning and teaching. When referred to with its abbreviation, "EdTech" ...

skills, professional development opportunities, products, resources and support networks to meet today's increasingly technology-driven learning environment. The Framework has multiple strands, including Toolboxes, New Practices,

Benchmarking Benchmarking is the practice of comparing business processes and performance metrics to industry bests and best practices from other companies. Dimensions typically measured are Project management triangle, quality, time and cost. Benchmarking is ...

, Client Engagement, Learnscope (professional development), Networks, and previously Flexible Learning Leaders. Its aim is to meet the e-learning needs of students and communities,

business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for ...

and

industry Industry may refer to: Economics * Industry (economics), a generally categorized branch of economic activity * Industry (manufacturing), a specific branch of economic activity, typically in factories with machinery * The wider industrial sector ...

Indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology) In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often populari ...

learners and

people with disabilities Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, ...

. The Framework was governed by the Flexible Learning Advisory Group (FLAG), represented by senior managers from all states and territories. Overseen by COAG.

References

Community Services & Health Industry Skills Council - Evaluation Results - Australian Flexible Learning Framework
* https://web.archive.org/web/20170202015648/http://apo.org.au/taxonomy/term/1385

External links

* http://ldt.eworks.edu.au/Default.aspx

* http://www.acpet.edu.au/article/3731/australian-flexible-learning-framework-news/ {{Authority control Australian vocational education and training providers Distance education in Australia