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ADDIE Model | Instructional Design Central (IDC) What is the ADDIE Model? The ADDIE instructional design model is the generic process traditionally used by instructional designers to create instruction.

Instructional Design to Development: How Long Does It Really Take Diane Valenti breaks down the tasks required to develop a typical training courseso you can communicate to stakeholders how long instructional design really takes

Instructional Design Models | Instructional Design Central (IDC) View industry standard instructional design models, learning theory, methods, learning strategies, & instructional design principles such as the ADDIE model.

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Concreting Workplace Functional Analysis

FYI The new SSOs have been announced:
Artibus Innovation - the following TPs:
CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package
CPC08 Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package
CPP Property Services Training Package
CPP07 Property Services Training Package
Industry Reference Committees:
Construction Industry Advisory Committee
Property Services Industry Advisory Committee

Priority number 1 http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/sites/swa/media-events/media-releases/pages/mr05012015

Make work health and safety your New Year's resolution - Safe Work Australia This site contains materials supporting the WHS laws including; the model WHS Act, model WHS Regulations and model Codes of Practice. Analysis of data and research relating to work health and safety and workers’ compensation is available from this site.

Demolition of asbestos riddled 'Mr Fluffy' houses in Canberra - meticulous work by brilliant demolition workers!

Inside a Canberra Mr Fluffy asbestos home before demolition takes place For ACT government asbestos taskforce boss Andrew Kefford, wall-to-ceiling blue paint inside an otherwise unremarkable Scullin home is proof enough of the threat Mr Fluffy poses to Canberra. 

Pleased to hear this:
..between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2015 ASQA:
• finalised almost 1,400 audit activities
• made 27 decisions to cancel registration
• made 54 decisions to suspend registration
• issued 158 written notices of intention to cancel/suspend registration
• issued 17 other administrative sanctions
• rejected 25 (9.2%) applications from organisations seeking initial registration as a new provider, and
• rejected 25 (3.2%) applications to renew provider registration.
These statistics demonstrate that ASQA takes the task of regulating the vocational education and training sector very seriously and that it is willing to use the powers available to it against those providers that do not comply with the legislation and required standards.

Asbestos course to end game of chance for Canberra tradies A course on working safely with asbestos-containing materials aims to teach tradespeople how to handle the hazard safely.

What an Instructional Designer Does? 3 Myths Revealed - eLearning Industry What an Instructional Designer Does? Check the article to find out What Instructional Designers Do? and 3 Instructional Design Myths!

The Final Report on our 6 month Scoping Study on Plumbing & Services and Fire Protection & Testing Qualifications is available here: http://www.cpsisc.com.au/projects/Cross_Industry/plumbing_and_services_and_fire_qualifications

Scoping for redevelopment of the CPC08 Plumbing and Services and the CPP07 Fire Protection... Following six months of research and national stakeholder consultation, the final Scoping Report on the proposed changes to the CPC08 Plumbing and Services and CPP07 Fire Protection, Inspection and Testing qualifications is now available - see below to view and download.

Very concerned about this!

Australian Government removes critical test for Chinese workers The Federal Government has removed a requirement to assess the skills of Chinese electricians on temporary work visas.

Staff meeting in Cluj-Napoca

An Introduction to Instructional Design As an instructional designer, I’ve had my fair share of blank stares when I tell people what I do for a living. E-learning? Instructional design? Those are typical responses, as if I had just spo...

Off to analyse some construction work today at this building:
http://www.yve.com.au/

Introducing my senior researcher - Paul

Well, what a pleasant day trip to Hobart to meet the Plumbing Teachers - followed by lunch at the Richmond pub!

Taken at a meeting at the Air Conditioning & Mechanical Contractors Association Of Australia

For a bit of light relief from Training Packages - I'm going to translate gobbledegook into plain English!

Back to Cleaning - Supervisory Level Qualification this time - thank goodness I don't have to wear this very fetching outfit again!

We've been doing a bit of work with sign-writing too - look at this marvellous film about traditional sign work at fairs:
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23313762

Fairground painter's stunning handiwork Joby Carter is one of the few remaining artists who specialises in signwriting for old-fashioned fairground rides.