Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 17:20:51 +1100
To: voced-coord@rite.ed.qut.edu.au
From: Janine Bowes <jbowes@ozemail.com.au>
Subject: Thank you to the guests!

Good afternoon

I would like to formally thank Shelley Gillis and Jack Keating for their recent contributions as online guests and for the guided tour of the assessment resources. Thanks too to those who contributed to the discussions. The following comment is published with permission and sums up the feedback received:

".......in our world (NSW) we are so engrossed with implementing our new HSC and preparing ourselves (District by District) for RTO compliance assessment, that it's difficult to think more widely. The assessment discussion has been excellent and I look forward to getting into the documents from Melbourne University which I've downloaded but yet to print. CBA is a big issue with our teachers, particularly workplace CBA. There seems to be plenty of info available and I suspect as teachers gain experience in this area they will become more confident. I think most of the uncertainties have been articulated in VECO over the past week or so."

(acronyms explained below for the benefit of non Australian readers)

A couple of challenges remain to be taken up - particularly that of
Patrick Griffin's about paraphrasing the language of CBA in more
teacher-friendly terms so perhaps that might be dealt with when teachers
get together? Feel free to pick up the issue at a later date.

The archives will be available on the website shortly.

Thank you again Shelley and Jack and have a good weekend everyone!

Janine Bowes
VECO Project Coordinator

Acronyms explained:
During this event I received email from overseas expressing confusion over acronyms used. For a comprehensive explanation of terminology for Australian Vocational Education and Training refer to the ABC of VET.

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First published February 17, 2000. Last modified February 24, 2000.