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Tools - VECO provides online tools
Welcome    
If your interest is in using efficient tools to get to good information, you are in the right place! This page will point you to interactive places on the Web site designed to help you do your work. The descriptions below highlight tools to publicise your program, find recommended resources, search archives and databases, or communicate with others. We hope that spending a bit of time exploring the links to this page will help you get the most value from VECO.


 

These Links will Connect You to Online Tools

Program Registry
If you want to let people know about your vocational education program, submit it to the VECO Program Registry. This database lets people search for specific aspects of programs so that they can learn what others are doing and to make contact with people working in the same field.
Program Registry

 

Resources Library Resources Library
It's not hard to find information these days. But it can be difficult to find good information. Why not trust others in your field? The VECO Resources Library is a searchable database created to let VECO members share the best materials for vocational education.

 

Events Calendar
How can you find out what vocational education conferences and events are coming up? How can you do this easily? Keep abreast of what's coming up with the VECO Events Calendar. You can also post an event you'd like to announce to others.
Events Calendar

 

Noticeboard Noticeboard
When something comes up that you'd like others to know about, what do you do? Many people turn to the VECO Community Noticeboard as a way to broadcast their message across the Web.

 

The VECO Café
Suppose you want an easy and inexpensive way to meet with colleagues from around the country or the world? The VECO Café is a multipurpose chatroom available to VECO members.
VECO Cafe

 

Discussion List Cartoon Discussion Lists
Email discussion lists are a great tool for staying involved with an online community. VECO supports its main voced-coord list as well as special focus lists. Each list has its own support page with links to   search archives and manage your membership.

 

Special Interest Networks
If you are interested in specific aspect of vocational education that impacts all of Australia, how could you network with others and post information quickly? VECO hosts a number of Special Focus National Networks. Current examples involve Reworking Years 9 - 10 (9-10network) and Rural and Remote Areas Vocational Education (rrave-on).
National Networks

 

Online Guests Online Guests
VECO has hosted many Online guests through the voced-coord list and other communication tools. Even if you missed these events, you can still read archived versions of the discussions and explore related Web resources.

First published August 23, 1999. Last modified October 8, 2000.

 




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