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Cultural dimensions of Indigenous participation in vocational education and training: new perspectives by Alfred Michael Dockery, Centre for Labour Market Research and Curtin University This report provides new evidence on the interrelationships between Indigenous Australians' affiliation with their traditional culture and the nature of their engagement with vocational education and training (VET). It aims to enhance our understanding of the causal channels through which culture shapes VET participation and outcomes, and vice versa, and builds on previous work presented in the author's 2009 publication, Cultural dimensions of Indigenous participation in education and training, in a number of ways. Most importantly, richer measures of culture are developed which capture separate elements of the broader concept of 'cultural attachment'. Using these measures and more recent data, previous findings relating to past educational attainment and participation in training are reassessed. Evidence is also presented on the links between cultural attachment and current participation in education and on the benefits Indigenous Australians derive from education and training, conditional upon remoteness and cultural attachment.

On November 9 2011, Adobe announced that it will stop development of the Flash player for mobile devices following the release of v11.1 for Android and BlackBerry.  (http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2011/11/flash-focus.html (Opens in new window)) As a result, at their meeting in Melbourne on 29th November 2011 the E-standards Expert Group decided that as of 2013 it will no longer recommend Flash (swf) as a content format  for delivery of learner content in the VET sector, because it can no longer be deemed interoperable across the existing recommended devices. This does not mean that support is withdrawn for existing content, or that  the recommendation is withdrawn immediately. It does mean that content developers should consider transitioning to alternative methods (for example JavaScript/HTML) of delivering accessible interactive content. Unfortunately HTML5 is not recommended at this time for use in development of content intended for widespread use in the VET sector because of the inconsistent implementation by browser developers.  Please see the E-standards for Training 2011 HTML5 Research report. If you choose to use HTML5 functionality, you should provide a fall-back mechanism for browsers not supporting that element.

Google Scholar searches academic research. Much better for desktop research than regular Google. Use the advanced search features to target your results.

Dogpile searches three major search engines: Google, Yahoo! and MS Bing. Can produce results less "tailored" and commercial than Google.

This booklet outlines the results of research the Frameworkcommissioned into how e-learning innovations can be sustained withinorganisations, available athttp://flexiblelearning.net.au/content/benchmarking-and-researchpublications.The research identifies what Australian organisations just like yours, aredoing to build e-learning into how they deliver training now and in thefuture. Their experiences provide some valuable lessons to save yourorganisation time and money in developing more flexible staff trainingsolutions.The booklet summarises the:* evidence for the uptake of e-learning in the delivery of training* benefits of e-learning for employees, employers and training organisations* findings from the Framework funded research into practices that sustain the use of e-learning in training* guidelines around e-learning good practice.