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We are a research and development centre that investigates how learning takes place in, through and for the workplace. We analyse emerging international workforce and training trends, then use this information to support progress in vocational and work-based education.

The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) is Australia's principal provider of vocational education and training (VET) research and statistics.

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CURVE - Centre Undertaking Research in Vocation Education

This comprehensive research by the eLearning Guild shows that the use of traditional classroom instruction is actually up from a year ago. While somewhat extreme, the research also shows that organisations that ignore incorporating Web 2.0 approaches for their learning initiatives may be doing so at their own peril (at least according to Guild members' survey results).

"This research uses adapted self-assessment questionnaires to examine the relationships between the learning motivation, learning strategies, self-efficacy, attribution and learning results of 135 distance learners. The aim is to model the relationship between psychological characteristics and learning results of distance learners. The outcomes of this study show that a relationship exists between psychological characteristics and learning scores of distance learners. First, there is a relationship between self-efficacy, learning strategies and learning results"

"This research focuses on young people's use of social media, including how, why and when they encounter content, contact and privacy risks when they go online. The research was conducted in two parts-a qualitative phase and a quantitative phase. "

"This paper provides an overview of the potential of the integration of mobile Web 2.0 tools (based around smartphones) to facilitate social constructivist pedagogies and engage students in tertiary education. Built on the foundation of four years of research and implementation of mobile learning projects (m-learning), this paper provides an overview of the potential of the integration of mobile Web 2.0 tools (based around smartphones) to facilitate social constructivist pedagogies and engage students in tertiary education."

Project Information Literacy is a national study about early adults and their information-seeking behaviors, competencies, and the challenges they face when conducting research in the digital age.

Imapct: Journal of Applied Research in Workplace E-Learning Vol 1, No 1 2009

"This report presents findings from the second survey of the Australian component of the World Internet Project. This survey is a project of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation at the Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology."