The Horizon Report series is the product of the New
Media Consortium's Horizon Project, an ongoing
research project that seeks to identify and describe
emerging technologies likely to have a large impact
on teaching, learning, or creative expression within higher education around the globe. This volume, the 2008 Horizon Report, Australia-New Zealand Edition, is the !rst in a new series of regional reports, and examines merging technologies as they appear in and affect higher education in Australia and New Zealand in particular.
The LH Martin Institute recently provided a submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into the role of TAFE. In our submission we proposed a new national partnership that would supersede the current National Partnership Agreement, which was established in April 2012 at the Council of Australian Governments meeting but has since broken down in key respects such as overall funding of VET and maintaining the capacity of TAFE. The new national partnership we are suggesting would be based on the outcomes of a "TAFE base funding review" recommended by the AWPA; provide for the maintenance of current funding levels per student contact; recognise the role of TAFE as a comprehensive service provider; and consider the efficacy of current national arrangements.
In 2008, Workforce Development Team has upgraded the Moodle to the latest version onto a new and powerful computer. Many staff have already started classes this term on the new Moodle server and moved existing courses across. The new Moodle server will be fully operational from 2009 and the existing old Moodle server will be be de-commissioned at the end of term 1, 2009.