THE LE@RNING FEDERATION IN BRIEF

1. THE LE@RNING FEDERATION IN BRIEF

2. THE le@rning FEDERATION The organisation that makes and licences digital curriculum resources to support teaching and learning.

3. Digital Curriculum Resources • Interactive multimedia resources • Interactive assessment resources • Digital curriculum resources from partner organisations • Collections of digital curriculum resources • Teacher ideas

4. Interactive multimedia resources Combine: • Still images • Moving images • Text • Audio • Animation Aim to: • Engage • Motivate • Support

5. Interactive assessment resources • Support the formative assessment of students’ understanding of concepts and skills • Report on the student’s performance against the learning outcomes addressed by the resource

6. Digital curriculum resources from partner organisations Sourced from Australia and New Zealand’s leading: Cultural institutions Scientific institutions Private collections Each resource comes with teacher’s notes Includes images from: Documentaries Feature films Newsreels Television programs Photographs Artworks Posters Maps Documents Cartoons Includes sound from: Speeches Songs Radio broadcasts interviews

7. Collections of digital curriculum resources • Grouped thematically • Uses subthemes • Brings together up to 30 resources • Interactive • assessment and • Other digital resources

8. Teacher ideas • Highlights the ways teachers have: • incorporated these resources into their programs. • Used the resources and other technology to inspire and challenge students • Includes links to digital curriculum resources used in lessons • May include - • assessment objects • Samples of student work • Resources developed by teachers

9. Who can access TLF? TLF distributes digital curriculum resources to education authorities Schools Universities TAFE institutions Professional associations Education authorities distribute the material to their member schools through – Online portals DVDs In-house hosting Commercial hosting

10. Accessing The Learning Federation To find out how to access The Le@rning Federation content, select the relevant link below. Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia New Zealand Access in Queensland • Government teachers • EQ staff and students and Learning Place affiliates can access the resources via the Learning Place http://education.qld.gov.au/learningplace/ • Only EQ employees can self-register to join the Learning Place. All other interested persons should contact the Learning Place administrator. • TAFE teachers • Go to http://my.tafe.qld.gov.au and log in with your TAFE Queensland network username and password. Then select ResourceBank from the left navigation menu. • Catholic teachers • Check with your Catholic Education Office. • Resources are available through Scootle http://www.scootle.edu.au • Schools may subscribe to the Learning Place http://education.qld.gov.au/learningplace/ • To arrange access to The Le@rning Federation digital curriculum resources please email your Contact Liaison Officer, Liam Garvey (liamg@qcec.qld.catholic.edu.au). • Independent teachers • To arrange access to The Le@rning Federation digital curriculum resources please email your Contact Liaison Officer, Janelle Wills (jwills@aisq.qld.edu.au).

11. What’s available? • Descriptions of all learning objects are available in catalogues in pdf format. • Some catalogues list samples • Examples of catalogues • Mathematics and numeracy • Science • Languages – Chinese, French, German. Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese • Australian history • English and literacy • Arts and design • Early years • Indigenous