Asia-PacificiEARN-Australia
iEARN-Australia was one of the founding members Centres of iEARN. The programme is run by a Management Team which is elected every year. Teachers and students in Australia are very active in coordinating a number of significant iEARN projects; including The Teddy Bear's Project, The First Peoples' Project, Faces of War, The Fight Against Child Labour Project, Lewin, Labs Alive and Kindred. Australia hosted the 1995 iEARN International Teachers' Meeting in Melbourne.
LearnScope
LearnScope is a national professional development project focusing on the application of new learning technologies to achieve more flexible learning in VET in the transition to the information economy. Undergraduate and postgraduate teacher training courses throughout Australia include subjects and courses in the use of ICT in education. Each year, funding is provided by the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) to teams within registered training organisations in the vocational education and training sector to undertake work-based programmes focussed on their professional development in the area of flexible delivery and online delivery.
The Indigenous Education Strategic Plan 2000–2004
This is a Northern Territory DET strategy specifying that teacher training programmes for teachers of Aboriginal students are to include ICT skills. Recently trained teachers graduate with competent ICT skills, including multimedia software development skills for use in education. The training is effective and new teachers appear to be competent in, and comfortable with, the use of ICT in teaching and learning. However, some older teachers are largely lacking in ICT skills and require training. There appears to be reluctance on the part of this cohort to adapt to and adopt the use of new technologies in education.
The Notebooks for Teachers Program
This programme provides notebook computers and ICT skills training for all teachers and principals in Victorian Government primary, secondary and TAFE sectors, to support the effective integration and use of learning technologies into the classroom and in administrative practices. Similar programmes are conducted in other states/territories.
ICT Skills for Teachers
This is an accredited training course for all TAFE teachers, providing the skills and knowledge required to enhance teaching and learning practices via the use of ICT technologies.
WebCT Training
Training is conducted in the WebCT learning management system (LMS) for teachers in TAFE, RTOs and ACE. Training is usually in-house, mixed-mode delivery of face-to-face and online.