Edition 60, September 2008

e-resource improving Indigenous literacy and numeracy

A new resource has been developed that uses culturally appropriate e-learning content to improve the literacy and numeracy levels of regional and remote Indigenous communities.

Making IT Real is based around easy-to-use web page templates which allow users, with basic levels of technical skills, to create culturally appropriate web interfaces suited to their community - by using local languages, place names, landmarks and people.

The resource was funded by the national training system's e-learning strategy, the Australian Flexible Learning Framework under its 2007 Indigenous Engagement Project.

Making IT Real takes existing learning resources and encourages schools and community organisations to make them into 'real' resources that can be saved and shared. It does this by incorporating elements of a particular community within the resource which means that learners are more likely to engage and interact with the content because it has relevance to them.

Making IT Real was developed in conjunction with the Lockhart River Community with the support of TNQIT and communities from Cape York and the Torres Strait.

An online demonstration of Making IT Real will be held on Tuesday 30 September at 2:00 pm (AEST).

The session will be delivered via Elluminate Live!, which is an online conferencing technology. People who are interested in participating in the demonstration are asked to register their interest by emailing indigenous@flexiblelearning.net.au

To view Making IT Real visit http://flexiblelearning.net.au/makingitreal or to order a copy of Making IT Real on CD-ROM email indigenous@flexiblelearning.net.au

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