Pre-conference
Opening address given by Michael Hart MP.
Mr Hart was representing the Minister for Education, Training and Employment (the Hon John-Paul Langbroek).
Conference Presentations
Presentations will be added here as they become available.
Unless noted, all documents and PowerPoints have been converted to PDF however some documents still have a large file size
Opening
The opening speech was to have been given by Bob Baldwin, Parliamentary Secretary, on behalf of the Minister for Industry. It was given my Karen Andrews MP, Member for McPherson.
Keynotes
Professor Stephen Reder
Professor of Applied Linguistics at Portland State University
Professor Diana Coben, PhD
Director of the National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults, University of Waikato, New Zealand
The koru and the nautilus shell - visualising growth in literacy and numeracy
Professor Trevor Gale
Professor of Education Policy and Social Justice, Deakin University
Relating Social Inequality and Education: An assessment of pop and policy text
Sessions
Here are the presentations provided by speakers. You can also see the session outlines and speaker bios.
Greg Marston, School of Public Health and Social Work, QUT; Jeffrey Johnson-Abdelmalik, School of Public Health and Social Work, QUT; Damian Le Goullon, A Place to Belong
A6 Enhancing speaking and listening skills online
Jill Lewis, CAE
A7 Progressing the National Foundation Skills Strategy for Adults
Anita Roberts, National Foundation Skills Strategy Project, TAFE SA; Louise Wignall, National Foundation Skills Strategy Project, TAFE SA; Wing-Yin Chan Lee, National Foundation Skills Strategy Project, TAFE SA
A9 Training numeracy teachers for the new FSK TP environment
Liz Agars, TAFENSW-WSI
B3 Creating contextualised assessments for learners in the SEE program
Frankie den Hartog, Chisholm Institute; Libby Rowswell, Chisholm Institute
B1 How We Learned to Love the FSK
Julie Wykeham, North Coast TAFE NSW; Barbara Eggins, North Coast TAFE NSW
Tina Berghella, Oggi Consulting
B9 Aboriginal Driver Education: Driving as the vehicle for learner engagement
Jan Levy, Natalie Hannah and Kirsten Elliott, ACE Community Colleges
C4 An approach to the learning/teaching of spelling online
Dilys Norrish, Open Training Education Network (OTEN); Joanne Medlin, Open Training Education Network (OTEN)
C5 Using extended continuous text with beginner readers
Hazel Davidson, Sugarbag on Damper
D1 Sharing knowledge and experience – the National Foundation Skills Community of Practice
Tina Berghella, National Foundation Skills Strategy Project, Community of Practice (COP) plus COP panel
D2 Connecting with students’ home languages to enrich literacy engagement
Elizabeth Gunn, Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
D3 Assess for success-improving outcomes through a focus on literacy
Gail Hager, Kwa Deo Training
D5 Towards a Predictive Model for Texting Fluency
Evan Ortlieb, Roy Rozario and Yusuke Sasaki, Monash University
D8 E-learning for engagement - practical strategies
Sue James, TAFE SA - Foundation Skills; Penne Skewes, TAFE SA - Foundation Skills
E3 Cuba's 'Yes I Can' in Australia. Three Years On
Bob Boughton, University of New England; Deborah Durnan, Literacy for Life Foundation
Lindee Conway, Northern Metropolitan Institute of TAFE (NMIT)
E7 Using screencasts to enhance information and academic literacy skills in vocational learners
Janice Torrens, TAFE Queensland Gold Coast
E8 The experience of women of Western Sydney returning to work
Liz Agars, TAFENSW-WSI
E10 Transforming ideas into action when Foundation Skill needs are identified
Workshop resource (Word doc)
Ann Leske, LLN In-Sight; Leonie Francis, TAFE NSW Riverina Institute
F3 From ACSF to Vanuatu National Adult LLN Framework: a journey
Carol Macreadie, Macsmith & Associates
F6 State Library of Queensland's Libraries for Literacy Framework Review
Jane Cowell, State Library of Queensland
