Links

This page features education links from around Australia and overseas that encompass a wide range of education resources.

Please be aware that these links will take you out of the Knowledge Bank and Department of Education (DoE). Knowledge Bank has no control over the content or quality of linked sites.

ACTivated Digital Resource Databank

website:http://activated.decs.act.gov.au/
ACT Department of Education repository for web resources, lesson ideas, learning objects, software and events

Australian Flexible Learning Framework

website:http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au
Information, resources, case studies and products supporting flexible learning strategies

Australian National Schools Network

website:http://www.nsn.net.au/pd/
Resource site for professional development and teaching information

Australia 's Library Gateway

website:http://www.nla.gov.au/libraries
National Library of Australia (NLA) links to Australian libraries

Best Practices: UNESCO

website: http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=3511&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
UNESCO definitions, case histories and links to world's best practice social transformation projects

Blended Learning

website:http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning
New South Wales Department of Education and Training investigation of blended learning through a series of initiatives, accompanied by online exemplars and teachers booklets

Building Connections

website:http://www.buildingconnections.co.uk/
Scottish education site, intended to enhance learning and teaching across the whole curriculum, incorporating a variety of information, materials and activities for teachers and pupils on architecture and the built environment

Consortium Research Program

website: http://consortiumresearchprogram.net.au
The Consortium Research Program is a high-level research program driven by a consortium of expert Australian researchers in vocational education and training (VET). It has won competitive funding from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) for a program of 9 extensive and interlinked research activities over 2 years. These research activities will provide the evidence on which to base decisions for the future of the VET workforce and which will support workforce change.

Council of Professional Teaching Associations of Victoria

website: http://www.cpta.vic.edu.au
The Council of Professional Teaching Associations of Victoria (CPTAV) is the peak body representing subject associations in the State of Victoria.

Curriculum Corporation Projects

website: http://www.curriculum.edu.au/
Curriculum Corporation ( Australia ) links to a range of curriculum projects and sites for Australian teachers and students, including:
'The Le@rning Federation' http://www.thelearningfederation.edu.au/tlf2/
'SCIS' (Schools Catalogue Information Service) http://www.curriculum.edu.au/scis/index.htm
Civics and Citizenship Education (formerly Discovering Democracy): http://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/
Assessment for Learning: http://cms.curriculum.edu.au/assessment/default.asp
Curriculum Leadership Journal: http://cmslive.curriculum.edu.au/leader/
Home Water Investigator: http://www.curriculum.edu.au/projects/hwi.php

Curriculum Corporation currently manage several DEST projects:
ASISTM: http://www.asistm.edu.au/
Values Education: http://www.valueseducation.edu.au/values/
Success for Boys: http://www.successforboys.edu.au/
SEAR (Science Education Assessment Resources) http://cms.curriculum.edu.au/sear/

Curriculum Online

website:http://www.curriculumonline.gov.uk
UK Department for Education and Skills online catalogue of multimedia curriculum resources

DesignShare

website: http://www.designshare.com
International forum on innovative school designs, including designs of award-winning Australian schools

ED.gov

website:http://www.ed.gov
US Department of Education site includes wide range of learning resources and links for teachers, students, administrators and parents

EdNA Online

website:http://www.edna.edu.au
Education Network Australia gateway to resources and services for education and training

Education and Training Statistics

website:http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/d3310114.nsf/Home/Themes
For access to Australian Bureau of Statistics 'Education and Training' theme site. Scroll down to 'Education and Training' and click. Click again on 'Projects' then scroll down to 'Education Services'- click for teaching tools, lesson plans and classroom activities.
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Education Portal

website:http://education.gov.au
Australian Government education portal

Educator's Reference Desk

website:http://www.eduref.org
Learning and teaching resource material from ERIC Database ( US ), including resource guides and lesson plans

European Schoolnet

website:http://www.eun.org
European Union portal for teachers, pupils, administrators and policy makers. Includes online projects across a range of subjects

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

website:http://www.free.ed.gov/
US Federal Government site. Free resources and classroom activities for use in a range of subject areas

Global Schoolhouse Network: GSN

website:http://www.gsn.org
US clearinghouse for online collaborative projects and teaching resource

International Networking for Education Transformation (iNet)

website: http://www.sst-inet.net
International Networking for Education Transformation (iNet) is the international arm of the Specialist Schools Trust. The Trust is playing a key role in the transformation of secondary education in England and features one of the largest networks of schools in the world.

Learning and Technology in Schools: NT

website:http://www.latis.net.au/resources
Northern Territory Department of Employment, Education and Training: Learning and Technology in Schools and Sharing Our Territory Project. Sites provide professional development and learning and teaching activities

Learning Resources

website:http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu
Canadian learning resources' site for students and teachers

Learning To Learn

website: http://www.learningtolearn.sa.edu.au
SA Department of Education and Children’s Services site containing research papers on the nature of learning and information on related projects for teachers.

Middle School Reform

website: http://www.middleweb.com/ContntsTchDev.html
This site includes hundreds of articles and links about middle years curriculum, teaching strategies, teacher professional development, parent involvement, classroom assessment, and much more.

Mind Matters: a whole school approach to well being

website: http://cms.curriculum.edu.au/mindmatters/index.htm
MindMatters is a resource and professional development program to support Australian secondary schools in promoting and protecting the social and emotional wellbeing of members of school communities.
School communities implementing the MindMatters resource are keen to share their experiences with others who are seeking ideas and support for their own work. MindMatters publishes reports from all States and Territories, across all sectors of the national education system, together with teacher contact details. The section Classroom Ideas has ‘short and sweet’ suggestions submitted by teachers on how to use some of the concepts in MindMatters across different subject areas.

National Exchange on Quality Teaching

website: http://www.qualityteaching.dest.gov.au/
The Australian Government's National Exchange on Quality Teaching website provides information and acts as an interactive communication place.

National College for School Leadership

website: http://www.ncsl.org.uk/
The National College for School Leadership is a British education site loaded full of useful research summaries and other valuable education stuff. While much of the material is specific to the British experience, with some parts of the site password protected, there is still more than enough there to make a visit well worthwhile.

New Horizons for Learning

website: http://www.newhorizons.org
Network for educational change. An educational resource with useful and up to date information in areas such as teaching and learning strategies, perspectives on the future, and lifelong learning.

OZ Projects

website:http://ozprojects.edna.edu.au
Australian site showcasing online curriculum projects. An initiative of the EdNA Schools Project and the South Australian Schools Advisory Group.

Primary School

website: http://www.primaryschool.com.au
Free primary school lesson plans and education resources

Resource Bank

website:http://www.resourcebank.curriculum.edu.au
Curriculum Corporation site ( Australia ) offering a collection of current, online, class-ready tasks organised by curriculum topics. Subscription service.

Resourcing the Curriculum: WA

website:http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/index.htm
WA Department of Education and Training curriculum activities and resources online

School Works: UK

website:http://www.school-works.org
UK Department for Education and Skills resources for school design to raise educational achievement and support lifelong learning

School Zone: UK

website:http://www.schoolzone.co.uk
UK Department for Education and Skills education resource site for teachers and learners

Scoilnet

website:http://www.scoilnet.ie
Portal for Irish Education. The 'In the Classroom' page contains learning resources for students at all levels in a range of subject areas.

Teacher Net: UK

website:http://www.teachernet.gov.uk
UK Department for Education and Skills teaching and PD resource site

The Le@rning Federation

website:http://www.thelearningfederation.edu.au/tlf/newcms/d2.asp
Collaborative initiative between Australian and New Zealand governments designed to create online curriculum content and infrastructure for teachers and students to enhance classroom learning experience

The Learning Place

website:http://education.qld.gov.au/learningplace/
Education Queensland site for online learning and online resources

The Victorian Education Channel

website:www.education.vic.gov.au/Teacher/default.asp
The Victorian Education Channel is an online service provided by the Department of Education and Training (DoE) in Victoria, Australia. The Channel operates as a discovery site for information and services related to education and training that have been produced by the Department and selected third party providers.

VOCED

website:http://www.voced.edu.au
Australian Vocational Education and Training site documenting best practice research; also excellent VET links.

What Works Clearinghouse: US

website:http://www.w-w-c.org
US Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences site providing educators with a central source of scientific evidence of what works in education

What Works: The Work Program

website:http://www.whatworks.edu.au
Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training site providing online professional action materials for improving outcomes for Indigenous Students