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
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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.
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



