News index
Alcohol and other drug workforce symposium
Universities: Strengthening the Alcohol and Other Drug Workforce
CLI supported this event with a live, multicamera webcast on 14 May 2007. An archive of the webcast and further information is available on the AOD Workforce Website... more
Animal Studies - a new TAFE resource
Animal Studies is a new TAFE learning resource that supports 13 units of competency in the Certificate II in Animal Studies. The resource can be used for individual learning, flexible or distance delivery and classroom teaching... more
Apology to the stolen generations
CLI has marked the national apology to the stolen generations that was made by the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, on Wednesday 13 February 2008... more
Astronomy Masterclass
Fred Watson combines his musical talent with his knowledge of Astronomy in this entertaining and hugely informative masterclass on the past, present and future of the telescope. The resource targets Stage 5 Science and Stage 6 Physics students...more
Career Moves
The Career Moves web portal provides a powerful new information resource to support NSW students with disabilities in their transition from school to further study, work or other goals... more
Children's Services Diploma - an online TAFE resource
Learning takes place more effectively when it is situated in the real world or workplace environments. This is the belief that underpins the design of a new Children’s Services Diploma resource.
Context-based materials were developed to support the resource including videos of child care centres, audio interviews with practitioners, as well as the Summerville Children’s centre site – a simulated childcare centre. The simulated workplace provides an authentic context in which to apply learning.
The resource has been developed for the revised Community Services Training Package (CHC02) and consists of learning topics based on an analysis of the units of competency and complimentary contextual materials for use in an online environment... more
CLI Kiosks
CLI has acquired a number of touchscreen kiosks to showcase CLI products and initiatives off site. We are looking for other NSW government schools and other DET and TAFE areas interested in using the kiosks...more
Connected Classes
New and emerging technologies, combined with highly innovative approaches to learning, are transforming NSW classrooms... more
Connected Learning Awards
The Hon. John Della Bosca, NSW Minister for Education and Training, presented winning schools with their framed certificates and trophies before an audience of excited students, parents, teachers and senior Departmental officers... more
Connected Learning Seminar
CLI recently hosted a Connected Learning seminar: A conversation with Angus King, former Governor of Maine...more
Economics Masterclass
In this new resource from CLI, economics writer Ross Gittins responds to a series of questions about the 2008 Federal Budget and current economics issues...more
Email learning activities
CLI is trialling a resource model for assisting teachers to implement e-learning activities. The first sample is a ‘mini-resource’ called Email Learning Activities... more
Fire Challenge geography resource
Fire challenge is a new multimedia resource for Geography Stage 5 that recreates real firefighting situations for students. Through a role-playing exercise, students have the responsibility of bringing a fire outbreak under control... more
Indigenous Voices - an interactive resource for English
Indigenous Voices introduces Indigenous poetry, song and stories from Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Western Samoa and Solomon Islands to Stage 5 English students.
The resource consists of three self-contained parts that include interactive learning activities, based on text, audio and flash animations. Each part is accompanied by learning activities and student writing tasks.
Comprising approximately 16 hours of study, the unit examines the ways language forms and features of Indigenous texts shape meaning. Students have the opportunity to respond to and compose a wide range of texts in a variety of forms... more
Languages resources for schools
CLI launches innovative multimedia languages resources for schools... more
Maths resource for Primary teaching
A practical maths resource has been developed to guide primary teachers and to assist students to learn through interactive maths lessons.
Using Maths Tracks is an interactive resource produced by the Centre for Learning Innovation (CLI) to address Board of Studies outcomes for maths and support teachers using Rigby Maths Tracks publications.
A series of sequenced lessons guide students through interactive activities providing answer guides. Teacher notes are included, offering additional resources including related websites and assessment records. Teachers can use the resource as a guide when planning class or group work. It can also be tailored for students’ independent learning, better fitting the needs of individual students... more
Murder under the Microscope in 2008
Congratulations to the Finito Mosquitoes from James Fallon High School, Albury NSW. They are the accusations winners and EcoSleuths of 2008!... more
Partnerships for Learning
The Centre for Learning Innovation held an inaugural Partnerships for Learning event to explore opportunities where business and CLI can partner together... more
Pascal's triangle multimedia resource
Binomial theorem and binomial probability is a web-based multimedia resource designed to support students in learning about various applications of Pascal's triangle... more
Practical Optical Dispensing 2nd edition launched
On Friday 15 December 2006 CLI launched the second edition of its popular technical publication Practical Optical Dispensing... more
Prospects: Thrills and Skills in the Mining Industry
Prospects: Thrills and Skills in the Mining Industry is a new careers advice CD providing the latest advice and guidance for young people working in the industry in NSW... more
Prove It!
Prove It!, a new online skills recognition tool, is now available to Registered Training Organisations via the Internet... more
Rainforests and climate change
The Centre for Learning Innovation puts climate change top of the list of topic areas of importance for 2008... more
Schools Web Design Awards
The theme for the annual Schools Web Design Awards for 2007 is Journeys. Registration closed on Friday 15 June 2007... more
Science @ the lakes - a Primary science project
Science @ the lakes has inspired a keen interest in science and technology among primary school students in western Sydney... more
Science talk website launched
CLI has developed a new online teaching resource to promote science and mathematics education. Science talk features video interviews with prominent scientists... more
Site, structure, significance resource launched
Site, structure, significance is a new CLI resource for schools. It was officially launched at CLI on Wednesday 17 October to coincide with the Sculpture by the Sea, 2007 exhibition held at Bondi and Tamarama beaches in Sydney. It introduces students to a wide range of sculptures... more
Sites2See
Sites2See draws on CLI's expertise to support parents, teachers and students in using selected resources or websites... more
Skoool online learning in maths and science
CLI will work with the Intel IT Innovation Centre in Ireland to provide skoool™ online learning resources for maths and science, to government schools across NSW... more
Social e-learning
Your guide to social e-learning is now live. A new resource aimed at trainers, facilitators and teachers will help build skills with using web-based, collaborative tools for teaching and learning... more
Statistics Masterclass
CLI's newest Masterclass - a lesson and interview with statistician Lucy Snowball from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR)... more
TaLe has a new look
TaLe has a new interface and more personalised functions as a result of extensive teacher feedback... more
Videoconferencing Masterclass
This new resource from CLI is about introducing videoconferencing into our schools and classrooms. Jan Zanetis highlights the key issues...more
Virtually Archibald
Have you seen this year’s winning Archibald Prize portrait? Virtually Archibald, a digital resource produced by CLI, helps students explore the background to this annual portraiture competition and guides them in their own portrait making... more
Visual Arts Masterclass
CLI's newest Masterclass has been developed for Stage 5 Visual Arts. Guan Wei is a full-time professional artist who works in his studio in Sydney and on site at numerous venues in Australia and overseas... more
Weeds attack!
Weeds attack! is a web-based, multimedia resource for schools with interactive learning activities aimed at preparing students to investigate a local weed of national significance...more
Working for peace
Working for peace is a new online teaching resource produced by CLI featuring Dr Hans Blix who was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize in November, 2007... more
Writers Talk 2007 - a series of Masterclasses
CLI shared an exciting journey with Sydney Writers' Festival organisers, writers of national and international significance and teachers in a series of masterclasses and teacher interviews... more
Writers Talk 2008
Writers Talk returns in 2008 with new writers and a special interview with Sydney Writers' Festival director Wendy Were. Hear writers of national and international standing talk about their work... more
