Resources
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The order is as follows:
- Topics below are given in alphabetical order.
- Websites under some topics are ordered with the most relevant first.
Much more: See webcentrals of materials
Action research
- Ethnographic Action Research
- Citizen Science toolbox (tools for decision-making)
- Learning Communities Catalyst Materials | Home
Auditing and quality management
- JAS-ANZ (Joint Accreditation System of Australian and New Zealand)
- The Institute of Internal Auditors-Australia
- The Institute of Internal Auditors (USA)
Business and management
- Quick MBA (All kinds of business-related training materials)
- MBA Online (All kinds of business-related training materials)
- Effective meetings
- Various business-related materials (businessballs.com) Excellent to terrible.
- Management Alternatives for human services Paul Bullen
- Developing Your Organisation
- Community door
- Guidelines for Assessing Business Risks (RMIT)
- Edith Cowan University policies (A good "how to" on developing policy)
- Business and management etc.
- Basic small business management:
- Small Business planner
- Buzgate (small business development)
- www.sbcs.org.au/startup.htm
- www.sbcs.org.au/tips.htm
- Basic financial management for non-profit organizations
- E-commerce
- Free Management Library
- The Leadership Site
- So, you want to learn Bookkeeping!
Child care
- National Childcare Accreditation Council Inc. (Samples of materials and fact sheets)
Christian (general)
- Pastornet (Australia)
- StudyLight
- Scripture 4 all (interlinear Bible)
- The Evangelical Christian Library
- The Hall of Church History
- Crosswalk.com's News & Culture
- Monergism
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- The Spurgeon Archive
- BiblicalTraining.org
Computing for Beginners
- The Webwise Online Course (The BBC's beginner's guide to the Internet)
Community Education
- Take Time Radio
- Adult Learning Australia
- Learning Communities Catalyst
- E-library of Building Stronger Communities
Conflict resolution and related topics: Conflict Resolution Network
Copyright
- Curtin University's copyright instructions
- Australian Copyright Council (especially the downloadable info sheets)
- Copyright Kitchen
Diversity
- Diversity Australia has free materials with a copyright release with generous conditions. (Go to Workplace Training Materials and Resources for Educators)
Education
- Training and assessment
- Australian Government education portal
- AEsharenet (For finding or sharing materials)
- Designing e-learning
- Education Services Australia (ESA)
- How to write successful training materials : A guide
- Russel Docking (see his articles)
- User Choice (funding information for traineeships)
- Negotiating Workplace Training
- Reframing the Future Staff development in training
- Vetinfonet
- Search for all sorts of things at Australian Flexible Learning Framework Lots of it is free.
- Negotiating workplace training
- How to write successful training materials: a guide
- http://cathy-moore.com
- Research
- Higher education
- Recognitions of qualifications
- Australian Education International (National)
- Overseas Qualifications Unit (WA)
- Country Education Profiles online
- degree.net John Bear's advice on accreditation (mainly US)
- Online learning:
- Designing E-learning (online tutorial)
- Your guide to social e-learning
- Moderating online communities: So you want to be an online moderator (Resource for ‘Prepare and participate in an electronic media activity’ CUFPOP01A)
- Emerging Technologies
- Interoperability standards
- Standards
- Fifth generation Distance Education
- EnAble
E-commerce
Emergency management
Horticulture
Insurance
Innovation
Language teaching
- www.eslpartyland.com
- WELL home page This is the federal government's Workplace English Language and Literacy program.
- Modern Language Teachers Association of Western Australia Inc.
- ESL resources
- WATESOL (Westralian Association of Teachers to Speakers of Other Languages)
- Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (Cambridge)
- International Second Language Proficiency Ratings (ISLPR)
- Centre for Applied Linguistics (U.S.)
- International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (UK) See also their Links page
- English Australia (EA)
- Accreditation Council for TESOL Distance Education Courses (UK)
- Directory of TESL associations
- Curriculum council of WA (Structured workplace learning log books)
- VET in schools: Various free materials
- Teacher Training: Development of Postgraduate and Language Assistants (DOPLA) (more details)
Linux
- http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Linux_For_Newbies
- http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/
- http://gnomesupport.org/wiki/
- http://live.gnome.org/
- http://www.hants.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxHints
- http://linux.editme.com/
- http://linuxdoc.com/
Missions and intercultural studies
- www.strategicnetwork.org
- http://www.oscar.org.uk
- http://www.theway.co.uk/
- Southern African Missiological Society http://www.geocities.com/missionalia/index.html
- http://www.ocms.ac.uk/
- Evangelical Missions Quarterly online
- WEC International
- WEC International Australia
- http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/resources.php
- Microbusiness aid Opportunity International (Australian office)
- http://www.learnaboutcultures.com/index.htm
- The Application of Indigenous Skills to University Teaching and Learning
- Missions Interlink WA
- Lausanne papers
- Global Education Ausaid's education page. (Aimed no higher than high school, so information is quite introductory.)
- World Evangelical Alliance Resources
Music
- Australasian Performing Right Association http://www.apra.com.au
- Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI) http://www.ccli.com.au
- Drum lessons http://www.drumsdatabase.com/
- Music Theory
- http://www.sheetmusicarchive.net
- http://www.mutopiaproject.org
- http://www.gutenberg.org/music/
Music technology
OHS online tutorials
- Worksafe Smart Move (OHS for high school students)
- Leeds City Council UK (OHS risk assessment course)
Project management
- http://www.projectmanagement.tas.gov.au/index.htm See especially their risk management guides, their templates (including business plans), and Tasmanian Government Project Management Guidelines Version 6.0
- Project management: A Quick Guide
Program evaluation
Publishers
- McGraw Hill Australia for authors
- Sage Publications (UK) http://www.sagepub.co.uk/
- William Carey Library
Research methods
Sport
- Australian Rules football (includes a National Skills Test)
- More on coaching
- Coach's duty of care
- Coaching, umpiring, training and promoting: Use the AFL materials for other sports too.
- Sports medicine and first aid (resources from Sports medicine Australia
- Sports medicine ethics
- Umpiring (www.playbytherules.net.au)
- National Coach Accreditation Scheme (NCAS)
- Good practice guide
Study skills, academic writing and thesis writing:
- http://www.thesource.gov.au/find/learning/study.asp
- Curtin study skills
- Curtin style guide for documents
- Curtin general reference
- Thesis writing (PDF) CIIPS, UWA
TESOL free materials
- Accessible EasyEnglish
- Activities for ESL Students
- BBC Learning English
- Becker ESL
- Beginner Grammar 3
- Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom
- DIMIA resources: Stage 1 | Stage 2 (Copyright comment)
- Early English Phonics
- EasyEnglish Bible
- Englishpage.com (free materials and resources)
- Primary Resources p.1
- Primary Resources p.2
- English as a Second Language
- English by email
- Free ESL materials
- Grammar Quizzes - Easy
- Grammar Quizzes - Medium
- Grammar Quizzes - Difficult
- Grammar Quizzes - Places
- ESL - Grammar & English Usage
- ESL Games
- Games & Activities for ESL
- GCSE English
- Geography Quizz Asia
- Geography Quizz Aus
- Geography Quizz Europe
- Geography Quizz Oceania
- I spy the alphabet
- Learn English
- Learn English.de
- Linguistic Funland
- Map Games
- Map Quiz Australia
- One Stop English
- Primary Resources
- Quizz Hub
- Self-Study English Vocab Quizzes
- Starfall
- TEFLGames.com
- TESL Lessons
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