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Our recent
work portfolio includes:
A.U.S.S.I.E.
Incorporated, New York
The
large educational training consultancy in New York, the Australian and
United States Services in Education, has engaged dk2 to develop
a suite of digital training CD-ROMs for distribution in north America.
dk2 are working with the AUSSIE networks, New York District Board
of Education, and our Melbourne colleagues hi.com and Dusk Films
to develop these materials.
Multimedia
Victoria: Home Computer Compact Feasibility Study
dk2
was engaged by MMV to explore strategies for addressing issues emerging
from the digital divide and to conduct a study of the potential feasibility
of providing home computers to disadvantaged Victorian young people.
Intel
- Teach Towards the Future (TTTF) Australian curriculum localisation
Intel has injected significant sums of money in the development
and delivery into the TTTF program which is now operating on all continents
and in 30 countries. dk2 were engaged by Intel to customise the
training materials to make them relevant to an Australian educational
context and provide them with an Australian voice.
IBM
- On Demand Community training module development
IBM's On Demand Community is a philanthropic initiative
by IBM which involves IBM volunteers working in the community at any
location around the globe. dk2 were engaged by IBM to develop
training modules (one element for program facilitators and one for participants)
on Use of the Internet.
Eclipse
A
wholly owned subsidiary of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, dk2 have
worked with Eclipse on usability consulting, learning interaction design,
instructional design and online content quality assurance.
The
Australian Sports Commission (ASC) - elearning training
The ASC is exploring means and strategies for moving coaching and
associated support materials online. dk2 were engaged by the
ASC to conduct training for key stakeholders (Athletes Career education,
Coaching and Officials, Human Resources and the Sporting Innovations
team) on issues concerning elearning, learning management systems and
the roadmap ahead.
The
ANZ Bank
The
ANZ Bank are currently developing a new software system. dk2
were engaged to conduct a user review of the system, and the training
the bank has developed to support uptake and upskill employees in use
of the system.
DE&T
Victoria - curriculum@work training modules
curriculum@work is an innovative online curriculum planning tool
for Victorian teachers. It includes over 4000 teaching and learning
activities. dk2 developed the teacher training modules to support
use of the curriculum@work editorial workbench, its online publishing
system.
MCEETYA
(Ministerial Council of Education, Employment and Training Australia)
ICT in Schools Taskforce - research
dk2 was engaged by the taskforce to conduct research into data
collected in Australia, and globally on ICT use in the home, school
and community.
MCEETYA
ICT in Schools Taskforce - Learning in an Online World
2003/4 will herald the new iteration of the national 'Learning in
an Online World' document. dk2 worked with the taskforce
and high level representatives of curriculum from across Australia in
developing a statement on a contemporary Australian learning environment
and in conducting research into jurisdictional pedagogy statements across
Australia.
The
Le@rning Federation (TLF)- digital resources market research project
The Le@rning Federation is a national initiative developing a pool
of online Australian / New Zealand content for use by Australian and
New Zealand schools. dk2 were engaged by the TLF to conduct market
research into the Australian/NZ multimedia education market and develop
a snapshot from which gaps and opportunities were identified to inform
further development of online educational content.
DE&T
Victoria - ICT Teacher Capabilities
In
1997. DE&T Victoria developed and deployed the Learning Technologies
Teacher Capabilities package. DE&T have now engaged dk2 to
conduct a global
review
of ICT teacher capabilities / competencies programs and to develop high
and low level recommendations for the development of a new program of
ICT teacher capabilities for Victoria.
Distance
Education Centre, Victoria (DECV) - Centre of Excellence Evaluation
The
DECV have now completed a 2 year Centre of Excellence project in which
3 online courses were developed and delivered to DECV students. dk2
have conducted a final evaluation of this project and have provided
the DECV and DE&T Victoria with recommendations for future directions
in online course development and delivery.
The
Le@rning Federation (TLF) - extant content review
The TLF have engaged dk2 to conduct first-cut reviews of
digital content which may then be considered for eventual inclusion
in the TLF learning object repository. dk2 designed the review
checklist and complete a program of ongoing content review for the TLF.
Open
University - United Kingdom - research
dk2 have worked in partnership with the Open University in global
research into perceptions of the use, effectiveness and applications
of ICT in schools.
St Paul's
College
Elearning
consultancy: dk2 consultants worked with the College staff and
leadership teams to develop a comprehensive elearning plan for St Paul's.
The plan addressed issues of people, content and infrastructure.
Other:
Active in the corporate and schools elearning sectors, dk2
contribute to dynamic discussion through presenting at conferences and
contributing articles to strategic learning journals. Some examples
include:
The
Association for Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE - USA)
Membership
of review panel for research articles.
National
Materials Development Network (NMDN) - keynote conference address
Nikki
Deighton has presented a keynote address at the national conference
of the NMDN on issues related to Bridging the Digital Divide.
Australian
Council of Education Leaders (ACEL)- articles
dk2
regularly contributes articles on contemporary educational elearning
issues to ACEL.
In addition
to consultancy work, we also provide customised training and training
evaluations following dk2 workshops and training assessment tools.
This section
is constantly under development. For more information, contact
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