Category: 2015
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ALEC Purpose, Vision, Mission, Values
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in 2015, 21204, ALEC, Business improvement, Business model generation, DipALNE, Edtech, Education, Education resources, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Leadership, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZQA, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Professional Development, QualificationsSome tweaking going on here for the latest version of our business plan… Any comments gratefully received: Purpose: Why do we exist? ALEC exists to provide innovative solutions, expertise, professional development and training in adult literacy and numeracy education to industry, communities, government, and our own sector. Vision: Where are we going? ALEC’s vision is…
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10 reasons why your adult education & training course has to go online or die a horrible death
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in 2015, ALEC, Business model generation, Disruption, Economy, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Export Education, Leadership, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, NCALNE, Online assessment, Online learning, Professional Development, Qualifications, Resources, Software, Technology, VideoIt’s the economics stupid…! That’s my conclusion to myself at least. Education is expensive. This is because of high fixed costs like buildings, resources, managers, teachers. The technology for online education is now cheap. Educational bureaucracies are firing the middle layer of managers. In fact, traditional bureaucracies of any kind are firing the entire middle class. This…
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ALEC Profile Part 3: Strategic Situation and Competitive Environment
Here’s part three of our updated and online ALEC organisational profile. Next up, I need to update our business plan and turn that into an online resource as well. 3.1 ALEC Competitive Environment Competitive position The last few years have seen our several of our major competitors either stop delivering or stop receiving dedicated funding…
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ALEC Profile Part 1: Organisational Environment
So now I’m updating our ALEC company profile and creating it as an online Google Doc that I can access and share anywhere anytime. The idea of an organisational profile is that it’s snapshot of an organisation and covers key organisational characteristics as well as summarises your strategic situation. Here’s a summary of ALEC’s operating environment below…
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Big changes ahead for adult literacy & numeracy educator qualifications
I’m excited about the fact the the tertiary landscape for adult literacy and numeracy educator qualifications is about to change dramatically. I’ll have more details as we get closer to 2015, but look out for the following: The 40 credit level 5 New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education (Vocational) or NZCALNE (Voc)…
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Will literacy and numeracy professional development qualifications (NCALNE or NZCALNE) be compulsory for level 1 and 2 tutors from 2015?
This could be the writing on the wall with regards to levels 1 and 2 tutors: From 2015, it is a likely requirement of SAC and Youth Guarantee funding that tutors at levels 1 and 2 have gained the National Certificate in Adult Literacy Educator (Vocational or Educator). If this requirement is confirmed we will expect…