Welcome to the E-standards for Training Reference Site

This site is maintained by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework to support the developing national infrastructure for managing electronic learning resources in the training system.

You will find here recommended standards for technical services, information formats, and intellectual property management. The aim is to bring about the smooth transfer of resources between different information systems, resource repositories and learning platforms.

Develop e-learning resources Describe and store resources Enable discovery and access Facilitate use for teaching and learning
Content Formats Metadata Repositories Content Packaging
Accessibility Vocabularies Intellectual Property Web Services
Standards for E-learning resource access

Vision

The E-standards for Training vision is to create a seamless infrastructure ensuring that:

  • Online learning resources are:
    • Re-usable and adaptable
    • Easily located, reviewed and obtained online
    • Readily transferred to different delivery platforms
    • Visible to users across state borders and sectoral boundaries.
  • Practitioners can benefit from:
    • Far-reaching search functions
    • Greater choice of useable resources
    • Clear copyright conditions and ease of transactions.
  • Information transfer between websites supports:
    • Consistent use of VET sector terminology
    • Automatic update as information changes
    • Customisation for users' needs.

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