TAFE Institute

Australia

“Computer-assisted training systems are a solid mainstay in the Australian educational system. The demands are correspondingly high. For that reason we were all the happier to find out that we, together with out local partner ‘Training Systems Australia’, were able to prevail in a quite extensive tender“, reports Sales Director, Leslie Twine.

Distance learning institutions have a long tradition in Australia. The so-called “bush kids”, children living at remote locations in the outback far from urban centres were frequently educated by their parents and assisted by the state-run distance learning organisation.

Contact to their teachers was kept up by the kids via radio and by sending their homework by post. Over the years these circumstances and time-delayed instructions were gradually replaced by computer-assisted learning and teaching material. For that reason, Australia has long been a pioneer in the area of multimedia-based instruction – a position which the country would like to hold on to and at the same time steadily improve the quality of instruction.

Of course, distance learning is also being put to use in the area of vocational school instruction. Computer-based teaching units play a particularly important role here. As the leading manufacturer of training systems with blendedlearning components Lucas-Nülle easily stands out in being able to fulfil high