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Implement improved learning practice

Task - Project

Task requirements
This assessment task requires you to initiate, and implement, practices that support the improvement of learning strategies in an organisational context. The assessment activities are mentioned within the assessment task.

The purpose of this assessment task is to initiate, and implement, practices that support the improvement of learning strategies in an organisational context.
The training organisation must ensure that the simulated assessment environment is in accordance with the requirements specified.
The training organisation will assign a supervisor to the student.
The training organisation will provide the resources required to complete the assessment task.
The student must use the templates provided to document their responses.

Resources, tools, and equipment requirements
The following resources, tools and equipment will be made available by the training organisation at the simulated workplace to complete this assessment task:
Workplace personnel/stakeholders to participate in the questioning session requires active participation in a range of creative thinking activities
Please refer to the roles and responsibilities section for more information
the internet

Simulated assessment scenario
You are required to initiate, and implement, practices that support the improvement of learning strategies in an organisational context. You are required to read and understand a predetermined issue and/or situation and participate in a number of assessment activities.

The following are the goals and objectives to complete this assessment task:
Evaluate ways to improve learning practice
Review advances in learning practice within a given vocational, training, educational or content area
Review and challenge existing learning practice to develop, and test, improved approaches
Analyse interests, abilities, relationships and the contextual needs of relevant individuals, when promoting improved learning practice
Research how a range of appropriate learning theories and instructional design principles can improve learning practice
Ensure learning practice reflects the qualification requirements for nominated qualification/s
Manage and monitor the means to improve learning

Observe and assess learner styles with respect to the appropriateness of current vocational, training and educational learning strategies
Evaluate the role, and impact of, new technologies on learners and training techniques
Plan improved learning practice based on how learners currently learn
Plan improved learning practice based on the experience and personal interests of the learner
Analyse and advance the adoption of improved learning practice
Develop improved vocational, training and educational (VET) learning practice, appropriate to learner characteristics
Advocate for improved VET learning practice
Initiate research into improved learning practice
Design and test improved learning practice in real-world situations
Mentor colleagues to promote improved learning practice

A supervisor will be assigned to you by your training organisation. The supervisor can answer your questions related to understanding the requirements associated with the assessment task. The supervisor will act according to job role and responsibilities.

Roles and responsibilities
As part of your job role, you have the following job responsibilities:
Sources, analyses and interprets written information relevant to learning theories, learning development and continuous improvement, to develop practice
Produce relevant documentation using appropriate language, style and format, appropriate for the audience
Leads verbal exchanges to elicit information, explore requirements and to make recommendations to improve practice
Develops skills and knowledge of self, and others, related to the role by researching and analysing learning practice
Collaborates and shares knowledge, and experience with others to develop improved practice
Uses systematic, analytical processes in complex, non-routine situations, gathering information, and identifying and evaluating options based on learner needs
Plans, organises and completes work according to requirements, taking responsibility for decisions and sequencing tasks to achieve efficient outcomes
Reviews and evaluates effectiveness of practice and products to inform strategic decisions
Uses information and communications technology (ICT) based tools to conduct research, and to complete work tasks

Task requirements

This assessment task requires you to initiate, and implement, practices that support the improvement of learning strategies in an organisational context. The assessment activities are mentioned within the assessment task.

Assessment Task: Project

Project

In this assessment task, you are required to demonstrate your skills and knowledge to formulate and update Information and Communications Technology (ICT) client support procedures to be included within organisational policy.

Assessment criteria

In this assessment task, you are required to complete the following assessment activities:
Consider how to improve learning practise.
Examine advancements in learning practise in a specific vocational, training, educational, or content field.
Examine and challenge current learning practises in order to build and test improved approaches.
When encouraging better learning practises, consider the interests, abilities, relationships and the contextual needs of relevant individuals.
Explore how different relevant learning theories and instructional design principles can improve learning practise.
Ensure that learning experience corresponds to the qualification criteria for the nominated qualification/s.
Manage and track the tools and practices for better learning.
Analyse and compare learner types in relation to the suitability of existing vocational, training, and educational learning strategies.
Assess and evaluate the effect and influence of emerging technology on learners and training methods.
Develop better learning practises based on how students already study.
Develop improved learning practises based on the learner's knowledge and personal preferences.

Analyse and promote the implementation of better/improved learning practises
Develop vocational, teaching, and educational (VET) learning practises in accordance with learner characteristics.
Speak out/advocate in support of better VET learning practises.
Begin research into better learning practises.
Build and test enhanced learning scenarios in real-world settings.
Act as a mentor to colleagues in order to encourage better learning practices.

You must complete this task based upon the information provided in the scenario and other relevant sections of this assessment task.

Case Scenario

You have recently started working as a senior trainer/assessor for a vocational education and training provider. Your job role and responsibilities include:
Observing the trainers and assessors when delivering training and conducting assessments
Recognising and evaluating training needs of the learners
Drawing an overall or individualised training plan for learners
Deploying a wide range of training and assessment methods, techniques and tools
Mentoring and coaching other trainers and assessors
Identify and analyse existing and potential training needs through role review/job analysis, career pathways, annual performance appraisals, and collaboration with top management.
Create a comprehensive or individualised training and development plan that addresses objectives and goals.
Use a number of teaching/training strategies.
Organise efficient induction and orientation sessions.
Periodically review and report on the efficacy, performance, and ROI of the training program.
Monitor the training budget.
Make prospects for ongoing development.
Resolve any issues associated and customise training programmes as required.
Keep abreast of training patterns, innovations, and best practises.
In one of the sessions that you have attended, you noticed that learners were disengaged and not interested in the training session, the trainer was using a powerpoint presentation to deliver the training and reading word by word what was written in the powerpoint.
You also noticed that a six and half hours training session without any break and with above 550 sli des was way too much information that was presented at one occasion.

Activity 1: Consider how to improve learning practise.

In this assessment activity you will be required to consider how to improve the learning practises in the training and education institute or organisation.
You must read and understand the criteria carefully before you write your response in the templates provided below.
Training Improvement plan

Discuss the existing training and assessment practices in your own words. 100-200 words.

What were the objectives of reviewing the training and assessment practices in your own words. 100-200 words.

Identify underlying issues

Discuss the reasons behind poor performance and underlying issues. 100-200 words.

Advances in learning practices

How learning practices have changed and improved? Explain using your own 100-200 words.

Challenging the learning practices

How can you review and challenge the existing learning practices to develop, and test, improved approaches?
100-200 words.

Meeting the needs and requirements of Individual learner

Explain the changes you have made in the training and assessment practices to meet the interests, abilities, relationships and the contextual needs of relevant individuals?
100-200 words.

The learning theories and instructional design principles

How have you incorporated a range of appropriate learning theories and instructional design principles to improve learning practice?

How in your practice have you made sure learning practice reflects the qualification requirements for nominated qualification/s?
100-200 words.

Activity 2: Journal activity

In this activity you are required to write a journal entry based on the skills and knowledge you have demonstrated to your trainer/assessor regarding each of the criteria mentioned below.

Examine advancements in learning practise in a specific vocational, training, educational, or content field.
Discuss how the vocational, training, educational or content area has been advanced.
What are the advancements in learning practices?

100-200 words.

Examine and challenge current learning practises in order to build and test improved approaches.

Review the existing learning and assessment practices and present your views.
Challenge the existing learning and assessment practices and discuss how can they be improved?
Explain how existing learning practices are developed, tested and improved? Discuss the approaches to improve learning practices.
100-200 words.

Based on the information provided in the scenario and assessment, explain how have you carried out the following:

When encouraging better learning practises, consider the interests, abilities, relationships and the contextual needs of relevant individuals.
How have you taken into consideration the interests, abilities, relationships and the contextual needs of relevant individual learners?
What is the importance of taking into consideration the interests, abilities, relationships and the contextual needs of relevant individual learners?
100-200 words.

Explore how different relevant learning theories and instructional design principles can improve learning practise.

How have you completed the research on a range of appropriate learning theories and instructional design principles to improve and enhance the learning practices?
Mention the range of appropriate learning theories and instructional design principles you have taken into account to carry out this part of the assessment activity.
100-200 words.

Ensure that learning experience corresponds to the qualification criteria for the nominated qualification/s.

How have you ensured the learning practice reflects the qualification requirements for nominated qualifciation/s?
What is the need to ensure learning practice reflects the qualification requirements for nominated qualifciation/s?
100-200 words.

Activity 3: Manage and track the tools and practices for better learning.

This is in continuation to the previous assessment activities. You will be assessed on the following criteria:
Analyse and compare learner types in relation to the suitability of existing vocational, training, and educational learning strategies.
Assess and evaluate the effect and influence of emerging technology on learners and training methods.

Develop better learning practises based on how students already study.

Develop improved learning practises based on the learner's knowledge and personal preferences.

You must read and understand the criteria carefully before you write your response in the templates provided below.

Part 1: Observe and assess learner styles with respect to the appropriateness of current vocational, training and educational learning strategies.
You will be required to observe and assess three (3) learners with different learner styles and complete the table below.
Your trainer/assessor can provide you with the learners to complete this assessment activity. The learners can be staff members from the training organisation or learners that are not completing this course/training.

Part 2: Evaluate the role, and impact of, new technologies on learners and training techniques

You will be required to conduct your research (online and/or offline) and complete the attached table:

Part 3: Plan improved learning practice based on how learners currently learn

In this part of the assessment activity, you are required to plan improved learning practice based on how your learners are currently learning.
You will be required to use the information provided in the scenario or conduct your own research to complete this part of the assessment activity.
You must identify three existing training practices which you believe should be rectified and/or improved.

Part 4: Plan improved learning practice based on the experience and personal interests of the learner

In this part of the assessment activity, you are required to plan improved learning practice based experience and personal interests of the learner.
You will be required to use the information provided in the scenario or conduct your own research to complete this part of the assessment activity.
You must identify three existing training practices which you believe should be rectified and/or improved.

Activity 4: Journal activity
In this activity you are required to write a journal entry based on the skills and knowledge you have demonstrated to your trainer/assessor regarding each of the criteria mentioned below.
You will be assessed on the following criteria:

Analyse and compare learner types in relation to the suitability of existing vocational, training, and educational learning strategies.
Assess and evaluate the effect and influence of emerging technology on learners and training methods.
Develop better learning practises based on how students already study.
Develop improved learning practises based on the learner's knowledge and personal preferences.

Analyse and compare learner types in relation to the suitability of existing vocational, training, and educational learning strategies.
Discuss how you have analysed and compared learner types in relation to the suitability of existing vocational, training, and educational learning strategies.
100-200 words.

Assess and evaluate the effect and influence of emerging technology on learners and training methods. .
Assess and review the effect and influence of emerging technologies on learners and training methods.
How do they improve or enhance?
100-200 words.

Develop better learning practises based on how students already study.
What are the improved learning practises you used based on how students already study?
100-200 words.

Develop improved learning practises based on the learner's knowledge and personal preferences.
What are the improved learning practises you used based on the learner's knowledge and personal preferences?
100-200 words.

Activity 5: Analyse and promote the implementation of better/improved learning practises
This is in continuation to the previous assessment activities. You will be assessed on the following criteria:
Develop vocational, teaching, and educational (VET) learning practises in accordance with learner characteristics.
Speak out/advocate in support of better VET learning practises.
Begin research into better learning practises.
Build and test enhanced learning scenarios in real-world settings.
Act as a mentor to colleagues in order to encourage better learning practices.

How have you developed vocational, teaching, and educational (VET) learning practises in accordance with learner characteristics?
Discuss the learner characteristics
Discuss the learning practices that you have implemented/developed 100-200 words.

How have you spoken out/advocated in support of better VET learning practises?
Discuss the three (3) VET learning practises you have advocated and spoken out?
Why have you raised your concerns and selected these VET learning practices?

Begin research into better learning practises.
Discuss how have you conducted your research in understanding and carrying out better learning and training practices.
What did you analyse and find out through your research?
100-200 words.

Build and test enhanced learning scenarios in real-world settings.
How have you built and tested enhanced learning scenarios in real-world settings?
100-200 words.

Act as a mentor to colleagues in order to encourage better learning practices.
How have you acted as a mentor to colleagues in order to encourage them better learning practices?
You must complete the attached mentor training session to ensure you completed this activity. Discuss your experience and findings.
100-200 words.