Industry funding for e-learning

Businesses and industry groups must apply soon to be eligible for funding to support workforce development and training.

The Australian Flexible Learning Framework has released $600,000 to fund approximately 13 industry e-learning demonstrations. Applicants can apply for up to $75,000.

Businesses will use the funding to develop demonstrations which showcase how e-learning can be a central component of workplace learning.

The industry e-learning demonstration funding is aimed at employers, although successful applicants must have an active partnership with a registered training organisation.

Past recipients include Energy Australia, which developed web-based training for the industry in a core skill area of polarity testing, and Codan Ltd, which introduced e-learning into a technical area to improve the standard of training.

Full application details can be downloaded from the E-learning for Industry website.

Applications must be submitted online before 4 April 2007.