A VOCEDplus primer: focus on adult literacy and numeracy

This webinar was presented for the Australian Council for Adult Literacy (ACAL) on Wednesday 25 March 2020. The focus was on the aspects of VOCEDplus that can support those working in the field of adult literacy/numeracy/foundation skills. VOCEDplus is NCVER's free international research database for tertiary education, with extensive coverage of Australian material and a wide range of international information. VOCEDplus also features a variety of 'value-add' resources that package information to enable our users to target and access relevant material quickly. Examples covered by the...  [+] Show more

This webinar was presented for the Australian Council for Adult Literacy (ACAL) on Wednesday 25 March 2020. The focus was on the aspects of VOCEDplus that can support those working in the field of adult literacy/numeracy/foundation skills. VOCEDplus is NCVER's free international research database for tertiary education, with extensive coverage of Australian material and a wide range of international information. VOCEDplus also features a variety of 'value-add' resources that package information to enable our users to target and access relevant material quickly.

Examples covered by the webinar included: (1) the Pod Network, in particular the Foundations Skills Pod and the Language, Literacy and Numeracy Podlet; (2) the VET Practitioner Resource, focusing on the Foundation Skills topic of the Teaching, Training and Assessment Resources section of the resource; and (3) the VET Knowledge Bank, notably the Getting to Know VET chart and the Glossary of VET. Other resources highlighted included: the Special Collections, with a focus on the Literacy and Numeracy Resources (Adult Literacy National Project (ALNP); Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium (ALNARC); Workplace English Language and Literacy (WELL)); and key conferences and journals. The webinar also demonstrated how to get the best from a VOCEDplus search using some examples topical for the ACAL audience.