eLearning
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The Victorian Government has an innovative eLearning industry development initiative, World Class Business - Growing Victoria's eLearning Industry designed to support and promote the eLearning industry in Victoria. It aims to consolidate and extend the capabilities of Victoria's eLearning industry and to capitalise on the State's enormous eLearning potential.
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Industry background
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Size of Victoria's eLearning industry
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| Approximately 150 firms - mainly Australian owned SMEs
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| Employment in Victoria's eLearning industry
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| Around 1500 people (approximately 2.5% of total Victorian ICT employment)
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| Global corporate eLearning market
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| Expected to reach US$10-20 billion globally by 2007 much of this concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Source: The Whitehorse Group
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In December 2003 Whitehorse Strategic Group Ltd was commissioned to conduct a survey of Victoria's eLearning industry. eLearning Survey summary of findings, PDF, 2 pages, 29KB.
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Victorian eLearning Industry Association
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The eLearning Industry Association of Victoria was officially launched in October 2006 to provide a focused voice for both the industry and consumers of eLearning, at a local, national and international level.
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Vendors of both systems and content to the eLearning market, corporations using elearning to achieve their training outcomes, K-12 digital publishers, TAFE institutions, tertiary education providers offering elearning and producers creating elearning for the corporate, public sector and educational markets are invited to join the association.
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For further queries contact president@elearning.org.au
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Victorians attend BETT 2008
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BETT is the world's leading educational information and communications technology (ICT) event, with over 20 years dedicated to showcasing the best in UK and international educational technology products, resources and best practice
BETT 2008 took place from 9 - 12 January, 2008 at Olympia in London attracting 700 educational suppliers and more than 30000 visitors. It brings together the global teaching and learning community for four days of innovations and inspirations.
In 2008, 12 Victorian eLearning companies attended BETT, further consolidating Victoria's reputation as the home of excellence in eLearning.
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Victoria's eLearning Strategy
World Class Business: Growing Victoria's eLearning Industry
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In 2004 the Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Marsha Thomson, launched the Government's strategy to grow the eLearning industry
Highlights of the strategy include:
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- Creating economies of scale by promoting collaboration in the eLearning sector
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- Stimulating local demand by raising awareness and improving infrastructure that supports eLearning
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- Improving global competitiveness with international standards and facilitating access to overseas markets.
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eLearning Strategy, PDF, 14 pages, 300KB
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Contact us for further information:
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Assistant Director, ICT Investment and Business Development
Multimedia Victoria
Tel: 61 3 9655 1000
Email: elearning@mmv.vic.gov.au
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