EVALUATING WORKPLACE LEARNING - Identifying Success

Evaluating workplace learning – identifying success

Te Papa, Wellington

Wednesday 5 March 2008 - 9.30 am to 4.30 pm

To register for this event, please click through to:
www.maakaevents.co.nz

Conference Fee:  $75

This is a one-day conference for people interested in evaluating the broader impact or effectiveness of workplace education and training initiatives.   “Impact” here refers to the ability to shape the workplace of the future and support government objectives for the workplace such as economic development, increasing innovation and productivity, and enhancing quality of working life.

The conference will be of value to key stakeholders interested in effective workplace education and training with particular regard to the following:

• For Government policy
- building the evidence base to support policy developments for economic development and economic transformation

• For businesses and employers
– ensuring that education and training investment leads to greater productivity, higher skill levels, innovation and development.

• For unions and workers
– supporting the quality of working life, security in employment, and positively embarking on lifelong learning.

• For education and training providers, tutors, evaluators and researchers
– encouraging networking and collaboration in developing and sharing best practice for evaluating the effectiveness of workplace learning.

A major intention of the conference is to build interest and capability in conducting impact/effectiveness evaluations across a wide range of workplace education and training programmes such as for the prevention of injury, literacy and foundation skills, partnership projects, upskilling, recognition of current competence, employment relations education, etc.

As well as two international speakers, the conference will offer a range of workshops.  Each of these workshops will focus on an evaluation research project which has been conducted for a particular workplace learning initiative.   They will cover a description of the initiative and its particular objectives, together with the methodology used to evaluate the impact, a summary of the key findings, and comment on any identified barriers to success.

Sponsored by:
Employment Relations Education Committee
Department of Labour
Tertiary Education Commission
Industry Training Federation
Supported by:
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Business New Zealand
Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics New Zealand