While visiting Armidale’s TAFE Digital Learning Laboratory on Friday with TAFE NSW managing director Dr Caralee McLiesh, to unveil a new interactive online template being introduced to the Diploma of Nursing next year, Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall said Armidale was a national leader in the development of digital learning.
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Dr McLiesh said TAFE NSW was not only Australia’s largest provider, but also the leading education and training innovator.
“We’re investing in the latest learning advancements to ensure regional and remote students have equal access to knowledge through technology,” she said.
Mr Marshall said the TAFE Digital Learning Lab was an agile centre of best-practice innovation, focused on exploring the application of emerging technologies in education and industry, and developing industry-first training platforms.
Emerging technologies like virtual reality have an increasing role to play in optimising student outcomes, and it is TAFE NSW leading the pack testing these advancements.
- Adam Marshall
“OSCA – a new clinical assessment tool – is a game-changer for training the next generation of nursing students, especially across regional NSW,” Mr Marshall said.
“It incorporates live video, audio recordings and self-reflection tools to simulate real life scenarios in the clinical environment.
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“Increasingly, we are using new technologies to give up and coming carers the opportunity to gain a taste of the practical skills needed in their profession, before entering the workplace.”
Previous research projects from Australia and around the world have demonstrated that students who engaged in virtual reality learning experiences scored an average of 27 per cent better on their first test and 32 per cent better on their second test.
