Research

Working Futures™ is committed to research that can assist overcome common barriers that impinge upon the successful deployment of capability, knowledge and learning reforms.  Research is both self-funded and sponsored by partners. 

Action research is often used as it can build and test processes and systems, while securing collaborative involvement in the planning, implementation and evaluation of each project. This means participants that often ‘own’ a problem are engaged in promoting outcomes that trigger continuous improvement. 

Consistent with the central tenet of action research, reports and case studies are used by Working Futures™ to investigate and document practices and problems. The research therefore builds a comparative framework for analysis and action that transform both practice and systems.  Core research has 'spun off' a number of major start-up companies including 42Digital, Multiversity, TKE, Skillworks, and eSat. Some of the most important research projects are listed below.

The Knowledge Exchange Testbed

Running from March 2004 - June 2005 this testbed was chartered to "provide a testbed to showcase third–generation open standards technologies capable of spanning an end-to-end, knowledge and learning object management supply chain".  Findings have gone on to radically influence national and corporate solutions spanning people, learning, assessment and content systems. 

Go to TKE site .... 

Learn to Elearn

The Learning to Elearn project is being undertaken by the Unitas Knowledge Centre, a joint body sponsored by the University of Tasmania, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the State Government of Tasmania. The project commenced in September 2002 and continues until early 2004.

QTI 2.0 Mobile Assessment player

This project (titled QTImPlayer 208TAS project) was led by Working Futures and TAFE Tasmania, and completed in conjunction with the private research and software engineering companies.  The project involved field tests, acceptance testing and extensive research and case study.  It also produced a mobile application enabling the user to access, read, play, complete, record and report outcomes compliant with IMS  QTI 2.0 (question and testing interoperability).

 Go to QTI research site ........   

As refined and advanced by Tasmanian Polytechnic QTImPlayer wins third prize in the 2008 IMS Australian learning impact awards download   and   has received the  Best Mobile Learning Solution award at the 2009 IMS Global Learning Impact Awards held in Barcelona, Spain May 2009    access story