Australia moves backwards from online apprenticeship training

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Australia moves backwards from online apprenticeship training
Tony Bates, online learning and distance education resources, 2015/10/13

Tony Bates points to a problem in Australia. He writes, "the Australian Federal government has recently shut down a two year e-learning apprenticeship program which had doubled the completion rate to 93%. Instead, the Australian government has introduced a new program that reverts to the previous model by removing the online component and now requiring apprentices to use a printed textbook.". More...