Overview of Digilearn

The Digilearn online portal provides all Victorian government teachers with great educational digital learning resources, including The Learning Federation(TLF) digital learning objects. 

There are also thousands of other digital resources that are freely available in schools through Digilearn, including archival resources from museums, art galleries and other Australian cultural institutions.

All of the digital content on Digilearn is available to teachers from within your school or outside. 

Take a look at Digilearn. 

The Digilearn portal is a secure site which is available to all Victorian government school teachers. It requires your Edumail login and password.

Learning and teaching benefits

Digital learning resources can play a central role in student learning, enabling schools to innovate with ICT and develop effective learning and teaching practices that can transform the way students learn.  Digilearn's flexible multimedia objects can be used to develop, assess or reinforce concepts and procedures. They help students develop the digital, visual and information literacy skills they need to thrive in the 21st Century.

How do I use them in the classroom?

You can integrate  digital learning objects into a sequence of student learning activities, which includes routine classroom activities away from a computer. Digital learning objects can: 

• facilitate instruction of commonly taught concepts, applications and skills from basic to more complex
• simulate concepts and practices difficult to replicate in school classrooms because of safety, time and cost
• allow for self-paced learning and opportunities for students to revisit and revise content and skills
• cater for different student learning modes and abilities
• foster ICT skill development
• stimulate the imagination of teachers and students to create their own learning objects.

See how other teachers have used digital learning resources in the classroom. Have a look at Digilearn Showcases in the eLearning ICT Showcase.

Accessing digital learning resources

Their are three main categories in the digital learning resources accessible through Digilearn.

Learning Objects

Learning objects are chunks of digital material, such as graphics, text, audio, animation, interactive tools, specifically designed to engage and motivate students to learn.

Learning objects are identified by the letter L, e.g. L387 identifies Catch the Thief

Digital Resources

Digital resources are digital content gathered from a range of cultural institutions. They are single assets such as moving images, photos and audio files.

In contrast to learning objects, which have in-built instructional design, teachers and students can use the digital resources in a range of flexible ways to suit their own curriculum needs.

Digital resources are identified by the letter R, e.g. R5354 identifies Early Map of the World

Teacher Created Resources

Teacher created resources are resources provided by Victorian government schools and through initiatives supported by the Department of Education.

Teacher resources are identified by the letters LT, e.g. LT5083 identifies The Gobbiliser 

Technical requirements

Digilearn learning resources use Flash and Shockwave software. These file formats will allow you to use the one object through multiple computer platforms, and they are are transferable over the Internet.

Links

Follow these links for examples of digital learning objects:

Digilearn (https://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/dlr/Pages/default.aspx)

The Learning Federation (http://www.thelearningfederation.edu.au/tlf2/ )

BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/)

 

Contact

For further information about digital learning objects and how to use them in your classroom, contact the eLearning Unit (epotential@edumail.vic.gov.au) at the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.