Learning for the knowledge society: an education and training action plan for the information economy

This Action Plan for the Information Economy is a focus for change in the education and training sector. It identifies outcomes that the education and training industry must achieve if it is to play its enabling role in supporting Australia’s transition to the information economy and maintain its place as one of Australia’s major export earning industries.

The Plan sets out five interrelated action areas under which strategies must be implemented:

1. People – Supplying the skills to drive the information economy. This includes the leaders and workers with the vision and skills to develop and manage new approaches to learning and to implement coordinated and timely change.
2. Infrastructure – Ensuring access at an affordable price to advanced telecommunications and information technology infrastructure including high bandwidth. This includes reliable and sustainable infrastructure support systems within and between education, training and research providers to ensure interoperability.
3. Online content, applications and services – The sector needs to invest in new approaches to education and training content, applications and services which enhance the learning experience in Australia and develop leadership internationally.
4. Policy and organisational framework – Governments need to develop a comprehensive policy framework for educational and training, including research and development, that supports the information economy and a knowledge society.
5. Regulatory framework – Telecommunications, intellectual property management models, online content, e-commerce, and a range of other regulatory frameworks need to be in place so that the education and training industry can operate efficiently and effectively and become internationally competitive.

This report has been produced with the assistance of funding provided by the Commonwealth Government through the Australian National Training Authority.

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