NBN-enabled Education and Skills Services program
The NBN will support access to curriculum resources and, in addition, offers new opportunities to ensure that specialist resources and educational opportunities are enjoyed by all Australians, no matter where they live.
Call for proposals
Applications for the NBN-Enabled Education and Skills Services Program closed on Friday 10 February 2012. Thank you for your applications.
Further information and updates on the program is available at:
The NBN-enabled Education and Skills Services program is a four-year initiative commencing from 2011-12, which will invite proposals for innovative online and interactive education and skills services using the National Broadband Network (NBN).
The program aims to demonstrate the benefits of high-speed broadband connectivity and will make $27.2 million available to source, develop and implement projects associated with NBN first-release sites.
The NBN-enabled Education and Skills Services program will contribute to the development of services that:
- connect teachers with learners to address skills shortages and improve teaching and learning experiences
- improve professional development (for example, sharing of resources)
- enhance community links
- facilitate workplace training and assessment to improve workplace productivity.
For more information and background about the program, please refer to the following:
- Program Fact Sheet: www.deewr.gov.au/Department/Documents/FinalFactSheet.pdf (PDF, 435 KB)
- National Digital Economy Strategy (www.nbn.gov.au/the-vision/digitaleconomystrategy)
- Media release: Improving education and skills development through the NBN
- Media release: Applications for NBN-Enabled Education and Skills Services program
- Speech by Senator Stephen Conroy: Address to CeBIT Australia 2011
