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Developed as a Community Learning radio and internet initiative, the weekly radio program Learning Works has two main strands of programs:

Strand 1 – A Learning Society

Learning Works will showcase - in its many forms - adult learning in action, and feature the learning journeys and transitions of adults who have returned to learning, or who have overcome disadvantage of many kinds to achieve their goals, including and especially in the workplace.

Strand 2 - Community Learning Resources

Learning Works will develop radio and online audio Community Learning resources in a variety of areas, including health, media, science, social history, justice and legal issues.

Broadcast in Adelaide

Learning Works is produced at PBA FM, in Adelaide, South Australia, and is heard in Adelaide on 89.7 on the FM band.

First broadcast: 8.30pm Monday evenings
Repeat broadcast: 9.00am Friday mornings

Learning Works website

Following the weekly broadcast in Adelaide many of the Learning Works interviews are then added to the Learning Works website.

The website is the key to making this media initiative accessible Australia-wide. While listening to radio continues to be a very important part of our daily routines, this radio project both highlights the importance of lifelong learning and points listeners to the Learning Works website, as a growing learning resource of mp3 audiofiles and fact sheets.

Educators in schools and in adult education, as well as individual listeners with an interest in utilizing mp3 audio and related online files, are invited to visit the Learning Works website

Tony Ryan

Producer / Presenter

Learning Works is produced and presented each week by Tony Ryan.

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Acknowledgements

PBA FM acknowledges the assistance of the South Australian Government from 2007 to 2010. The ACE and Community Partnerships Unit of DFEEST has part-funded the Learning Works project over theses past three years. We also acknowledge additional funding or support from Adult Learning Australia, SA Dept of Families and Communities, Australian Council for Adult Literacy, Australian Society of Archivists, Community Centres SA, Australian College of Educators, WEA, Aged Rights Advocacy Service, and the Office of the Commissioner for Victims’ Rights. We particularly appreciate the funding support from the Law Foundation of South Australia, most recently for the production of The Law Spot.

Learning Works Website Manager – Barbara Campion

 
LATEST NEWS

Updated 01 November 2011

Third Award this year!
The Men and Sheds program, broadcast on PBA FM in Adelaide in Learning Works on Monday 7 March, has gained second place in the Radio – Best Current Affairs segment/series, in the 2011 OPSO Media Awards, presented in Brisbane on Monday evening. The awards this year attracted 1500 entries from around Australia. Full details of the national awards are attached.

Thanks are due to David Helmers, Executive Officer of the Australian Men’s Shed Association and Professor Barry Golding, University of Ballarat, and to the great people who agreed to be interviewed in the Community/Men’s Shed at the Aldinga Community Centre, south of Adelaide.

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As always, without the willing participation of committed and passionate people in the adult community education sector, and support from the SA Government, this and other programs in the Learning Works initiative would never have been possible.

Natural Resources Management Grant
PBA FM is pleased to advise that a grant has been secured, to produce a short radio series, for early 2012, on aspects of the important conservation work being done, mostly by volunteers, in and around the Adelaide Hills, to the east of the city of Adelaide. More information in due course.

Another Award
Presented by Raymond Garrand, chief Executive of the Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology, during the official dinner to mark the launch of Adult Learners Week 2011. The clear glass plaque reads: “Presented to Tony Ryan, in recognition of your significant contribution to the Adult Community Education Sector. From the Government of South Australia.”

Commendation for The Law Spot
On 22 July, The Law Spot, produced at PBA FM in Adelaide, was recognized in the 2011 Archbishop of Adelaide Media Awards. These awards are designed to “recognise reporting which shows a commitment to truth, balance, fairness and community service.” More...

The end is where we start from
This quote is from Four Quartets (Number 4) by English poet T S Eliot, and is a good way to begin to tell you that sadly the weekly Learning Works programs have now ceased. The final programs were broadcast in week beginning Monday 20 June 2011. The production team of Producer and Presenter Tony Ryan, Web Manager Barb Campion, along with PBA FM Manager Denise Guest, thank all contributors and listeners for ongoing support and contributions over these six years.

Website
The good news is that the Learning Works website will remain active for some years, so do click here for some hundreds of audio files (mp3) relating to lifelong learning.

Producer’s Reflection
For further information about this radio and internet initiative from 2005 to mid-2011, written by producer and presenter Tony Ryan, click here.

A Comment from Ron Anderson
Ron Anderson was national CEO of Adult Learning Australia from 2004 to 2007 and then again throughout 2009-2010. To read his retrospective, click here.

Your Comments
Many very much appreciated emails have been received as Learning Works comes to an end, with comments on what has been achieved in over six years of this project. Here are the first four – slightly edited and with names removed.

For the full list of comments to date, please click here.

“Congratulations on your contribution to ACE in South Australia through the Learning Works program. We have been fortunate to have your experience and passion to promote our sector, and issues that impact on so many in the community. Wonderful reflection piece Tony!” (Adelaide)

“I was saddened to learn that Learning Works will conclude. I join the many who will congratulate you on your great achievement with this program. I read your Reflection article with great interest and found your career path fascinating. I join you in agreeing that lifelong learning needs to harness the media in innovative ways. Congratulations and good wishes.” (Brisbane)

“It's understood that you need to pull up stumps on a great body of interview work, Tony but many good innings yet on other pitches. Thanks sincerely for your support and kind words over the years.” (Melbourne)

“Thank you for this wonderful work and for the great messages you have conveyed with such clarity and professionalism. Thanks for your encouraging and perceptive conversations with me more generally over coffee and more focussed in the studio.” (Adelaide) ……..

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