Robyn Jay is an Education Consultant with Gecko Education Services. She currently has a contract with the New South Wales (NSW) Board of Adult and Community Education (ACE) to provide support services to the 15 Community Colleges and their outposts on the North Coast of NSW from the Queensland border south to Taree. Robyn has a strong interest in multimodal learning, multiliteracies and alternative approaches to adult education program design. An edited version of this article recently won the 2004 WAVE writer's award. Congratulations Robyn!

In this article Robyn recommends adopting a multiliteracies approach to flexible learning. She focuses on a multiliteracies model of literacy provision and describes how new technologies can be used to enhance the development of these 'literacies' and re-engage marginalised learners. She describes innovative learning projects that develop skills, starting from the learner's particular interests and needs. She identifies success factors for effective delivery of these flexible learning experiences, and suggests that for VET to do so, we may need to rethink current funding and program models.