The Academies Australasia Group of Colleges is owned and managed by Garratt's Limited, a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange that has been operating for more than 100 years. Public listed status means that apart from having to meet the well regarded, carefully supervised standards of the international education market, Academies Australasia colleges must also comply with the strict financial and reporting regulations of the Australian Stock Exchange. There are seven colleges, each a separate company with its own license to operate as an education institution - Academies Australasia College in Singapore and six colleges in Australia: 1. Academy of English (ELICOS) [Including Academy of English (Blue Mountains) and Academy of English (Barton)] 2. Australian International High School (Senior High School) 3. Academy of Social Sciences (Vocational) 4. Australian College of Technology (Vocational) 5. Clarendon Business College (Vocational) [Including Clarendon Business College (Barton)] 6. Supreme Business College (Vocational). In Australia, Academies Australasia has two campuses in the heart of Sydney, New South Wales (George Street and Pitt Street), just a few minutes’ walk from each other. They also operate in Leura in the Blue Mountains (New South Wales) and in Barton (Australian Capital Territory). It is also considering expanding its operations to include Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. In Singapore, Academies Australasia College is in Middle Road, in the education precinct. Currently the institution has about 1700 students and the number is growing every year. ACA employs about 30 full time staffs and 60 teachers on a contract basis. Over the past months ACA has been planning to implement various web based technologies, Internet and the Intranet. Assumptions Currently ACA do not have the technologies mentioned below implemented. Online Learning System It boasts a range of activities that can make course more engaging and improve student learning. For example: Basically it is a Virtual Learning Environment - a website providing course materials and learning activities for students. Where student can enrol in a subject check their course progress download assessments and lecture resources check the participation list take part in forms and quizzes and chat Forums for online discussion – e.g. to get students to engage with seminar topics before the class or to hold debates that can continue online after class is over. Assignments – to allow students to submit work online, and assign grades and comments. Wikis – to allow students to work collaboratively on documents, wherever they are, and at any time. Quizzes - online tests to monitor students’ progress, or for students to test themselves. Where teachers can Enhance teaching with online supplementary activities, both remedial and extension. Provide students with links to websites relevant to a course. Upload a series of learning activities created in some authoring software, such as Hot Potatoes.