Frequently Asked Questions

The Early Childhood Australia (ECA) Learning Hub is an online learning platform that offers online professional learning for educators and other professionals working with children. The ECA Learning Hub is well regarded for producing high-quality online professional learning. We engage subject matter experts, researchers and sector leaders to share research and identify best practices. We develop professional learning that speaks the language of educators and teachers and can be used across the wide range of settings educators may be working in. Our online courses are accessible, affordable and contemporary, ensuring that quality professional learning is available, no matter where and when it is needed.
Our professional learning provides a thorough and practical understanding of standards, frameworks and research about quality practice, including links to the Early Years Learning Framework, the National Quality Standard and My Time, Our Place.
The ECA Learning Hub produces online learning modules, interactive webcasts and on-demand webinars. You can purchase a title as a one-off, or take out an annual subscription and access over ninety professional learning titles.

The ECA Learning Hub is designed for individual users to access online courses at their own pace. Once signed up, individual users sign in to the Learning Management System (LMS) via the portal using their unique email and password.
Each person is referred to as a ‘user’ on the LMS.

An online learning module is an online course that you undertake at your own pace on the device of your choosing (e.g. desktop computer, laptop or phone). Our online modules are interactive, including text, learning activities and video content. Every online learning module that we sell has been quality-assured through a formal review process. You can use each module as many times as you like during a 12-month period from the date of release (or first date of access). A unique feature of modules is voices from the field with case study practice examples showcasing and translating research into practice.

Webinars are online seminars. The ECA Learning Hub offers on-demand studio-quality webinars, presented by a range of experts in the education and care sector. The webinars explore topics in great depth. On-demand webinars can be viewed at a time that suits your need- Pause, rewind, make notes and discuss. Please note, that webinars must be viewed in one sitting.

An interactive webcast is where a subject matter expert presents information and research on a particular topic in a series of short videos. Reflection points are provided throughout to encourage the learner to consolidate their learning, read further information or to complete an activity or simple task such as an in-service task. Interactive webcasts can work well for teams to engage with video segments and to then work through corresponding reflection tasks together.  

To make the ECA Learning Hub your one-stop shop for professional development, sign up for an annual subscription. One flat fee = 12 months of access to all our current and forthcoming online learning modules, on-demand webinars and webcasts, for all your staff. For groups, this is the easiest and most affordable way to use ECA Learning Hub. Click here to find out more.

Subscriptions can be purchased for 12, 24 or 36 months. During that period, you and your team will have access to the full catalogue of professional learning and you will also gain access to any new courses released during that subscription period.

You will receive access to each of our current online learning modules, plus each new module that is released over the 12 months of your subscription.

The ECA Leadership Program is a premium package developed by ECA and is not included in a subscription. ECA Learning Hub Subscribers and ECA members who wish to purchase the ECA Leadership Program are eligible for a discount. Learn more about the ECA Leadership Program here.

ECA offers a number of different newsletters and blogs, covering upcoming events, conferences, and developments in early childhood education.

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