Captain Malcolm Woodside is the Staff Officer Grade 3 Training Development in the Communication, Education and Learning Technologies Section of the Trades and Training Branch, Headquarters, Army Aviation Training Centre, Oakey. Their small team develops and produces a wide range of Blended Learning materials for Training Transformation of aviation courses. He is an Education Officer in the Royal Australian Army Educational Corps, and he has filled a range of instructor and training system positions. Since joining Army in 1996, Captain Woodside has completed four degrees and three diplomas. In that time, his wife, now of over thirty-three years, completed the Doctor of Philosophy degree. They have five adult children and four grandchildren together. Captain Woodside volunteers at a local council's English conversation classes for new Australians (suspended due to COVID-19 restrictions). He also enjoys spending time with his family, as well as reading, walking and gardening.
Games have always been a part of learning. In today’s digital world, incorporating games and gamification is essential to contemporary learning to be ready now, future ready.
