All approved plant and animal sightings made via the BWVP Flora and Fauna Field Guide app and website will now be exported to the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) website. http://www.ala.org.au This means that data provided to Ecolinc is now available to a wider audience including students, community members, scientists and researchers across Australia and beyond. All sightings are fully acknowledged to the person making the sighting and to the Ecolinc BWVP project.

'Quadrats Online' is the next web-based learning object to be released as part of the Ecolinc BWVP online outreach program. A teacher professional learning day is planned to demonstrate quadrat mapping on Friday 13 September 2013. Participants will explore virtual and actual plant quadrats to investigate the vegetation of the Western Volcanic Plains. Quadrats will be mapped using the new web-based tool at Ecolinc, followed by an optional trip to the Mt Rothwell Biodiversity Interpretation Centre to complete further quadrat mapping, and to view a range of nocturnal grassland species.

Ecolinc's first app, 'Biodiversity of the Western Volcanic Plains Flora and Fauna Field Guide', featuring a flora and fauna field guide and mobile survey tool was released on Friday 21 June 2013, the date of Ecolinc's scheduled teacher professional learning day, highlighting this new online tool. The app is now available free from the App Store. This is one of several learning objects which will comprise Ecolinc's new online outreach program 'Biodiversity of the Western Volcanic Plains'.

‘Discovering Wetlands Online’ was officially launched at Ecolinc on Friday 22 June 2012, during Ecolinc’s first teacher professional learning day for the year. Guest speakers included aquatic ecologist, Mr Jason Sonneman (DesignFlow), environmental scientist Professor Peter Gell (University of Ballarat) and palaeontologist Dr Stephen Carey (University of Ballarat).