Posts By Tom Worthington

Australian Whole-of-Government Common Operating Environment

The Australian Department of Finance and Deregulation, has issued a “Whole-of-Government Common Operating Environment Policy” (WofG COE). The most controversial part of this is the mandating of the Office Open XML file format (as used by Microsoft Office), rather than the Open Document Format (as used by OpenOffice.org and other office packages). Australian Archives currentlyRead… Read more »

Copyright Policy Form

The Austrlaian Digital Alliance is holding a “Policy Form: Righting the Copyright Imbalance”, 4 March 2011, at the National Library of Australia, in Canberra.Policy Form RIGHTING THE COPYRIGHT IMBALANCE A forum for ADA members, stakeholders and government on the Australian copyright reform agenda 4 March 2011, National Library of Australia, Canberra Original post

ICT for Education in the Asia Pacific Region

Digital Review of Asia Pacific provides a useful overview of what is happening with computers and telecommunications across the region. The latest time series publication is “DIGITAL REVIEW of AsiaPacific 2009–2010”. This includes a section on “Regional issues in ICT in education”:Education for All in the Digital AgeDakar Framework for ActionNew TechnologyEight Factors to ConsiderTrendsRead… Read more »

Emergency and Education Communication Vehicle

The “Emergency and Education Communication Vehicle” (E2CV) of the Thailand National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) provides an interesting mix of uses which might be applied in Australia. The Thailand Ministry of Science and Technology in collaboration with Cisco Systems equipped a truck with broadband wireless communications and its own power supply. During anRead… Read more »

Managing Digital Records Course

State Records NSW is running a course in ‘Managing Digital Records: An Introduction’, staring in late February 2011. They also provide (and a pre-requisite for the face to face course) free e-learning modules online in Digital recordkeeping concepts and framework for recordkeeping in the NSW public sector. Course outcomes By the end of this courseRead… Read more »

Climate Change Update and Its Relevance to the IT Industry

Lee Stewart from The Climate Project (TCP) will sopeak on “Climate Change Update and Its Relevance to the IT Industry” in Sydney, 2 March 2011. The ACS also runs the masters-level online course “Green Technology Strategies” in the ACS Computer Professional Education Program.Australian Computer SocietyClimate Change Update and Its Relevance to the IT IndustryThis presentationRead… Read more »

Climate Change Update and Its Relevance to the IT Industry

Lee Stewart from The Climate Project (TCP) will sopeak on “Climate Change Update and Its Relevance to the IT Industry” in Sydney, 2 March 2011. The ACS also runs the masters-level online course “Green Technology Strategies” in the ACS Computer Professional Education Program.Australian Computer SocietyClimate Change Update and Its Relevance to the IT IndustryThis presentationRead… Read more »

Evaluating Teaching Workshop at ANU

Lauren Kane from the Flexible Learning Unit ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science, will present a free Education Design Workshop on Evaluation, 20 January 2011 in Canberra. ANU College of Engineering & Computer ScienceEvaluationLauren Kane (CECS Flexible Learning Unit ) EDUCATION INNOVATION SERIES Education Design Workshop DATE: 2011-01-20 TIME: 10: Original post