Introduction to the Collaborative Research Network at USQ

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Digital Futures - Collaborative Research Network (CRN) Professor Mike Keppell Executive Director Australian Digital Futures Institute Director, Digital Futures - CRN CRN MLEF /AMI Mobile Learning Workshop

Transcript of Introduction to the Collaborative Research Network at USQ

Digital Futures - Collaborative Research

Network (CRN)

Professor Mike Keppell Executive Director

Australian Digital Futures Institute Director, Digital Futures - CRN

CRN MLEF /AMI Mobile Learning Workshop

Research Capacity Building

$5.1 million

Partnership with ANU & UniSA

91 Researchers

5 projects

Leadership Development Program

Digital Futures - CRN: Outcomes

An increase in the number of research active staff

Increased mentorship activity through the Research Leadership Development Program (RLDP)

An increase in joint publications

An increase in joint applications for competitive grants

An increase in the number of HDR student completions

Collaborative research that is influential in policy circles.

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The Digital Rural Futures Conference 2014 Hosted by the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba

25 – 27 June 2014

Regional Futures - maintaining healthy, resilient and vibrant regional communities.

Agricultural Futures - increasing productivity, sustainable use of resources and embracing digital technologies to optimise Australia’s farming future.

Digital Futures – building capacity to design and utilise emerging digital technologies and embrace their opportunities

The conference is a Regional Universities Network (RUN) initiative

For more information now, visit: http://www.usq.edu.au/digital-crn/drf-conference

Official Conference Website: (Go Live from December 2013)

http://www.usq.edu.au/digital-rural-futures/