Kate Cornick, IBES, Broadband Applications for Life-long Learning

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Broadband applicationsfor life-long learning

Kate Cornick


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e-learning in 2011

Todays students expect:

Communicate technologies

Course materials including

lecture notes and audio-visual

recordings

Online assessment tools and

computer assisted learning

programs

Library services, including scholarly databases

Virtual collaboration spaces

A range of Internet-based information resources and sources.

http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue28/cartoon/


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Avian Health Online

A fully online program for poultry

veterinarians working in all

aspects of the poultry industry

around the world

Developed by avian health experts

at the University of Melbourne

and University of Georgia

Global access to learning Online

http://eshowcase.unimelb.edu.au/packages/avian-health-online


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Offered jointly by variousinstitutions in the Universitas 21

Network.

A multi-disciplinary curriculum

spanning the boundaries of

traditional education and

providing graduates with globally

relevant knowledge and skills.

Students study online, interacting

across institutions.

Global Issues Program

http://www.universitas21.com/globalissues.html


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Potential for Innovation

Virtual collaboration spaces

Tele-presence and video conferencing

Augmented reality applications

Interactive serious games

Visualization tools, including 3D video

Fully immersive 3D virtual reality

learning environments with haptic

(force-feedback) capabilities

Smart information systems that sense,

collect and integrate data


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e-Research in 2011

Communicate with researchers around

the worlds

Access large-scale high performance

computing facilities

Access data sets

Examples include Human Variome project,

the Large Hadron Collider and the Square

Kilometer Array

A single electron microscope can generateas much as 20Gb of data per hour.


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Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society

Aligning research and industry interests to drive innovation in broadband

applications to deliver seamless experiences for the benefit of society.

Educationand Learning

Health andWellbeing

NetworkTechnologies and

Economics

Business and ServiceTransformation

Social Infrastructureand Community


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Driving InnovationPlatinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Sponsors


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Connecting learners

30% Australians live in regional,rural or remote areas

Connecting learners is building aplatform to connect students in ruralsettings with metropolitan counterparts


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Approx 10,000 children admitted tothe Royal Childrens Hospital each

year

Broadband-enabled technologies

offer the scope to help connect

these children with their schools

The ambient orb lights up and

changes colour enablinghospitalised children to have a

presence in the classroom

Ambient Orb


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Uni TV

UniTV is providing acontent distribution

system for specialised

subject matter with

interactive applications

including shared

learning and virtual

workspaces

Ref: http://www.deewr.gov.au/HigherEducation/Publications/HEStatistics/Publications/Pages/Students.aspx


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3D Virtual Reality Surgical Training

This project is developing

a prototype system to

assist surgeons to

develop skills in 3D virtual

reality environments

before they operate onpatients.


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Haptic tele-rehabilitation

This project is developing a low-

cost in-home tele-rehabilitation

system to assist stroke patients to

re-learn motor skills

The system consists of a desktoprobotic platform to which the

patient's arm is strapped, and a

rehabilitation software program

that provides exercises withvarious degrees of difficulty.


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Ageing WellOver the next 45 years the

number of Australians over 65is expected to double

There are currently over

50,000 socially isolated

Victorians

over 65 years old. It isexpected that this number

will increase to 75,000 by

2020, a growth of 46%.

There are approx 175,000

residential aged care places,worth ~$9 billion pa,

accounting for 6.5% total

health expenditure

Naufal, R. (2008). Addressing Social Isolation Amongst OlderVictorians Department of Planning and Community Development


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IBES Research


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The impact of broadband

Broadband fundamentally changes accessto:

information for learning

technology-enabled learning resources

rich and interactive learning experiences

Most importantly

Proximity is not a precondition

Kate Cornick, IBES, Broadband Applications for Life-long Learning

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