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Background Back in late 2008, a key policy plank of the newly elected New Zealand National Government (Key 2008) was a $1.5 billion fund for the rollout of Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB). The aim was to accelerate deployment of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP), to reach 75 per cent of the population, across 33 towns and cities (urban New Zealand) by the end of 2019. The Government specified that the...
February 2013
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Background In October 2012 the University of Canberra?s Faculty of Arts and Design hosted a public symposium on the topic of ?Converging on an NBN Future: Content, Connectivity, and Control.? Featuring thirteen speakers1 from industry, government and academia, with input from an engaged audience, the symposium raised and discussed a variety of critical questions relating to the National Broadband...
February 2013
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It's not about politics At the outset, this writer must admit to being passionately pro-Tasmanian first and foremost. I am not known for political preferences, and I do not support any particular team in politics. The National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout should not be about politics ? it is about our local economy's health and Tasmania's future. In my eyes, we are collectively here all part...
February 2013
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Introduction Australia has undertaken an aggressive national agenda to place it at the forefront of the race to be competitive in the global Digital Economy. The agenda has generated enormous hyperbole and commentary by political parties, business and social groups, focussed predominantly on the efficacy of investing more than AUD$43billion on the construction of a National Broadband Network (...
February 2013
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Introduction Recent developments in networking and collaborative tools such as Web 2.0 and mobile devices are rapidly changing traditional workplaces around the globe (Bayrak 2012). For example, work can now be conducted from anywhere without the need for face-to-face communication. Telework, or ?telecommuting?, is defined as ??a flexible work arrangement whereby people work in locations, remote...
February 2013
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Introduction The advent of the Internet around two decades ago provided universities with three monumental opportunities. Any one of these should have been sufficient to alter the way teaching was conducted but in combination should have revolutionised university education. First, educators now had the ability to extend their reach globally. Second, anyone with an Internet connection suddenly...
February 2013
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Introduction One of the most important factors affecting teaching practices within the higher education sector is the introduction of new information and communication technologies (ICT). Online technology is the largest growth area in higher education, becoming popular because of the potential to provide more flexible access to content and instruction from any place at any time. Educational...
February 2013
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Introduction eHealth in multicultural Australia According to data from the 2011 Census, as at June 2010, 27% of Australia?s population were born overseas. A substantial proportion of the population was born in countries in which English is not the primary language. In the last ten years there have been considerable increases in the number of Australian residents who were born in Nepal, Sudan,...
February 2013
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Today there are more mobile phones then there are people. Technologies including mobile payments, augmented reality and M2M communications are changing the way we interact with people and devices. This presentation describes numerous solutions and applications SAP has developed to address some of these emerging concepts. See presentation material below and more at Adam Sivell's blog...
27th February 2013