Welcome, Opening and Presentation

Higher Education Futures

Professor Jim Taylor - Deputy Vice Chancellor (Global Learning Services) University of Southern Queensland

Morning Sessions

Focus: National activities that facilitate cohesive and productive investment in technology in education
Session Chair: Kerry Blinco - e-Framework and Standards Manager, and Technical Standards Adviser to DEST, Link Affiliates

• What have we learnt so far?
• What challenges do we face?
• What opportunities exist?

9:30 - 10:00: Standards and Intellectual Property: A Creative Tension?

Anne Fitzgerald - Adjunct Professor, Queensland University of Technology Law School; Senior Research Fellow, Macquarie University Law School; Principal Advisor, Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water, Land and Information Titles Branch.
Timothy Beale - Solicitor (Qld and NSW); Solicitor and Barrister (Vic & ACT);
Barrister (High Court).

Presentation: Powerpoint Presentation (555KB)

10:00 - 10:30: The Systemic Infrastructure Initiative: Impact and Future Directions

Dr Evan Arthur - Group Manager, Innovation and Research Systems Group, Department of Education, Science and Training.

10:30 - 11:00: Morning Tea and Discussion - Foyer

11:00 - 11:30: Interoperability across Australia's education sector: opportunities for improvement

Peter Croger - Managing Director, Croger Associates Pty Ltd

Presentation: Powerpoint Presentation (125KB)

11:30 - 12:00: The Australian Access Federation - An Opportunity for Collaboration

Alan Bevan - Cross-sectoral Advisor, Australian Access Federation

Presentation: PDF (620 KB)

12:00 - 12:30: The teaching-research-technology nexus: Implications for engaging the net generation

Professor Kerri-Lee Krause- Chair in Higher Education and Director of the Griffith Institute for Higher Education

Presentation: PDF (328 KB)

The IMS GLC Learning Impact Awards

Rob Abel - CEO IMS Global Learning Consortium

Presentation: Powerpoint Presentation (1.8Mb)

Afternoon Sessions

Peter Croger - Managing Director, Croger Associates Pty Ltd &
Dennis Macnamara - Education Consultant, Link Affiliates
Focus: Emerging educational services: ePortfolios, a range of perspectives

Interviews with representatives from all sectors of education on use of ePortfolios

• What is common?
• What is different?
• Where can we share?
• What we don't know?
• What do we have to do next?

2:15 - 2:30: Introduction

Peter Croger - Managing Director, Croger Associates Pty Ltd
Dennis Macanamara - Education Consultant, Link Affiliates

Start with a Short Film of Interviews - What is an e-Portfolio?

2:30 - 3:30: ePortfolios in action 1: Vocational Education and Training and Schools

Vivienne Blanksby - Program Leader for Resources and Innovation Program, Australian Flexible Learning Framework
Bruce A Rigby - , Victorian Department of Education
Kendon Glass - The Brink Expedition
Debbie Kember - Manager, Smart Classrooms Discovery and Development Initiatives, Department of Education, Training and the Arts,
Owen O'Neill - Project Manager for E-standards for Training Project, Australian Flexible Learning Framework
Bob Paton - Chief Executive Officer Manufacturing Skills Australia (MSA)

3:30 - 4:00: Afternoon Tea and Discussion - Foyer

4:00 - 5:00: ePortfolios in action 2: Higher education

Dr. Sue Bennett - Senior Lecturer, ICTs in Learning, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong
Janette Burke - Director, Central Services, Monash University Library. Representative for CAUL
Rebecca Green - Queensland College of Art Master of Design Student
Gillian Hallam - Associate Professor QUT: Project Leader Carrick Institute: 'Student ePortfolios in Higher Education' Project
Wendy Harper - Associate Director QUT: Teaching and Learning Support Services, Representative for CAUDIT
Thom Kotis - Queensland College of Art Photography Student

5:00 - 5:30: Synthesis: The whole panel

Peter Croger - Managing Director, Croger Associates Pty Ltd
Dennis Macanamara - Education Consultant, Link Affiliates

Morning Sessions

Focus: Frameworks for Interoperability: Making it possible to share and leverage developments
Session Chair: Margot Bell - Director, Education, Innovation and Infrastructure Policy, Research and Innovation Branch, Innovation and Research Systems Group, Department of Education, Science and Training

A range of national and international frameworks will be presented from across the educational sectors and beyond. These frameworks enhance the potential to share infrastructure developments within and across their sectors. This is an opportunity to hear about a diverse range of frameworks and consider:

• What do these frameworks have in common?
• How are they different?
• Do different sectors need significantly different approaches?
• Can the frameworks themselves share ideas and approaches?

9:00 - 9:30: Libraries, Learning and Knowledge Creation in a Digital Age

Dr. Judith Pearce - Deputy-Director, Innovation, National Library of Australia

Presentation: Powerpoint Presentation (1.8Mb)

9:30 - 10:15: Cyberinfrastructure for the Arts and Humanities: A Pathway to Institutional Sustainability - via Videoconference

Christopher J Mackie - Associate Program Officer in Research in Information Technology - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Presentation: Powerpoint Presentation (1.9Mb)

10:15 - 10:45: Morning Tea - Foyer

10:45 - 11:15: Providing flexibility and consistency within the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF)

Garry Putland - General Manager, education.au

11:15 - 11:45: Building a national e-learning infrastructure: the role of standards in maximising e-learning outcomes for Australia's vocational education and training sector.

Rodney Spark - Executive Director, e-Works

Presentation: Powerpoint Presentation (360KB)

11:45 - 12:15: Domain Mapping and the e-Framework in New Zealand

Murray Leach -New Zealand Ministry of Education, Chair New Zealand Education Sector ICT Management Committee & Chair of the New Zealand Education Sector ICT Connectivity Committee

Presentation: Powerpoint Presentation (2.8Mb)

Panel Session

Putting it together - Roles, Responsibilities and Relationships

This cross-sectoral panel will examine how Australia can address the questions emerging from the morning's presentations.

Dr Nigel Ward - Director, Australian ADL Partnership Lab, Link Affiliates (to facilitate)
Dr Evan Arthur - Group Manager, Innovation and Research Systems Group, Department of Education, Science and Training
Vivienne Blanksby - Program Leader for Resources and Innovation Program, Australian Flexible Learning Framework
Dr. Judith Pearce - Deputy Director, Innovation, National Library of Australia
Dr Elizabeth McDonald, Director, Grants Scheme, The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Putting it together: roles, responsibility and relationships