On 8/4/20 9:21 am, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
... from Teleworking Fantasies to COVID-19 Reality ...
On 10/4/20 8:01 am, Tom Worthington wrote:
In my 1993 future history of Canberra *this year* it becomes the world
capital, due to superior computing facilities: "Canberra 2020: World
Information Capital", Informatics Magazine, September 1993:
http://www.tomw.net.au/1993/cnbfut.html
I was a member then Chair of a Ministerial Advisory Committee that did
what it could to keep that dream alive:
http://rogerclarke.com/II/ACS-OLSAG-Rpt-981112.doc
And here's another giggle from the visionary past:
> The economic arguments in support of a participative information
infrastructure go beyond cost-replacement. The prototype of a
democratic, participative information infrastructure, the Internet,
represents an 'electronic playground'. Students in tertiary institutions
make what some people regard as frivolous use of transmission capacity
to file diatribes about matters of ephemeral significance to small
groups of highly dispersed aficionados, to participate in multi-user
games, to conduct opportunistic, poorly conceived and poorly managed
searches, and to experiment with new ideas for services. Yet precisely
these frivolous uses are providing these young people with the means to
pursue ongoing self-education and discovery.
>
> 'Distance education' is becoming much more than just a means to
attain geographical equity for far-flung populations; it will become a
way of life for a workforce continually preparing itself for the next
change in market demands. The foundations have been laid for our own
ongoing 'cultural revolution' - a welling-up of new and revised ideas
and artefacts.
> Exhibit 5: Indicative List of Information Services
>- low tail-capacity requirements [incl.]
> - data transfer for working from home (telecommuting/teleworking)
> - education services incl. remote classroom teaching (text-only)
>- moderate tail-capacity requirements [incl.]
> - multi-media mail, including video (i.e. asynchronous messaging)
> - modest-quality video-telephone (i.e. synchronous conversations)
> - video conferencing (including 'virtual meetings')
> - education services, e.g. remote classroom teaching (incl video)
Clarke R. (1994) 'Information Infrastructure for The Networked Nation'
Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd, November 1994, at
http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/NetNation.html
Shorter version in:
Clarke R. & Worthington T. (1994) 'Vision for a Networked Nation: The
Public Interest in Network Services' Proc. Conf. Int'l Telecomms Soc.,
Sydney, July 1994,
original lost at https://www.acs.org.au/president/1997/acsnet/acsnet.htm
but fortunately archived at
https://web.archive.org/web/20120625011201/http://www.acs.org.au/president/1997/acsnet/acsnet.htm
and http://rogerclarke.com/II/ACS-VisionForANetworkedNation-1994.html
Tom, the ACS screwed up the publishing framework you established for it
(c. 2000?). They broke the link between 25 Jun 2012 and 2 Sep 2012.
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Also right here on the Link List from 2012: "Use e-Learning to Teach
Teleworking":
http://mailman.anu.edu.au/pipermail/link/2012-January/096038.html
And here is one I don't remember writing. Apparently it was Submission
17 to the "Inquiry into the role and potential of the National Broadband
Network":
"4.99 Mr Worthington noted that the long term restructuring of the
education systems towards a more efficient and effective ‘blended’ mode
of education will require ‘retraining of teachers, restructuring of
courses and the remodelling of buildings’ at a cost ‘far higher than for
the implementation of the NBN itself’.[110]
However, he also noted that due to the relative size of Australia’s
expenditure on education, if the NBN can enable a 10 per cent reduction
in the cost of education it would be enough to pay for the entire
network within eight years.[111]"
From House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure
and Communications, August 2011
http://www.aphref.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ic/NBN/report/1.%20Final%20NBN%20Report.pdf#page=112
Closer to reality, last year I used a blended design in the "Learning
Reflect" module for ANU TechLauncher computer project students. In the
unlikely event an international crisis stopped students from getting to
campus, the face-to-face components could easily be swapped out, making
it fully online. This year, the unlikely crisis happened, and I just had
to change a couple of sentences in the course to activate this option.
If the students return next semester, I just have to swap the F2F bits
back:
https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2020/03/designing-in-on-line-learning-option.html
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