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Lectopia Wins 2006 WAITTA Product Category
(item posted on 26th March 2007)
The Lectopia team was delighted to receive the Product Category Award
at the 2006 WA IT & Telecommunications Awards (WAITTA) Dinner held on Friday 23 March. The award,
recognising excellence in an IT&T product developed by a Western
Australian organisation, was received by Project Director Michael
Fardon on behalf of the team. There was strong competition from a
diverse field in this category, with a total of four shortlisted
products. It was Lectopia's first appearance at the WAITTA Awards,
rounding out a strong University of Western Australia presence overall,
with other departments receiving nominations in numerous categories.
Find out more about WAITTA.
Archived News
iLecture/Lectopia Name Change
(item posted on 1st June 2006)
During 2005 the Office of Industry and Innovation held a competition, open
to all staff and students, to come up with a new name for iLecture (the name
had to be changed due to trademark restrictions). The winning entry was
'Lectopia' suggested by Rebecca Rey (FAHSS student), who combined the word
'lecture' with 'topia' (taken from the Greek 'topos' meaning 'place') to
signify 'a place of lectures'.
Please note the
address of the new Lectopia @ UWA website established specifically for the
use of UWAhttp://www.lectopia-service.uwa.edu.au
New Team Member
(item posted on 19th December 2005)
The Multimedia Centre would like to extend a warm welcome to Kate
Goodwin and Damien Green, who have joined the Multimedia
Centre team.
iLecture/Lectopia Expansion
(item posted 19th December 2005)
During 2005 the iLecture/Lectopia community was joined by
Deakin University, Duke University, Swinburne University,
University of Auckland, University of Newcastle, and University
of Tasmania. In the Australian context, 30% of universities are
now using iLecture as their lecture capture and delivery
solution.
New Team Member
(item posted on 27 July 2005)
The Multimedia Centre would like to extend a warm welcome to Shay
Telfer, who has joined the Multimedia Centre team, as Senior
Programmer.
The Works - Student Projects
Gallery
(item posted on 10 February 2005)
The Multimedia Centre would like to announce the completion of
The Works - an on line gallery exhibiting outstanding student
work in digital media at UWA. The Multimedia Centre invites you
to view this exciting showcase of digital media projects that
have been produced by students as part of their studies in a
variety of Arts, Humanities and Social Science units. The Works
Gallery houses some of the best student projects and includes
excellent examples of Digital Videos, Flash Projects, Website
Construction and Interactive Stories.
Check it out - The Works.
iLecture Grant
(item posted on 17 January 2005)
The Arts Multimedia Centre is very pleased to announce that from
2005, due to funding received from the University Facilities
budget, the standard iLecture System service will be FREE at UWA
for all areas. Staff wanting information on how to record and
publish their lectures online via the iLecture system are welcome
to contact the iLecture Team at ilectures@uwa.edu.au.
iLectures is a facility offered to UWA by the Arts Multimedia
Centre that enables a digital recording (audio or video) of a
lecture or presentation to be published online for restricted or
community access. Further information regarding the iLecture
System can be found by visiting the iLecture website.
ASCILITE Conference, 5-8 December 2004
(item posted on 17 January 2005)
UWA was the host of ASCILITE 2004, the 21st annual conference of
the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary
Education. The theme of the conference was Beyond the Comfort
Zone—a theme that aimed to examine alternative and
innovative developments in educational technology. Delegates from
throughout the Australasian higher education community attended a
vibrant and diverse conference program featuring 136
presentations over four days.
The Arts Multimedia Centre supported the ASCILITE 2004 Conference
through the critical provision of technology and technical
support for all conference presenters and venues. Michael Fardon,
Academic Director of the Multimedia Centre, was a member of the
Conference Executive, and he and the MMC's administrative and
technical staff were instrumental in contributing to the
overwhelming success of the conference.
Multimedia Centre
Refurbishments
(item posted 15 January 2004)
The Multimedia Centre has a new look for the start of semester
one in 2004, with facilities and office spaces receiving a
considerable facelift during the summer months. These upgrades
are part of a wider project to improve the facilities and
accessibilty of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social
Sciences.
The Centre now boasts a highly-flexible collaborative learning
studio with a wide-range of technological capabilities; a
professional recording studio; two fully-equipped project
studios; and a teaching laboratory.
WebCT Learning Innovation
Grants
(item posted on 15 January 2004)
The Multimedia Centre is very pleased to announce that, following
an application process advertised in September, Alexandra Ludewig
(German Studies), Hélène Jaccomard (French Studies)
and Andrea Stanberg (Music) have each been awarded a 2004
Multimedia Centre WebCT Learning Innovation Grant.
The aim of the grants is to encourage the development and
user-diversity of WebCT tools within the context of Arts
disciplines. Each recipient is required to write a brief project
report at the end of 2004, and these reports will be published on
this website.
Diversity Initiative
Grant
(item posted on 12 January 2004)
In 2003, The Multimedia Centre together with A/Prof Jane Long,
Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Arts,
Humanities and Social Sciences, was successful in winning a
diversity initiatives grant to investigate "Improving access to
online and powerpoint resources for students and staff with
Colour Deficient Vision (CDV)".
This project aims to undertake a review of existing websites
associated with the Faculty to test for CDV accessibility.
Necessary amendments will be made, and a report will be generated
for more general use within the University will provide some
useful information about the approaches used within the Faculty,
that can be readily adapted to similar reviews elsewhere within
the University. A hardcopy and online brochure will be produced
containing information and examples regarding CDV awareness.
AUTC Institutional Award
(item posted on 12 January 2004)
In 2002, the Multimedia Centre was the recipient of an Australian
Universities Teaching Committee Award for our Innovative and
Practical Approach to the Provision of Educational Services to
the Local and/or Regional Community. This prestigious award
acknowledged The Multimedia Centre's commitment to achieving a
high-level of flexibility and innovation in ts approach to
teaching and learning processes.
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