Panel Sessions
Social Networking Primer
Chair: Stephen Atherton
(National Development Higher-Education, Apple Pty Ltd)
Panel members include:
- Kate Foy (Uni Southern Qld)
- Allan Ellis (Southern Cross University)
- Michael Docherty (QUT)
- Matt Hitchcock (Griffith University)
- Hank Szeto (Thinking Cap Consulting)
Be the buzz word Blog or Wiki, Web 2.0 technologies hold great promise for collaboration in both teaching and research. This session approaches the technology from two angles - we will look at how academics are using technologies such as virtual worlds and blogs as well as get under the hood and explain just what makes the technologies tick.
The Digital Indigenous
Chair: Professor Roly Sussex
(School of Languages & Comparative Cultural Studies, The University of Queensland)
Panel members include:
- Gregor Kennedy (University of Melbourne)
- Paul Turnbull (Griffith University)
- Paul Draper (Griffith University)
- Beverly Oliver (Curtin University)
- Stephen Atherton (Apple Australia)
Building on a very popular session at the AUC’s recent Gold Coast conference, the round table participants will examine the data, talk the talk, and make sense of the way our digital savvy students engage (or disengage) in the learning process. And students are one thing… what about the staff?
A Research Quality Framework for Artistic Practice?
Chair: Professor Roly Sussex
(School of Languages & Comparative Cultural Studies, The University of Queensland)
Panel members include:
- AsProf Sue Baker: Victorian College of the Arts; Chair of ACUADS (Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools)
- Prof Brad Haseman: Assistant Dean - Research Creative Industries Faculty QUT
- Prof Pat Hoffie: Deputy Director Research, Queensland College of the Arts
- Mr Nick Oughton: Griffith Film School; Chair, ASPERA (Australian Screen Production, Education & Research Association)
- Prof Huib Schippers: Director, Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre; Chair, Research Committee of the Music Council of Australia
CreateWorld 2006 looked at the upcoming Research Quality Framework and what it means for the creative arts academic. Where are we at as the 2007 academic year comes to a close?
Performances
Topology - Sunday 25/11/07 @ 6.00pm (Cocktail Reception)
Topology is increasingly recognised as one of Australia’s leading new music ensembles. Their energetic, full-blooded sound belies their compact instrumentation. Since forming in 1997, Topology has built a solid audience, and regularly performs to sold-out houses around Australia. The group's concerts are broadcast nationally by the ABC. http://www.topologymusic.com
AA Cell - Monday 26/11/07 @ 2.00pm
aa-cell are a live coding duo comprising Andrew Brown and Andrew Sorensen. They are based in Brisbane, Australia, and have performed around Australia and in Europe. Live Coding performances involve the writing the computer programs on stage that produces the media output. The code is often projected for the audience so they can watch the process unfold. aa-cell perform with the Impromptu software environment written by Andrew Sorensen for Apple’s OS X. The musical performances are semi-improvised within a unique genre that combines pattern-based electronic and twentieth century musical structures and sounds.
For more on aa-cell visit: http://myspace.com/aacell
