The QUT Master of Social Work is delivered as a unique mix of on-campus and virtual learning to offer you maximum flexibility REAL WORLD – NEW WAYS FACT, FICTION, PROPAGANDA ???

Will it rain while we are here?

What is NASA doing?

Is Galileo relevant?

Ok! you might have seen something Yeh buddy – 380 years later!

Now have we seen something? Yes! an absolute revolution The equivalent of Galileo Not in our own lifetimes But in the last decade It is the revolution in technologies

The Digital Revolution “Digital communications services and the online environment are now integral to the Australian economy and society, transforming the way we live and work”. And it also brought us Fox News! Source: Convergence and Communications, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA):

What is this revolution? It is the revolution in technologies around: Communication Information Presentation The Converged Environment

Some data: Internet take up Last 10 years = fivefold increase in households with Internet 5.5 households million have internet 2007/08, an additional 800,000 households signed for Broadband June the total Broadband at 4.3 million (52% of households), Year 2007 / 2008 increase of 22% Broadband connections Trend = high speed cable accelerating Trend = increase uptake of other Internet access technologies Growing use of VoIP now bundled packages – Skype Source: ABS Household Use of Information Technology, Australia, at:

More data: Mobile take up Mobile service take up demographic is 95% Mobile service take up - 18–24 demographic is 79% Younger adults do not connect a fixed line phone Trends are in the take-up And trends are in use of communications service The mobile platform is a rapidly evolving composite Source: ABS Household Use of Information Technology, Australia, at:

Data = Converged Environment The trends accelerated G mobile networks 39% of mobile phone subscribe to a 3G service 3G goes beyond voice centric 2 nd generation mobile The result = converged environment Consumer: accesses a wide range of multimedia services uses using almost any device uses any type of network connection Trend most evident in consumer age group 18 – 30 Source: Convergence and Communications, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA):

The revolution and learning It changes Space Place Time It offers Flexibility Mobility Collaboration It enriches Design - blended Collaboration - virtual Learning – “real world integration”

IMPLICATIONS - REAL WORLD & NEW WAYS Keep what works Learning – ownership of outcomes Individualized – learning plans Masters – one on one mentoring

IMPLICATIONS - REAL WORLD & NEW WAYS Build on the new Communication – Podcasts, Vodcasts, Skype, Mobile Text, MSN, Facebook, Collaboration – Blackboard, Illuminate, Facebook, MySpace

IMPLICATIONS - REAL WORLD & NEW WAYS Integrate the real world IGoogle, RSS feeds, Current affairs, Blogs, Public Forums [ Crikey, Get Up, ]