[LINK] 50 years of Teleworking Fantasies to COVID-19 Reality

Tom Worthington tom.worthington at tomw.net.au
Fri Apr 10 08:01:28 AEST 2020


On 8/4/20 9:21 am, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:

> ... from Teleworking Fantasies to COVID-19 Reality ...

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

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


-- 
Tom Worthington, MEd FHEA FACS CP IP3P http://www.tomw.net.au
+61(0)419496150
TomW Communications Pty Ltd. PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Prof. Standards Legislation

Honorary Lecturer, Computer Science, Australian National University
https://cecs.anu.edu.au/research/profile/tom-worthington



More information about the Link mailing list