Speakers
AUPOV brings together respected international
and national speakers from a wide range of educational disciplines
and technology oriented working practices. Each selected speaker
will engage with the conference theme of the use of point-of-view
technologies as part of realising flexible and meaningful learning
solutions.
Keynote
Allison
Miller is the Business Manager for the E-portfolio - Managing
Learner Information Business Activity, for the Australian Flexible
Learning Framework. Allison has worked as the South Australian
E-learning Innovations Co-ordinator, and the Project Manager for
the Inclusive e-Learning (Youth) Project, also for the Australian
Flexible Learning Framework, as well as the E-Learning Development
Co-ordinator for TAFE SA. She has 7 years experience as a
Lecturer/Facilitator with TAFE SA in areas of Business Finance,
Administration and Small Business Management.
Plenary
Dr M.G. Michael
PhD, MA(Hons), MTh, BTh, BA is a theologian and historian with
cross-disciplinary qualifications in the humanities. Michael brings
with him a unique perspective on Information Technology and
Computer Science. Presently he is an honorary senior fellow in the
School of Information Systems and Technology, Faculty of
Informatics at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is
currently a member of the IP Location-Based Services Research
Program in the Centre for Business Services Science where he
provides expertise on ethical issues and the social implications of
technology. He is the former coordinator of Information &
Communication Security Issues and since 2005 has guest-lectured and
tutored in Location-Based Services, IT & Citizen Rights,
Principles of eBusiness, IT & Innovation, and Professional
Practice and Ethics.
Plenary
Dr Katina Michael
PhD (University of Wollongong), BIT (University of Technology,
Sydney). Senior Member IEEE 2004. Katina is on the IEEE Technology
and Society Magazine editorial board, and is the technical editor
of the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce
Research. Her research interests are in the areas of automatic
identification, location-based services, emerging mobile
technologies, national security, and their respective socio-ethical
implications. Katina is currently a senior lecturer in the School
of Information Systems and Technology, Faculty of Informatics,
University of Wollongong, Australia. She teaches eBusiness,
strategy, innovation, communication security issues, the social
impact of technology, and is the research director of the IP
Location Based Services Program in the Centre for Business Services
Science.
International Guest
Toni Twiss is the
Director of eLearning & ICT Professional Development
Facilitator at a number of secondary schools in Hamilton, New
Zealand . Toni also lectures Media Studies part-time at The
University of Waikato. In 2008, Toni was awarded a New Zealand
Ministry of Education eFellowship, releasing her from the classroom
for a full year to undertake a research project investigating the
potential uses for mobile phones within classrooms. Her research
was sponsored by Vodafone who supplied a class set of 3G mobile
phones and unlimited SMS, calls and data. Her project explored
potential uses for mobile phones in the classroom, but also
considered the impact that 24/7 access to information will have on
education in the future, and the skills that students will need to
cope in an always connected world.
