National Cooperation on Technology for VET
| Sandy Burgoyne | John Burke |
| John Fitzsimons | John Murphy (Project Manager) |
| Phoebe Palmieri | Robin Whittle |
| Jan Whitaker |
Sandy Burgoyne
Sandy Burgoyne’s major responsibilities are Internet
related tasks. She has designed, authored and Webmastered several
Web sites. These include the two ANTA projects Choosing and
Using Technologies in Education and Training and Standards
to Support National Cooperation in Applying Technology to VET,
also the Victorian Open Learning Network (VOLN) site for the
Department of Education. She is also the administrator of many
electronic discussion groups.
Sandy completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at Deakin University with majors in journalism, and science and technology policy, in 1996. She successfully completed her journalism Honours year mid 1998.
Her background is one of freelance journalism and photography and her work has appeared in many magazines, including Royalauto – the journal of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and Inform, one of Hewlett-Packard’s corporate magazines.
John Burke
John Burke (BSc, Melbourne; B Ed, Monash; MA (Education,)
has been Director of CIRCIT (Centre for International Research on
Communication and Information Technologies) since November 1994.
Prior to taking up this position he was a Group Manager in the Corporate Strategy Directorate of Telecom Australia where he had, at varying stages, responsibilities for: developing consultative processes with residential and small business customers; developing the AOTC and Telstra Corporate Plans for government; overseeing the strategic business planning process throughout the corporation; and developing strategies for the introduction of interactive multimedia services.
Earlier work experience included: initial employment with IBM Australia and United Kingdom as a computer systems analyst (1963-65); involvement in the establishment of a community education resource organisation, the Learning Exchange Co-operative (1972-80); and periods as Executive Officer of the Victorian Association of Citizens Advice Bureaus (1984-86) and as Deputy Director of the Commission for the Future (1987-88).
He was a member of the former Prime Minister’s National Information Services Council (1995).
John Fitzsimons
After graduating in Communications Engineering from the
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, John joined Telstra in
1968. He was initially engaged on management of
telecommunications network operations and plant construction and
maintenance. A major project undertaken by him was the delivery
of ISDN and other services on remote multiplexers. He later
worked on strategic computer systems planning, data management,
and new business development.
Prior to becoming an independent industry adviser, John worked with Telstra on new business development, focusing on multi media business opportunities in smart cards, payment systems, intranets and Internet directory and navigation systems.
John is characterised by his interest in business opportunities from leading edge computing and communications technologies. This is backed up by an in depth and wide ranging practical knowledge of networking technology and associated operating systems and processes, derived from over 30 years of working in the industry.
He was a member of the team that completed the ANTA Flexible Delivery Project in 1997.
He is currently advising the Commonwealth Ombudsman of technical issues in Telstra’s handling of customer complaints.
John holds tertiary qualifications in engineering and management from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and is a Member of The Institution of Engineers, Australia, a Member of the Australian Computer Society and a Member of the Australian Institute of Management.
John Murphy
After graduating with honours in Electrical Engineering
from the University of Melbourne, Mr Murphy joined Telstra in
1962. He was engaged on research into the statistical properties
of television signals for the design of video coding algorithms.
He was responsible for the application of computer techniques in
telecommunications research and evaluated the performance of
digital transmission systems, including broadband radio
technology.
He has published extensively in the leading international engineering research journals.
Mr Murphy also worked within Government authorities and private industry in the UK, France and Italy.
After a period lecturing at Latrobe University, Mr Murphy returned to Telstra where he was involved in network planning and the development of the first standards for the interconnection of private networks with the public network. In 1985, he moved to the Corporate Strategy Directorate where he has been involved in strategic analysis and the Company’s policy and business strategy for Pay Television.
He has also participated in the work of the OECD on the convergence between computers, communications and broadcasting, in CCIR and CCITT Study Groups. Within the CCITT he participated in the initial standards development for ATM and ISDN. He was also involved with the National Information Services Council.
Mr Murphy has been recently concerned with the development of a framework for the definition of Telstra’s business scope and the Company’s overall Strategic Directions. Based on this work, he led a team which developed Telstra’s Technology Strategy. This Strategy involved, as a key step, the identification of major technologies appropriate to user needs and business imperatives.
He is now advising the Industry on a private basis and is a CIRCIT Associate.
Phoebe Palmieri
Phoebe Palmieri, Director of Phoebe Palmieri Pty Ltd,
specialises in strategic policy, research, professional
development and training development in innovative vocational
education and training, for government, industry and other
organisations, with a particular focus on change management and
the educational application of technologies.
Before establishing her own business at the beginning of 1996, Phoebe worked in vocational education and training in the public sector for over twenty years.
She worked for many years in distance education, first as an instructional designer and then as a manager, and trained as a teacher during this time. She then broadened her focus to open learning and flexible delivery, and has worked on many aspects of open and flexible learning policy and strategic management. During this time, she managed the statewide Centre for Flexible Learning, which provided policy advice, information and professional development to advance flexible delivery in the Victorian State Training System. She managed a number of national and statewide projects.
Phoebe’s recent clients include:
Some of Phoebe’s recent publications and projects include:
Development and delivery of two professional development programs for the Gordon Institute of TAFE, on ‘Teaching in a Changing Environment’, aimed to produce attitudinal change towards the implementation of online and flexible delivery strategies
Editing and structural review of Technology Supported Learning, a book commissioned by eMERGE Cooperative Multimedia Centre as a guide to pedagogical aspects of the use of technology in education
‘Choosing and Using Technologies in Education and Training’, an ANTA Flexible Delivery project developing a World Wide Web site which helps VET practitioners and decision-makers to navigate through current literature and links to make decisions about the choice and use of technologies, viewable at http://www.vicnet.net.au/~cute
‘National Cooperation in Applying Technology to VET’ an ANTA Flexible Delivery project whose purpose is to identify current standards in a variety of communication and information technologies, and recommend those most appropriate to the achievement of the objectives of the VET sector for adoption as national standards
From Chalkface to Interface: Developing Online Learning, a framework for good practice in developing and evaluating online learning projects, one of a series of Benchmarking for Educational Effectiveness Projects commissioned by the Office of Training and Further Education, Victoria, http://www.eduvic.vic.gov.au/c_to_i
Shared Purpose, Shared Success: Best Practice Networking in South Australia, Adelaide Institute of TAFE for the LEARN Network (an ANTA Best Practice project)
Access for Private Providers to LRC Services of the LEARN Network: an Issues Paper Adelaide Institute of TAFE for the LEARN Network
Performance Indicators and Flexible Delivery: Measuring Outcomes of the Open Training & Education Network, OTEN, Sydney, 1997
She has conducted numerous professional development workshops and projects on various aspects of teaching and learning, management and organisational development for flexible learning. She has recently devised a professional development program aimed at teachers, trainers, administrators and managers in VET sector organisations aimed at assisting the change from traditional to newer teaching strategies, incorporating a change management approach based on an understanding of the drivers of current changes in the VET sector.
Robin Whittle
Robin Whittle is a writer and consultant with a strong
background in broadband technologies, consumer issues, technical
standards and Internet applications. He has written feature
articles in Australian Communications on ADSL, Hybrid Fibre
Coaxial cable systems and Wavelength Division Multiplexing and
Telstra's Future Mode of Operation. Other articles concern
Telstra's HFC cable Internet service, and OnRamp ISDN (in press)
service and Future Mode of Operation switched network
digitisation program.
Through his consultancy, First Principles, he has worked on projects regarding broadband applications for Cutler and Company and the Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics. He has contributed to a number of policy debates and inquiries, including the Broadband Services Expert Group, the ABA and Senate Inquiries into online content regulation, the Attorney General's Department Walsh Report on encryption and Standards Australia's work on Public Key Authentication Frameworks. He was the consumer representative on Standards Australia Digital Video Services Task Group.
In telecommunications technical standards, Mr Whittle represents Consumers Telecommunications Network and the Consumer Federation of Australia on AUSTEL's Working Group 2/1 and Standards Advisory Committee respectively.
With over two decades of design experience with electronic hardware and computer software (including C and C++, from which Java is derived), and experience gained with the First Principles web site, Robin is well placed to bring a variety of technical and communications skills to the question of standards for online communications and educational applications.
Jan Whitaker
Jan Whitaker of JLWhitaker Associates is a consultant in
the planning, management, training for and evaluation of
communications technology. She has worked in the education,
government, health, and primary industries areas, assisting
organisations to determine implementation opportunities for new
communications technologies such as video conferencing, internet
and intranet computer networking, and website development and
application.
Ms Whitaker has a career background in distance education and training using various technologies including television, radio, and a range of conferencing systems in the United States. She worked 15 years with the Maricopa Community Colleges in Phoenix, Arizona. Her qualifications are in educational media, with further graduate study completed in design, development and evaluation.
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