The Australian Digital Futures Institute (ADFI) is a research group at the University of Southern Queensland that focuses on how emerging technologies can enhance learning. The document introduces ADFI's staff, current projects, and ways to get involved through collaboration, research fellowships, and following their website, blog, and social media accounts. ADFI aims to unlock the potential of technologies to augment learning and build their external reputation and funding while engaging internally with the university community.
2. Program today
9:00 What is ADFI
9:30 Who we are
Who you are!
Morning Tea
10:30 Project showcases
11:30 Future directions
3. Who are we?
Dr Amy Antonio Joanne Doyle Sue Hansen
Associate Lecturer Project Manager Neil Martin
Administrative/Project
(Digital Futures) Learning Technologist
Dr Shirley Reushle Support Officer
Associate Director
Liz Neary
(on secondment as Dr Helen Farley
Jared Wright Dr Angela Murphy
Executive Assistant to Senior Lecturer
Adrian Stagg Technical Officer Lecturer
DVC (Global (Digital Futures)
Learning Technologist (Digital Futures)
Learning)
Executive Assistant
4. … unlocking the potential of
technologies to augment learning
whenever, wherever, however
6. What we don’t do!
• Not a central service unit
• No staff development
• No ICT support
• No teaching
7. How can we engage with each other?
• Innovation pipeline
• Collaborative projects
• Collaborative writing (publications)
• Digital Futures Network
• Sustained research and scholarly activity
• Research Fellows program (under discussion)
• Visiting Scholars program
8.
9. Internal value
Australian
Digital
Futures
Institute
External Funding in
reputation
10.
11. How can you keep an eye on us?
Website
• http://adfi.usq.edu.au/
Blog
• http://adfi.usq.edu.au/blog/
Scoop.its
• http://www.scoop.it/t/html5-in-higher-education
• http://www.scoop.it/t/mlearning-anywhere-anytime-anyhow
• http://www.scoop.it/t/virtual-university-education-in-virtual-worlds
• http://www.scoop.it/t/social-media-in-higher-education
• http://www.scoop.it/t/ehealth-futures
• http://www.scoop.it/t/digital-communities
Twiiter
• adfiusq
• USQvw
Facebook
• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Australian-Digital-Futures-
Institute/151617918229701
AUSTRALIAN DIGITAL FUTURES INSTITUTE
adfi.usq.edu.au