I recently accessed the QUT IT Services Guide and found it a useful source for information about the wide range of online IT services that are available across the University.
Access at http://www.itsg.qut.edu.au/
This site is worth looking at . It brings the information into one place and will help us understand the processes going on to improve teaching at QUT.
You are all aware of the major Science and Technology Precinct development:
http://www.news.qut.edu.au/cgi-bin/WebObjects/News.woa/wa/goNewsPage?newsEventID=22799
The plan is to have lots of collaborative and individual learning spaces. There will be a large “information commons” and also a good number of small group discussion / learning / assessment collaboration spaces. One design philosophy worth noting is the hope this precinct will promote interaction between undergraduate students and postgraduate researchers.
The Faculty have set up a wiki site… “Space Development”: https://wiki.qut.edu.au/display/BSD/Space+Development+-+Home
on this wiki there is a page titled “Student learning environments” : https://wiki.qut.edu.au/display/BSD/Student+learning+environments
QUT’s KeySurvey software is a web-based survey creation and management system that is available to all QUT students, researchers and staff, that is easy to use and provides extensive features to develop and distribute sophisticated online surveys.
For more information go to http://survey.qut.edu.au/site/
In 2006, QUT and Griffith University received federal government funding to boost staff productivity through the increased use of mobile practices and technologies
February 2009 will see the official launch of a Mobile Technologies and Practices Website and QUT and Griffith.
For more information go to http://www.tils.qut.edu.au/initiatives/msp/
QUT ePrints has released an updated version of their website.
There are a number of benefits including:
For more information about this service, please contact eprints@qut.edu.au
Earlier this year, Bruno Starrs, a PhD researcher from Creative Industries wrote a letter to the Editor of Campus Review ,’extolling the virtues of QUT ePrints’. The letter was justly awarded “Letter of the Month” status by the Editor. Bruno has just uploaded a copy of the letter to QUT ePrints – so the whole world will now get to read his comments via the magic of Google. 
The Division of Technology, Information and Learning Support (TILS) is showcasing the latest technology and services supporting QUT research, teaching and learning.
Afternoon Tea will be provided – definately a drawcard I think.
Date: Tuesday 11 November 2008
Time: Drop in between 2:00 – 4:00pm
Venue: Commencing in Lab 2.0 V Block, Level 2, Gardens Point
RSVP: Wednesday 5 November 2008 to rsvp.tils@qut.edu.au
Services Showcased:
Traditional Favourites
QUT Virtual: new design for 2009
QUT Blackboard: latest features
The Integrated Literacies Programme Takes Off: a one stop shop for students
TeamSpot: supporting student group work
Something Savoury
eResearch data visualisation: What it can do for you
Access Grid: What it is & how to use it
QUT ePrints Grows Up: A look at the QUT Repository
For Those with a Sweet Tooth
Get support around the clock using AskQUT and IT Help Online
Mobile computing: All the questions you were afraid to ask
SharePoint and Wiki: Tips and tricks for working collaboratively
Office 2007: Expand your computing options
Bring in your laptop and get eduroam setup on your device so that you can use wireless network facilities at other universities in Australia and overseas!
eduroam (EDUcation ROAMing) is the roaming infrastructure used by the international research and education community that provides the eduroam user experience: open your laptop and be online. Being part of eduroam allows users to access a wireless network at a visited institution (also connected to eduroam) simply using the same credentials (for instance, username and password) the users would use if they were at their home institution. For more information go to http://www.eduroam.org/
For more information about the 2008 TILS Taster go to http://www.tils.qut.edu.au/about/services/taster2008.jsp
For further information email qut.tilscomm@qut.edu.au or phone 3138 1180.
Huge Congratulations to Sylvia & Helen for their recent awards … these are hugely prestigious & it takes a lot of work to get there!
The following QUT project leaders and team members have received 2008 Australian Learning and Teaching Council (formerly the Carrick Institute) Grants totalling $862,000.
QUT has secured three of the eight Leadership for Excellence Grants awarded nationally and a Priority Project Grant to develop creative solutions and models for new and physical learning spaces. These achievements continue to strengthen QUT’s reputation for quality teaching and the institution’s significant contribution to leading edge developments to enhance the quality of learning and teaching within QUT and across the sector.
ALTC Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Program
Associate Professor Sylvia Edwards, Professor Peter O’Shea (in collaboration with Monash University and the University of Technology Sydney)
‘The culture of teaching and learning in ICT & engineering: facilitating research professors to be T&L Leaders’
$217,000.00ALTC Priority Projects Program
Dr Geoff Mitchell, Mr Stephen Pincus, Mr Greg Winslett, Ms Judy Stokker, Associate Professor Sylvia Edwards, Dr Helen Partridge, Dr Gordon Howell (in collaboration with Charles Darwin University and Edith Cowan University)
‘Retrofitting University learning spaces: Enabling and discovering new ways to facilitate student learning’
$212,000
Congratulations Vik Tor Goh from QUT – one of 7international scholarship winners. He is currently undertaking PhD research at QUT’s Information Security Institute in Brisbane: https://www.isc2.org/cgi-bin/content.cgi?page=11455
