Research and innovation

Centre for eCommerce and Communications

www.cecc.com.au

Focus of applied research

• Understanding the impact of ICT on organisations and communitiesorganisations and communities

• Commitment to collaborative approaches• Goal of transferring knowledge and research

capability to others• Promoting broadband access and effective use

of ICT• Underpinning research with new technologies

Research and skill baseTeam Members Roles

Helen Thompson Centre Director

Andrew Macleod Manager Technical Projects

Paul Feely Senior Programmer

H h Gill PHeath Gillett Programmer

Craig Briody Web Developer

Scott Limmer Web DeveloperScott Limmer Web Developer

Rebecca Lubeek Marketing

Angela Cox Centre Administration

Jennifer Corbett Research Assistant

Meghan Taylor Project Officer

Some of our partners

Examples of initiatives

Examples of initiatives

Examples of initiatives

Digital economy and NBN readiness

Business and community feedback

M bil hMobile phone coverage

I t t tInternet access type

Our approach

• Understand user issuesIdentify opportunities for innovation and • Identify opportunities for innovation and productivity gains

f d d k f db k• Present findings and seek feedback• Build strategy with partner organisation/s• Establish evaluation measures • Identify incremental implementation steps• Identify incremental implementation steps• Source funding

Corangamite CMA Knowledge Base

Industry facing activities

• AgricultureEducation• Education

• Environment• Government• Health Health • ICT

Not for profit• Not-for-profit• Tourism

Birchip Cropping Group

Cancer Australia

eResearch

• Using next generation ICT to innovate• Introducing stakeholders to new communication

and engagement approaches. • Supporting collaborative monitoring of impacts• Extending knowledge of new web 2.0Extending knowledge of new web 2.0

technologies. • Fostering the update of new technologies• Fostering the update of new technologies

UB Spatial

Innovation research• Innovation is generally incremental• Driven by industry with support from CeCC• Driven by industry with support from CeCC• Knowledge sharing across projects – more

ffi i t t t th j b defficient to get the job done• Generates opportunities for the individual and

the potential for broader value/change• High level of success with the introduction of g

innovations

Content Management• Developed and managed in-house• Intuitive easy to use fast flexibleIntuitive, easy to use, fast, flexible• Modular: enable features as required

• Pages/Resources/Menusg• Events• News• Galleries• Galleries• Features• eCommerce• Surveys

• Workflow management

Demo VideosDemo Videos

Single Source Publishing“Supports organisations

in totally rethinking the

way they currently way they currently

publish major reports,

books and policies.”

Demo Videos

Features• Collaborative editing environment• Publish to multiple sourcesPublish to multiple sources

• Web, PDF, ePub, inDesign (for hardcopy)• Accessible content• Enforces a publication/review cycle• Dynamic glossaries/indexes• Repurposing content• Activity reporting• Import/export MS Word

Community Building Approach• Local employed in role of community facilitator with

support from UB.• Promote opportunity for community participation.• Hold initial meetings to confirm participation.

S l l ki i l i b i• Support local working groups in planning website.• Establish infrastructure and deliver training.

P id i t ti d l i t iti• Provide interaction and learning opportunities.• Deliver ongoing support through local learning program,

regional steering committee progressive rollout ofregional steering committee, progressive rollout of additional projects.

Questions and more information

Dr Helen ThompsonDirectorCentre for eCommerce and Communications

Email: h thompson@ballarat edu auEmail: h.thompson@ballarat.edu.auWeb : www.cecc.com.au