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December 10, 2003
At the 2003 awards of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE). <HOTcopy®> A virtual newsroom [version AU1.0.0] won the major award for Best Software Project demonstrating 'exemplary use of electronic technologies in teaching and learning in tertiary education'. The award was presented to Deakin University for the HOTcopy project, created jointly by Learning Services and the Faculty of Arts. The awards audience viewed snatches from HOTcopy, while earlier, conference delegates were able to attend a paper presentation by Stephen Segrave titled: 'HOTcopy: Benchmarking Design of Simulated Professional Practice for Authentic Learner Engagement'. Download this paper as a pdf file [11pages, 950kb]
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November 2003 HOTcopy® scenario 6: 'Fatal Crash' is presented at the ANNUAL CONFERENCE of the Journalism Education Association (Australia) in Sydney, November 26-29, 2003. On Thursday; 27, Gail Sedorkin from Deakin's Journalism team presents: 'Profession: Sub-Editor'. Other Deakin Staff presenting at the conference are Mandy Oakham, Paul Bethall and Josie Vine. The program of papers is extensive.
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November 2003 A project developing accessibility support for HOTcopy® is underway. HOTcopy has been awarded funds under the Higher Education Equity Program (HEEP) established to 'provide grants to institutions to try out pilot projects designed to increase participation in higher education' and, if successful, for those pilot projects to be incorporated into the institution's on-going activities. Grants are provided to 'support innovative, action-oriented initiatives to increase participation of disadvantaged groups' and/or 'implementing or expanding proven equity initiatives into mainstream activities of the institution' from 'A Fair Chance For All: Higher Education That’s Within Everyone’s Reach’, DEET, 1990. The money is allocated to institutions on the basis of progress towards objectives set out in the University Equity plan which relate to access, participation, retention and success of the following targeted equity groups:
The HOTcopy project proposes to build accessibility into HOTcopy and its QuickTime media elements, by embedding audio, text, and key-stroke screen navigation. The scope of the project entails creating and testing a prototype, applying it to the six scenarios in the HOTcopy interface. This will benefit learners with vision and auditory impairments, but also with possible benefits for learners with mobility or intellectual disabilities. Outcomes of the project will hopefully be included in an update to HOTcopy in 2004.
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October 2003 HOTcopy® has been published under the joint imprint Deakin University/Allen & Unwin and is available throughout Australia and New Zealand. HOTcopy is produced by Journalism Studies, Faculty of Arts, and Learning Services, Deakin University, Geelong Vic 3217, Australia. Copies available from bookshops and from Allen & Unwin, PO Box 8500, St Leonards NSW 1590 Australia. It is also available for purchase online. HOTcopy Version 1 contains six scenarios and further areas of the curriculum are expected to be represented in additional scenarios in future releases.
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2nd May 2003 HOTcopy came 5th in the award which was announced in the United States at the Learning and Training Week, 2003 Conference and Expo, Washington, D.C., April 28-May 1. Informal feedback quoted the following judges comments:
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25th November 2002
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31st May, 2002
HOTcopy Wins a National Award for Inovation in Learning. At a gala ceremony and celebration dinner at
Sydney's Dockside Convention Centre, overlooking Darling Harbour,
finalists gathered for the announcement of the winners of AITD's
2002 National Awards presented under eight
categories: 'Innovation in Learning' was awarded to Deakin University by a panel of judges on the basis of innovation in the delivery of learning outcomes. The rigorous criteria include:
HOTcopy was awarded the status as one of 4 finalists on 13th May and winners were announced during the Awards night. A joint project of the Faculty of Arts and Deakin's Learning Services, the HOTcopy project team have been congratulated by the DVC (Academic) and VP Professor Anne Martin and the Director of Learning Services, Sue McKnight. Benefits of the AITD award include a framed award, a winners logo for use by Deakin and an invited presence at the annual conference to showcase HOTcopy. Stephen Segrave, for the project team.
20th April, 2002 These editors were universally impressed with the demonstration of HOTcopy, in particular they commented on the "realism" of the newsroom environment, saying that HOTcopy would greatly enhance their training options. All agreed they were willing to purchase the product as is, if Deakin was able to take that step and provide a price. The editors suggested that HOTcopy could be used as an individual training tool, because they experienced problems in letting large groups of staff leave other work to carry training or retraining. One editor voiced a willingness to allow HOTcopy to be trialled in a workplace environment, and that he might be willing to commission the creation of one scenario on court reporting and another for use to train reporters in sub-editing techniques. Deakin was thanked for showing the 'ground-breaking HOTcopy journalism training tool' and suggested that it had potential applications both in Journalism schools and in newsrooms themselves. Finally, one predicted that HOTcopy 'may well turn out to be one of the most applicable and potentially cost-effective training processes devised since the invention of the white board', particularly in regard to 'its adaptability to virtually any required situation'. We shall have to wait and see. Mandy Oakham and Stephen Segrave for the project Team |
Members of the project team receiving the award, are presented here with Geoff Wilson, Anne Martin and Lindsay Mackay. |
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25th March, 2002 HOTcopy (CD version 1 containing the first three scenarios) was successfully launched to the Deakin community, by Deputy Vice Chancellor Prof. Anne Martin at Waterfront Campus Gallery level, Geelong. Below is what Deakin's Network News reported on the
occasion. The revolutionary new learning resource called HOTcopy
was launched at a special event held at the Geelong Waterfront campus
last month. Journalism students have started using HOTcopy in its current form as a CD ROM which includes three scenarios at varying levels of difficulty. The project also involves the development of a database which it is hoped will be capable of producing unlimited new scenarios. Using the resource students enter a virtual newsroom where they are expected to produce stories to deadline while dealing with interruption events such as breaking stories. Lead academic on the project, Mandy Oakham, sees the resource as a genuine breakthrough in teaching providing students with the professional skills industry now demands. " We have always had the problem of limited staff trying to impart real vocational skills to large numbers of students," Ms Oakham said. "We have also faced the dual problem of having a limited number of places available to students to experience the realities of newsrooms and the real pressures of the workplace. "Not only can HOTcopy expose our students to such realities they also learn to critically assess their own role and to face the consequences of decisions they make while in the virtual newsroom." The resource has already attracted the attention of the journalism profession and the HOTcopy team are optimistic about the commercial possibilities for the product. The database and scenarios are also capable of being applied to a wide range of disciplines. The development has also incorporated local performers from the Geelong Screen Actors Studio along with the cooperation of the Geelong Advertiser. The Learning Services team responsible for the production are project manager Alice King, senior multimedia producer Glenn McNolty, education designer Stephen Segrave, interactive media designer, Ian Fox, video production Peter Lane, audio production Terry Bennet, audio and video producers Averil Nicholl and Carolyn Coles and photographer Donna Edwards. Stephen Segrave, for the project team. |
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Monday; March 04, 2002 Stephen Segrave, for the project team. |
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Friday; March 01, 2002 Stephen Segrave, for the project team. |
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Friday; October 05, 2001 Stephen Segrave, for the project team. |
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