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Connecting the Nation: NBN Advertising: Dodgy use of public monies?
http://www.politicalscience.com.au/2012/05/nbn-advertising-dodgy-use-of-public.html
Researching transport and communications policy, teaching leadership and government-business relations, engaging with the community. Saturday, 5 May 2012. NBN Advertising: Dodgy use of public monies? It doesn't take a genius to work out that the National Broadband Network will change a few things for the average Australian. At the time of writing) it is very different:. What rattles me about the NBN is that a while back, I attended a community meeting. In October 2010, at the last community meeting on NB...
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Connecting the Nation: iPad? Techno Wipeout and how to avoid it
http://www.politicalscience.com.au/2010/05/techno-wipeout-and-how-to-avoid-it.html
Researching transport and communications policy, teaching leadership and government-business relations, engaging with the community. Thursday, 27 May 2010. Techno Wipeout and how to avoid it. 169; Depositphotos.com. Tomorrow's release of the iPad in Australia is sure to cause a stir in the media. But claims that this is a world changer will be nothing but noise in the echo-chamber. The changes happening as a result of the information revolution pre-date Apple's mass marketing techniques. Increasingly, I ...
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Connecting the Nation: Connecting the Nation: Co-evolution of Research & Blogging
http://www.politicalscience.com.au/2014/08/connecting-nation-new-name-new-direction.html
Researching transport and communications policy, teaching leadership and government-business relations, engaging with the community. Thursday, 21 August 2014. Connecting the Nation: Co-evolution of Research and Blogging. 169; Depositphotos.com. My honours thesis was entitled National Security versus Civil Liberties: Does Australia Need a Bill of Rights? My first academic publication shared the same theme. Approach to curbing executive powers, ' reinforced by an informed and vigilant citizenry. This led m...
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Connecting the Nation: My latest on The Conversation: NBN and Politics
http://www.politicalscience.com.au/2014/03/my-latest-on-conversation-nbn-and.html
Researching transport and communications policy, teaching leadership and government-business relations, engaging with the community. Friday, 28 March 2014. My latest on The Conversation: NBN and Politics. The politics of unshackling the NBN from politics. By Michael de Percy. All of these facts didn’t stop another round of bickering. Between politicians after the release this week of the interim report. From the Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network. Here’s a few: high-speed int...
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Connecting the Nation: Goodbye Labor, Hello NBN...
http://www.politicalscience.com.au/2013/09/goodbye-labor-hello-nbn.html
Researching transport and communications policy, teaching leadership and government-business relations, engaging with the community. Tuesday, 10 September 2013. Goodbye Labor, Hello NBN. NBN "connection boxes" and Telstra T-Gateway™ inside house. In the meantime, we are now connected to NBN proper. It has certainly improved our connection speeds, but most noticeable is the upload speed - especially for uploading teaching content for my role at the University of Canberra - which previously was so slow...
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University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize - University of Canberra
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Am I a domestic or international student? Credit for prior learning. Pathways into UC (UC College). Why study at UC? UC College diploma program. Beginning a research degree. Search for a research course. Ngunnawal indigenous higher education centre. Important dates for applications and enrolments. Credit and recognition of prior learning. Search the credit transfer database. Conference / Venue Hire. Bookings - sports facilities. Student Commons (Student study areas). Facility bookings and memberships.
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Connecting the Nation: Moodle: Higher Ed's Great Open Source Experiment
http://www.politicalscience.com.au/2014/07/moodle-great-open-source-experiment.html
Researching transport and communications policy, teaching leadership and government-business relations, engaging with the community. Wednesday, 16 July 2014. Moodle: Higher Ed's Great Open Source Experiment. 169; Depositphotos.com. Open source versus proprietary software. In contrast to commercial LMS, Moodle has a huge fan base of teachers, technicians and enthusiasts who enjoy participating in the Moodle community. Many of Moodle's followers are ideologues who are pleased to see educational institu...
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Connecting the Nation: Turnbull's plan to speed up the delivery of Australia's broadband network
http://www.politicalscience.com.au/2015/08/turnbulls-plan-to-speed-up-delivery-of.html
Researching transport and communications policy, teaching leadership and government-business relations, engaging with the community. Thursday, 6 August 2015. Turnbull's plan to speed up the delivery of Australia's broadband network. Photo by Michael de Percy. The number of people involved in Australia’s national broadband network (nbn) is set to double to about 9,000 after Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull this week announced plans. To recruit and train an extra 4,500 workers. But why the rush?
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Connecting the Nation: Despite NBN, Australia still lags behind the OECD average for broadband
http://www.politicalscience.com.au/2014/06/despite-nbn-australia-still-lags-behind.html
Researching transport and communications policy, teaching leadership and government-business relations, engaging with the community. Tuesday, 17 June 2014. Despite NBN, Australia still lags behind the OECD average for broadband. 169; Depositphotos.com. The focus on broadband in the 2007 election, followed by the formation of NBN Co in 2009, means that we are now fast approaching seven years since Australia's poor international performance in broadband penetration appeared large on the policy radar. The p...
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Connecting the Nation: Publications
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Researching transport and communications policy, teaching leadership and government-business relations, engaging with the community. How might road user pricing impact local governments”, Australian Local Government Yearbook 2016. 2010: Broadbanding the Nation added to Pandora Archive at the National Library of Australia, 9 March. 2008: De Percy, M.A. (2008) 'Opportunities and Challenges for Social Policy: Engaging Youth Online'. Public Administration Today. Canberra: Institute of Public ...2008: Broadba...
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