Australian Computer Society
Launch of the PAGE IT Management Program
Learning, Managing & Technology
Tom Worthington
President of the Australian Computer Society
10am Wednesday 3 December 1997 - Sydney
Note: These are the "slides" of the talk, intended for display to
an audience in 18 point font on a 640 x 480 video display. The text of the
talk is also available.
Contents
About the speaker
Mr Worthington is Manager Defence Internet/Intranet Policy, with the Australian Department of Defence and President of the Australian Computer Society. Tom has served on a number of IT course accreditation committees for the ACS and Government. He is a member of the Steering Committee for the Discipline Research Strategy for Information Technology.
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The Australian Computer Society is the professional association in Australia for those in the computing and information technology fields. It was established in 1966. The Society has over 14,000 members and on a per capita basis is one of the largest computer societies in the world.
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Introduction
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Keeping up with Changes in IT
- Revolution in the way organisations are managed
- Require new skills from managers and IT professionals
- On-line courses will introducing people to this way of working
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ACS and Professional IT Education
How do you stay current when IT changes every few years?
- ACS in IT education standards:
- ACS in ongoing professional IT education:
- ACS Certification Program modules in PAGE courses
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How the Government Got a Home On-line
Example of how quickly technology goes from being a radical idea, to conventional wisdom:
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My Experience With Postgraduate IT Education
Enrolled in a part time, post-graduate technology management course: time wasting, frustrating experience. Experienced IT professionals need courses which:
- Recognise professional training
- Are simple and quick enrolment processes
- Have ainistrative details in advance and on-line
- Course Material Up Front
- Good Quality Course Material
- Net Literate, Customer Focused Administrative staff
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Professional managers with IT skills vital to Australia's future:
- TAFEs doing very good job with flexible delivery:
- University IT departments doing very poor job
- Make flexible delivery mandatory for tertiary IT courses?
- Cancel accreditation of non-delivering institutions?
- PAGE initiative way to the future
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See also
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Comments to
Tom Worthington MACS, President of the Australian Computer Society tom.worthington@tomw.net.au.