1.0 Introduction The registration of sex offenders in Australia commenced in 2001, with New South Wales becoming the first jurisdiction to do so. South Australia was the final state to implement a registration process in 2006, with all Australian States and Territories then having a register in place which linked to the Australian National Child […]
In her brief address, Coming of Age Online (2007), Joanie Farley Gillispie talks about the impacts of the internet and technology on adolescent attitudes to sex. She says that the internet introduced new rules with technology enabling us all to live our lives online. The internet has the power to enhance our lives, but also […]
This unit revolved around a group assessment that required us to collaborate with a dispersed team and come up with an innovative web presence, complete with a whole bunch of supporting nodes that enabled us to demonstrate participatory nature of web 2.0. The web media production we created can be seen at https://thesydneysauce.wordpress.com/
The final assessment task for this unit was the creation of an online artefact that describes a game in the context of the theories of gaming that had been covered throughout the unit. I chose to use Words With Friends as my game of choice and covered casual gaming and social gaming as the key […]
Convergence and the digitisation of music have changed the way we access and listen to music, which in turn has led to the development of business models that support music as a service rather than music as a product. The music industry has been reluctant to embrace the changed behaviours of music audiences, which is […]
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This unit was all about internet commerce and business models – which sounds really dry. And it was. But, it wasn’t so bad. The major assignment was a group effort, and involved researching a particular business model and presenting our findings online. The big C – COLLABORATION! We chose to look at Netflix, and presented […]
DIG251 was one of my earlier internet design units, focusing on simple design work using basic HTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). I have attached some screenshots here in case the site disappears – if this link works, it’s still up – http://users.tpg.com.au/jay2thamax
Two heads are better than one. Many hands make light work. What these old adages are saying is that working with others will give a better outcome than working alone. Web 2.0 technologies have enabled collaborative environments not previously possible that provide an increased reach and encourage increased dialogue among participants. In the field of […]
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