Visualising Ballarat
- Authors: Thompson, Helen , Dahlhaus, Peter
- Date: 1850-
- Type: Text , Technical report
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- Description: Visualising Ballarat is an ongoing project, currently in the early stages of development. It employs a collaborative research approach for developing state-of-the-art knowledge management and planning tools which will empower various community sectors to understand the urban landscape, recognise cultural significance, and assess and monitor change. It proposes a staged approach to a long-term research project that will result in web-based spatial information systems, which include 3-dimensional and 4-dimensional visualisations together with augmented reality experiences of past, present and future Ballarat city landscapes. In September 2013, Ballarat was the first Australian city to join an international pilot program to implement UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL). This recognises the role that urban heritage plays as a social, cultural and economic asset in the development of cities. The HUL program vision is to help Ballarat grow without compromising its heritage; by providing a road map on how to address change without losing Ballarat’s character. At the core of the HUL approach are the community's values, which are the starting point for city management. Hence, there is a need to map these values effectively and have all of Council referencing them as a starting point to city development. It is envisaged that Visualising Ballarat will have a much broader appeal than HUL, extending through a full range of uses - from the utilitarian, such as locating old mine workings and landfill sites - to the esoteric, such as immersive augmented reality experiences of historical places or events. The key component is to provide the community, practitioners, researchers and industry with place-based information on demand, and hence encourage a deeper understanding, consideration and appreciation of the city's historic urban landscape values. Federation University Australia's eresearch and digital innovation capability is being utilised to federate HUL information, data and databases to facilitate access to historic urban landscape information. The developing web-based portal will provide easy access to authoritative and credible heritage information for city managers, developers, planners, researchers, communities of interest, groups and agencies wishing to engage in HUL program activities. It will promote the sharing of knowledge and information, allowing people to gain insights, present ideas, advice and information in a friendly and easy-to-use format, available at people’s convenience. It allows the City of Ballarat citizens to grow their knowledge and share their thoughts and enthusiasm for their city's historic urban landscape. In that sense, the website is deliberately aimed in part at supporting ratepayers, citizens and community groups to feel connected and supported in their heritage interests. The longer-term intention is to encourage the generation of research ideas and projects with other collaborators, locally to globally. This discussion paper outlines a collaborative approach which can be regarded as a blueprint for research that will assist the City of Ballarat and Federation University Australia in achieving their shared goals. The proposed research is founded on the 144-year old relationship between the organisations that has resulted in a substantial repository of regional knowledge. Online liberation of this information, together with that held in the other knowledge repositories of long-standing Ballarat institutions, has the potential to provide new insights into the urban landscapes of this historic city. This visualisation, which is stage 1 of the Historic Urban Landscapes Project, starts the process of bringing together community activities, research and data from government, academics and other sources. It includes: A mapping interface that brings together historic and new data about Ballarat's history and landscape Connections to research on Ballarat's history and landscape and the Historic Urban Landscape approach to managing Ballarat A place for researchers to have an internet 'home' for their projects Connections to existing community activities on Ballarat's heritage and landscape Links into the international 'historic urban landscape' community. This is done through the collection and mapping of data which includes historic landscape imagery, heritage places, parks and gardens, natural landscape and character areas, geological features, community infrastructure and a range of regulatory planning tools and administrative boundaries. This visualisation is part of an interoperable web-GIS maintained by the Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation(CeRDI) at Federation University Australia (FedUni).
Boola Boola Forest bird study
- Authors: Wright, Wendy
- Date: 2006-2008
- Type: Text , Technical report
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- Description: This study assessed differences in avian biodiversity across different forest age-classes, including mature stands (> 100 years), in a managed, mixed-species eucalypt forest located in Gippsland, south-eastern Australia. Avian surveys and detailed habitat measurements were initially carried out in 50 two hectare stands ranging in age from 100 years. Extensive wildfire which occurred during the study reduced the number of sites to 28 (seven in each of four age classes) upon which analyses and inferences were made. Mature vegetation (> 100 years) had the greatest richness, abundance and biomass of birds. Key ecological resources, such as tree-hollows for nesting, generally occurred mostly in stands > 60 years. There were quantum increases in all measures of avian biodiversity in mature stands (> 100 years). The visualisation of the survey data is part of an interoperable web-GIS maintained by the Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation(CeRDI) at Federation University Australia (FedUni).
Evaluation of the Structured Approach to Students @ Risk Pilot Project : An initiative of the partnership between the Department of Human Services and Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in Gippsland Region
- Authors: Crinall, Karen , Laming, Christopher
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Technical report
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- Description: Research report Evaluation report for the Victorian Government's Departments of Human Services and Education and Early Childhood Development
Colac Lavers Hill Road (Slow vehicle turnout no. 1, Lavers Hill bound, Ch 30.6-30.76 km) and (Slow vehicle turnout no. 2, Colac bound, Ch 31.27-31.49 km).
- Authors: Lynch, Jasmyn , Lee, M
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Technical report
- Relation: Threatened Species and Biodiversity Investigation, Version 1-1, October 2009.
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Modelling the impact, costs and benefits of falls prevention measures to support policy-makers and program planners
- Authors: Day, Lesley , Hoareau, Effie , Finch, Caroline , Harrison, James , Segal, Leonie , Bolton, Tom , Bradley, Clare , Boufous, Soufiane , Ullah, Shahid , National Injury Prevention Injury Working Group
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Technical report
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- Description: The ageing of the population is one of the major transformations being experienced in Australia, with falls a significant threat to safety, health and independence. There is now substantial evidence regarding effective interventions for preventing falls among older people living independently in the community. The aim of this project was to develop and apply a framework for epidemiological modelling of the population level impact of proven interventions on future fall rates, providing a powerful policy-setting tool for prevention. We used the Cochrane review to source current best efficacy evidence from randomised controlled trials which have provided evidence of minimising the incidence of falls among older people living in the community. Six interventions defined in that review as most promising for community dwelling older people were modelled. Additionally, one other intervention not in the Cochrane review, expedited cataract removal, was also modelled. Occupational therapy delivered home hazard assessment and modification for those with recent fall history, as modelled here, represents the best falls prevention investment. Cardiac pacing is a good falls prevention investment over the medium term, although is unlikely to have a major impact on population level hospital admission rates. The relative cost-effectiveness of psychotropic medication withdrawal appears high, although some implementation issues would need to be addressed and further costs included. Multi-disciplinary multi-factorial risk management represents good clinical practice for high risk individuals, but is not relatively cost-effective for widespread implementation. Tai chi programs may represent good value for falls prevention resources, if local circumstances allow the cost per participant to be substantially lower than modelled here. Predicted reductions in national fall-related hospital admission rates for people aged 65 years and over ranged from 0.4% to 4.6% for five of the six falls prevention strategies implemented over a one year period. These reductions, however, suggest that substantial investment in falls prevention will be required to have large effects on the fall-related hospitalisation rates. In addition, the costeffectiveness of a number of the modelled interventions could be improved by variations to the implementation processes such as measures to increase uptake, or decrease the cost per participant. The framework developed provides the potential for the research evidence base to better guide policy and practice with respect to reducing falls and future fall-related hospitalisation rates.
The health impacts of combative sports where the head is a deliberate target: a review of the literature.
- Authors: White, Peta , Finch, Caroline
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Technical report
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The sporting kids injury & drop out (SKIDO) study.
- Authors: Finch, Caroline , Siesmaa, Emma , Blitvich, Jennifer , White, Peta , Telford, Amanda
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Technical report
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"Everything effects everything else": Power, perception and hidden forms of restrictive practice in shared supported accommodation
- Authors: Crinall, Karen , Manning, Debra , Glavas, Audra , Feeley, Marie
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Technical report
- Full Text: false
- Description: Final Report to the Senior Practitioner
Development of, and collation of community consultation about, a draft Australian football league sports trainer competencies policy and training structure
- Authors: Donaldson, Alex , Finch, Caroline
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Technical report
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Mapping out the soundlines of new urban developments
- Authors: Duffy, Michelle , Merlino, Dean , Manning, Debra
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Technical report
- Relation: Ambiance
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- Description: Research Report
Survey of the prior training and playing loads of first year AFL players
- Authors: Finch, Caroline , Dimartino, Kris
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Technical report
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Training and match loads, and associated injuries, in first year AFL players compared to more experienced AFL players.
- Authors: Ullah, Shahid , Finch, Caroline
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Technical report
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Young farmers for the Wimmera project
- Authors: Thompson, Helen , Corbett, Jennifer , Cox, Angela
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Technical report
- Relation: Wimmera eMentoring. Feasibility Study Final Report.
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Ageism and age discrimination in the labour market and employer responses
- Authors: Taylor, Philip
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Technical report
- Relation: Older workers: Research readings. p. 46-63
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- Description: Technical report
- Description: This paper reviews what is known about employer attitudes, policies and practices in relation to the employment and retention of older workers. Age discrimination appears to play an important role in the labour market. Older and younger workers may be prevented from working entirely, or from progressing at work because of age-discriminatory policies and practices. These may be based on ageist attitudes and assumptions about an individual’s motivation, experience, abilities, skills or knowledge. Other influences can be transmitted via human resource management policies, company ethos and marketing.
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An affective pedagogy success story: Sovereign Hill Museum school
- Authors: Zeegers, Margaret
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Technical report
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- Description: This study will provide us with the tools to better communicate the unique attributes of learning that underpin the success we observe. It will enrich the discussion to include not only the charming insights of students and teachers, but also an intellectually rigorous framework for appreciating the innovation in learning outcomes." -- Foreword by Tim Sullivan : Deputy CEO and Museums director Sovereign Hill, page viii.
Living in a 2.2 World: ERA, Capacity Building and the Topography of Australian Educational Research
- Authors: Seddon, Terri , Bennett, Dawn , Bobis, Janette , Bennett, Sue , Harrison, Neil , Shore, Sue , Smith, Erica , Chan, Philip
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Technical report
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- Description: Early in 2011, the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) and the Australian Council of Deans of Education (ACDE) established a joint working party to create a strategic plan for strengthening national research capacity in the field of Education. This proposal followed the publication of Excellence of Research in Australia (ERA) 2010 results, which revealed that the national average weighting of Australian research in Field of Research 13 (FoR 13) - Education was well below the 'world standard' rating of 3.0. Moreover, the 2010 ERA data demonstrated that we had no up-to-date picture of who is involved in educational research, what their strengths are, or how they relate to one another. As an input into strategic research capacity building in Australian educational research, this project begins the process of documenting who 'we' are as educational researchers. The research described within the report used an ecological model to address the project's overarching question, which was: What is the topography of Australian educational research?
The story of Buninyong: Research report
- Authors: Zeegers, Margaret
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Technical report
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- Description: The cover picture is the front of the program of the 2008 of the Story of Buninyong. It encapsulates the program that Buninyong Primary School has developed in its engagement with a larger and more complex history of the school and its positions in the physical and historical landscaper than European versions of Australian history allow. In this report, I have explored some of that complexity. "From introduction"
Understanding the psychological contract in apprenticeships and traineeships to improve retention
- Authors: Smith, Erica , Walker, Arlene , Kemmis, Ros Brennan
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Technical report
- Relation: National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation Program
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- Description: Attrition in apprenticeships and traineeships is an ongoing concern for employers and government alike, with completion standing at around 50% on average. One possible explanation for this high attrition rate that there is mismatch between the respective expectations of apprentices/trainees and employers. This research use the concept of psychological contract, that is, the perceived mutual obligations betweens employers and employees of themselves and each other, to test this explanation.
Lower Jinsha Valley bird study
- Authors: Wright, Wendy , Federation University Australia
- Date: 2011-2013
- Type: Text , Technical report
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- Description: This study represents a systematic bird survey in part of the Lower Jinsha Valley, in Western China. The intention of the study is to document the bird fauna of the area before it undergoes significant environmental transformation. The study area will be affected by the construction of a series of large hydropower dams along the Jinsha (Yangtze) River. Flooding of the valleys in this area will be to an elevation of 825m and will result in the inundation of substantial areas of farmland and much of the current sparse and poor quality forest habitat in Ningnan County (Sichuan Province) and Qiaojia County (Yunnan Province). Bird searches were conducted at 15 locations (5 in forest, 5 in farmland, 5 in Leucaena plantation) during two survey periods: Winter 2012: Nov-Dec 2012 (six field days: 30/11 – 7/12) (survey period 3) Summer 2013 June 2013 (seven field days 6/6 – 12/6) (survey period 4) Two visits were made to each location during each study period. One visit occurred during the morning and involved a timed transect search plus a list building search. The other visit occurred during the afternoon and involved a list building search only. The timed transect search involved noting birds seen along the 100m transect during a 20min search period. No recorded calls were used to attract birds during the timed transect search, which always occurred prior to the list building search. List building searches were conducted in the interests of maximizing the opportunity to identify species present at each location. Each list building search involved an initial broadcast playback of the call of Collared Owlet (Glaucidium brodiei) followed by identification of birds seen or heard, including birds responding to the call of the owlet. Collared Owlet is a small owl, which sometimes hunts diurnally. It is commonly mobbed by small songbirds (Mackinnon and Phillips, 2010). Where necessary, previously recorded calls of particular bird species were used to encourage birds to respond and therefore confirm identification. In some cases, calling birds were recorded in situ and these calls were immediately played back in order to encourage a response and allow visual identification. All birds clearly identified visually or by their call were recorded, including birds of prey seen flying overhead or in nearby valleys. Birds seen on roadsides during transit between locations were noted separately and are included in the bird list for the survey period, but not included in analyses. The visualisation of the survey data is part of an interoperable web-GIS maintained by the Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation(CeRDI) at Federation University Australia (FedUni).
Building the capacity to innovate: The role of human capital
- Authors: Smith, Andy , Courvisanos, Jerry , Tuck, Jacqueline , McEachern, Steven
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Technical report
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