Spotlight Sessions

Spotlight Sessions

3 x 12 minute summary presentations.

Sean Casey: Advisor, Broadband Applications – NBN Co
James Werle: Director, K20 Initiative – Internet2 (via VC from Washington University)
Jan Zaneitis, Cisco (via VC)

1. NBN Co: Broadening Education Through Bandwidth
Online education is poised to be one of the fastest growing sectors in Australia over the next decade. Students are demanding an "active education" experience, not just passive listeners. Pervasive broadband access, social networks, education content and collaboration are expanding the digital borders of the classroom.
NBN Co will provide an update on the rollout of the national broadband network and discuss how Australia is well positioned in the global education market and has the opportunity to lead the education transformation, sharing early education examples and initiatives.

2. Internet2 K20 Initiative
The National Internet2 K20 Initiative brings together Internet2 member institutions and innovators from primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, libraries, and museums to extend new technologies, applications, middleware, and content to all educational sectors, as quickly and connectedly as possible. For more information, please see http://k20.internet2.edu.

3. Virtual Excursions: Going Global
Virtual Excursions have been around for a long time in America…almost 20 years! In this session you will connect to the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) in Indianapolis, Indiana and get an overview of how these programs have evolved over time. We will take a quick peek at some of the top content providers and learn how to connect with the CILC global database.

	Sean Casey's Biography Sean Casey is the broadband applications advisor for NBN Co. Sean facilitates application development and new use models for high speed broadband networks with a focus on delivering value through public sector benefits: health, education, energy, government, regional development and local communities. Sean has been in the technology industry for 18 years, the majority in Australia supporting local businesses and government. Sean started his career at Intel as a design engineer on the Intel 486 DX4100 in 1992. As a technical marketing engineer for flash memories, Sean contributed to the development of the USB specification and received four US patents for flash memory card design and a USB pager. In 1996, Sean moved to Singapore to help establish Intel’s channel programs within Asia-Pacific emerging markets such as Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam and Pakistan. Sean moved to Australia in 1998, supporting Intel architecture products in channels, communications, embedded design through to enterprise deployments in datacenters.He has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in Indiana, USA.
	James Werle's Biography James Werle serves as the Director of the National Internet2 K20 Initiative. Before joining Internet2 full time in 2011, James worked at the University of Washington for 8 years where he helped launch the Washington Digital Learning Commons, a statewide K-12 online learning consortium, and led numerous educational partnership and learning technology efforts. James began his career as a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching physics and building a library and science lab in the small Central African nation of Malawi. He holds a BA in science education and a Masters Degree in Library and Information Science from the Ischool at the University of Washington.
	Jan Zaneitis' Biography Jan Zanetis is an education advocate for Cisco Systems, Australia. As an educator and university administrator, Jan spent over 20 years in K-12 and Higher Education. Her area of expertise is the application of video in education. She has written extensively on this topic for education journals and has co-authored 2 books. Her role at Cisco involves helping education organisations to be successful in their video adoption and usage. Follow Jan Twitter: janzan