Multimedia Victoria

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Multimedia Victoria

• Broadband Access and Effective use
• AICTEC Forum Nov 2006
• Andrew Skewes
• Director Policy, Multimedia Victoria

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Who is Multimedia Victoria? http//www.mmv.vic.go
v.au/broadband

• The Victorian State agency for ICT focussed on
• Effective ICT use in government administration
  and service delivery
• Local ICT industry development
• Digital divide and
• Broadband infrastructure and services deployment
  for economic and social development.
• Broadband Framework is key policy document

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Key relevant Broadband Framework enabling programs

• Telecommunications Purchasing Management
  Strategy (the procurement vehicle for WoVG
  telecommunications)
• 89m VicSmart program
• Provides more than 1,600 Victorian Government
  schools with a high speed (4 megabit/sec)
  broadband connection (fibre tails, cost effective
  upgrades as demanded)
• 15m Broadband Innovation Fund demonstrating
  the innovative and effective use of broadband in
  service delivery

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Broadband Innovation Fund (BIF)

• Created to finance new and innovative uses of
  broadband by Victorian Government agencies
• BIF funds pilots that stretch the boundaries of
  what can be done to deliver government services
  in a better and more cost effective way
• Funding pool valued at 15 million to be
  delivered over three years (2004 2007)
• Focus on health, education, sustainability and
  environment

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2.8m Knowledge Network (a BIF project)

• Consists of
• VGEX (a gateway that enables the connection of
  Victorian agency clouds to ASPs, ISPs and other
  networks)
• Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNET)
  and Cultural Broadband Network (CBN) connections
• demonstrations utilising these infrastructures
• Rationale COIns dont just reside within the Vic
  Gov public content on-Net more effective ASP
  supply, etc

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Knowledge Network Connectivity
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CBN and AARNET Connectivity

• Connectivity component of Knowledge Networks
  project is limited to the provision of
• a link from VGEx to CBN and
• a link from VGEx to AARNET to enable provision of
  AARNET content via VGEx to Telecommunications
  Carriage Services (TCS) connected WoVG
  departments and agencies.

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Far East Gippsland BIF Project

• Total project value of 2.16 million over 3 years
• 10 school communities across Far East Gippsland
• Optical fibre internet access
• Video conferencing facilities and electronic
  interactive whiteboards
• Delivering cutting edge technology to more than
  1000 students and 100 teachers

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Learning Snapshot IP Enabled Learning
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BIF Enabled Online Communications

• I feel much less isolated at Tubbut, the states
  most geographically isolated school. The
  possibilities with this technology are endless.
• Carmel Stevens
• Principal Tubbut PS

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Yarra Valley BIF Project

• 12.7 million world class, technology rich
  eLearning environment
• Cluster of 48 schools where ICT is integrated
  into every aspect of the school curriculum
• Characterised by a range of technologies working
  together to allow any student to access learning
  anytime and anywhere
• Driving significant improvements in teacher and
  student effectiveness

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Further information

• From
• www.mmv.vic.gov.au/broadband
• Thank-you.