Work done at the USP Media Centre, 2003 October to 2004 April
Projects
Media Centre Website
I put together the new Media Centre Website, using the typo3 content management system to integrate our site into the new USP template. I uploaded the new site in December, 2003, and perform regular updates and maintenance since. You can see the new site at 
http://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php/media_centre/
JICA Research and Development Project
This one-year project, entitled "Cultural Pedagogy and Usability of New Media in the South Pacific" was funded by Jica for $36,000, and investigates how to develop educational multimedia that is specifically designed for the USP region. The Research phase of the project involved over 200 questionnaires, usability tests with students, and interviews with staff and students at the USP centres.
I conducted interviews with every USP centre via email, telephone and/or USPNet, and visited 6 centres: Nauru, Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, the Marshall Islands, and Fiji. In February, I completed the draft of the 30+ page academic paper outlining findings and recommendations for the development of educational multimedia in the USP Region, and assembled a team for the development of the model multimedia project, which will be completed by June of 2004. Key outputs will include academic papers for publication and presentation in journals and conferences, a model educational multimedia project demonstrating the reccomendations, and a small book explaining the findings and development techniques in language understandable to the average distance educator, multimedia developer, educational technologist.
http://www.grographics.com/wiki/index.php/NmInTheSouthPacific
Fiji History CD
This interactive CD Rom on Pacific History focuses on Lapita sites in Fiji, and the evolution of the Sigatoka Sand dunes, and will be used in Geology department classes and at the Sigatoka sand dunes visitor centre. I have started developing a timeline similar to the PacificTimeline but focusing on Fiji, and am using 3d landscape software to create an animation showing the history of the Sigatoka Sand dunes.
http://www.grographics.com/wiki/index.php/FijiMuseumKiosk
Photography
I have taken over 1000 photos for USP projects, including archaelogical digs, USP DFL centres, and studio shots for marketing and inclass. A few photos I took of Lapita pottery were used in the NZ book "Discovering Our Ancestors" from http://www.learningmedia.co.nz.
Workshops and Conferences
Web Maintenance Workshop
A short course for JICA's E-commerce Trainings in the "Economic Impact of E-commerce strategies for the marketing small and micro tourism businesses" conference. 9-10 February, 2004 in Suva, and 12-13 February, 2004, in Lautoka. Designed and printed a 30a
http://www.grographics.com/wiki/index.php/WebMaintenance
Fiji Institute of Educational Research
I presented a paper entitled "Culturally Inclusive Educational Multimedia" at the FIER Conference on 6 January, 2004. This was part of a three day conference I attended 5-8 January, 2004, USP SSED, Fiji.
http://www.grographics.com/wiki/index.php/FierConference
School of Humanities Seminars
I presented a seminar at the School of Humanities on 4 September, 2003, and again on 25 March, discussing themes of pacific learning and their possible application to educational multimedia
http://www.grographics.com/wiki/index.php/SohSeminar
http://www.grographics.com/wiki/index.php/SohSeminarTwo
DFL Showcase
25 March, 2004: I presented at a Distance and Flexible Learning Showcase at the University of the South Pacific, speaking about the process and outputs of the ongoing Jica-funded "Maximising the Benefits of ICT/Multimedia in the South Pacific: Cultural Pedagogy and Usability Factors" project.
http://www.grographics.com/wiki/index.php/DflShowcase
Conflict Resolution Workshop
I attended a Conflict Resolution Workshop at USP in November 2003, focusing on identifying the signs, stages and possible causes of conflict in the workshops, developing strategies to deal with conflict in the workplace, using communication skills that encourage constructive responses to conflict in the workplace.
http://www.grographics.com/wiki/index.php/ConflictResolution
Teaching Workshop
I attended a workshop on Teaching Methods at CELT with Dr Robert Hogan on 11 December, 2003. The Workshop "discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the various teacher- and student-centred interaction methodologies to include: lecture, lecture with discussion, class discussion, small group approaches, learning teams, and case studies."
http://www.grographics.com/wiki/index.php/TeachingMethods
Fund Raising
ROC Taiwan
Received $20,000 USD grant for development of a Multimedia Language Lab from Roc Taiwan.
''http://www.grographics.com/wiki/index.php/RocTaiwan
Jica
Received $36,000 FJD grant for a research development project entitled "Cultural Pedagogy and Usability of New Media in the South Pacific"
http://www.grographics.com/wiki/index.php/NmInTheSouthPacific''
Website Maintenance Workshop
Received $1,200 FJD for running a workshop on Website Maintenace for Jica.