NZ Spinal Trust
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Community Partnership funding to create an open access, interactive online educational curriculum about spinal injury. Widely anticipated use for those with SCI, their families, providers and the wider public.
The project has generated a huge amount of interest from both New Zealand and overseas. As well as providing the infrastructure for self-paced learning, the use of an online Learning Management System will allow for ongoing communication amongst the SCI community.
www.nzspinaltrust.org.nz |
The Home and Family Society Christchurch Incorporated
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Community Partnership funding will enable the provision of an email counselling service likely to benefit those with disability (e.g. hearing impaired), those with other barriers - for example - geographical, financial, childcare, and work commitments.
The email counselling service is now available, enabling individuals to connect with a counsellor, which for some has been a unique experience. People have also been able to use the service for self-help purposes by accessing resources and support online, for some these resources were not readily available to them previously due to locality or circumstances. Our email service has also given clients the opportunity to contact their counsellor between face-to-face sessions or when they are away from home.
www.homeandfamily.net.nz |
Canterbury Pasifika Limited
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Community Partnership funding for an ICT Audit of local Pasifika communities, creating multilingual e-learning centre and digital Pasifika content and online communities.
Phase One of the Pasifika Digital Navigators Project is now completed. The research plan for the ICT audit has been developed in collaboration between Core Education, an organisation that specialises in educational action research, and Canterbury Pasifika Limited. The audit is designed to inform the development of a Pasifika relearning Centre, and is contributing toward a Christchurch Pasifika eStrategy.
www.canterburypasifika.org.nz |
| Mindspace Solutions Limited |
Community Partnership funding is being used to develop ARScope (binoculars to view virtual content).
An ARScope installation has been confirmed and content designed to make good use of the space and the artefacts within it. Content development is going well. Certain characteristics of the space and needs of people administering it have prompted some revisions of hardware and software. A functional prototype of hardware and software has been built and demonstrated to the collaborators which has highlighted a number of things to address for version 2. Collaboration has taken place with approximately 30 people, two presentations have been given, and five Australasian companies have benefited from the research where appropriate. Finding reliable, affordable, practical sensor solutions has proved challenging, but a workable solution is in place and ideas to improve it further are being investigated. Stereo panoramas have been successfully recorded, requiring the building of a dedicated rig.
www.mindspacesolutions.com |
| CORE Education Limited |
Community Partnership funding will be used to implement an ICT needs assessment for the Muslim Community in Canterbury.
The first phase of three in the wider project has been completed and the need for a website to support the Muslim community has been identified.
www.core-ed.net |
| NZ Broadcasting School - CPIT |
Community Partnership funding will be used to create a web-based clearing house 'Mediascape NZ' for NZ Media information and research managed by the NZ Broadcasting School.
The Mediascape website is now live, specialising in sharing information, research and views about the media in New Zealand. Mediascape intends to become an archive of best practice that can inform creative linkages between the government, media industry, ITC agencies, media researchers, families and young people. The site has been endorsed by National Commission for Unesco Associated with the National Association of Media Educators.
www.cpit.ac.nz/schools/broadcasting |
| Bipolar and Depression Network |
Community Partnership funding has increased the functionality of the Balance NZ website to enable better access to information (incorporating more regional groups), host peer support forums and run training for clients. The advantage of using ICT as users remain anonymous which avoids the stigma associated with mental health.
The site includes online support groups and a range of online courses and interactive learning opportunities. Creating HOPE (Health through Online Peer support and Education) seeks to create an online community for those affected by bipolar disorder or depression so that can readily access peer support.
www.balance.org.nz |
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Christchurch City Networks Limited (CCNL) |
Christchurch City Networks Limited is deploying an Open Access Dark Fibre network which in turn establishes a fibre optic platform for a competitive IT&T services market in Christchurch. Rollout plans will cover many council, educational and health locations as well as a large percentage of Christchurch businesses. This initiative was helped by the provision of government's Broadband Challenge funding. |