New literacies
New contexts
New learners

Author Bio
Dr Sarah Prestridge has always been interested in technologies and how they can enhance learning outcomes. As a primary school teacher she tinkered with early simulations and communications technology. She ran an ICT Lighthouse project that examined ICT and mathematics, studied her Masters in ICT education and worked as an ICT Curriculum Adviser for the Department of Education. Her passion for leading others along the pathway of technology integration has been fuelled by the excitement both teachers and students generate while engaging with ICT. Her current interests focus on the use of communications technologies in both social and educational spaces. Sarah currently lectures in ICT education at Griffith University.

Author Bio
John Benseman has worked in adult education and literacy for over 30 years as a practitioner and program administrator, but mainly as a researcher and evaluator. He started his working life as an elementary school teacher, but “became disillusioned with the task of constantly trying to motivate reluctant learners and became much more interested in working with adults who were much more motivated”. After studying adult education in Sweden for a year, he worked in continuing medical education, followed by seven years of running a community-based adult education organisation and a similar period of self-employment as a researcher. After teaching adult education at the University of Auckland for twelve years, he moved in 2007 to the Department of Labour to run a national workplace literacy research project. The project will be completed in late 2009.

Author Bio
Ron is the Director, Adult Education Vocational Education and Training with the Queensland Corrective Services, Queensland Australia. In this position he is responsible for managing the delivery of education and training to offenders in all Queensland correctional centres. Ron also manages the Post Release Employment Assistance Program that supports ex-prisoners to gain and maintain long term employment post release.

Prior to his involvement in corrections Ron worked in Vocational Education and Training (VET) for approximately 27 years within the Queensland Technical and Further Education (TAFE) system.

Ron has a Bachelor of Education and a Certificate in Mechanical Engineering and is currently the President of the Australasian Corrections Education Association (ACEA).

mailto:Ron.Cox@correctiveservices.qld.gov.au

Author Bio
Lea was appointed State Librarian in 2001 and has had an extensive career in senior management and academic positions across government, education and information systems sectors. Lea serves on a number of Boards and committees for government and educational organisations, including the South Bank Business Association, Griffith University and the University of Queensland.

She is passionate about learning for all, particularly through creative learning environments such as digital media. Lea is an advocate for enhancing community connections and capturing Queensland’s memory, with a strong focus on Indigenous and youth services.

Project funded under the Department of Employment,
Economic Development & Innovation's
Skilling Queenslanders’ for Work initiative.