Tom Worthington's profile

First Name
Tom
Last Name
Worthington
Preferred Name
Tom
Welcome Message
Tom Worthington is a consulting ICT professional, an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University and Director of Professional Development for the Australian Computer Society. Tom teaches the design of web sites (including mobile web and accessibility for the disabled), e-commerce and professional ethics. In 1999 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society for his contribution to the development of public Internet policy. Tom has been an expert witness in several court cases involving international patent, computer, web and Internet issues, as well as advising governments and companies on ICT problems. He was one of two expert witnesses in the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission hearing on the accessibility of the Sydney 2000 Olympics Web site and has been consulted on the design of later Olympic web pages.
Interests
Andragogy, 2020Summit, Aust Digital Revolution, Copyright, educators use of new technologies, eLearning, Environmental Education, Fostering Innovation, Information Literacy, library advocacy, Mobile Phone Technologies, moodle, open source software, Professional Associations, Professional development, Sustainability, Pedagogy, acec2008  
Sector
Higher Education
Web Address
http://www.tomw.net.au/
City/Town
Canberra
State
ACT
Country
Australia
Workplace Name
Australian National University
Job Title
Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Workplace Web Address
Department of Computer Science
Second Workplace Name
TomW Communications Pty Ltd
Second Job Title
Consulting ICT professional
Second Workplace Web Address
http://www.tomw.net.au/
     
Third Workplace Name
Australian Computer Society
Third Job Title
Director of Professional Development
Third Workplace Web Address
http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=show&conID=acspd
Professional Biography
http://www.tomw.net.au/twbrbio.html
Memberships
Fellow and Honorary Life Member of the Australian Computer Society, a voting member of the Association for Computing Machinery and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
Other
Blog: http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/