Kelvin Grove Urban Village Seniors ICT Training

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• Kelvin Grove Urban Village Seniors ICT Training
• Helen Partridge and Lynn McAllister

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Kelvin Grove Urban VillageThe community profile
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16 hectares Inner city Brisbane Master
planned community
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Queensland Government Department of Housing Qld
University of Technology
Mixed-use development
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KGUV The HUB
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http//www.kgurbanvillage.com.au/
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ICT Training in the Village

• Project partners
• QUT Helen Partridge and Lynn McAllister
• The Hornery Institute Russell Dart
• Project goal
• The project will provide meaningful, free of
  charge ICT training courses to residents of the
  KGUV

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Participants

• How did we find them?
• BBQ, The Community Hub, KGUV Newsletter
• Who were they?
• Village Centre residents? Brisbane Housing
  Company tenants? Hilltop Nursing Home residents?
• What sort of training did they want?
• Not sure! Internet and buying things poetry
  email patterns?

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Training activities

• 12 x 2 hour hands-on sessions were held between
  March and June 2008
• 2 sessions per week
• Based on participants training requests and
  the KGUV community website
• Timetabled by participants, voluntary
• Formal and informal components
• Weekly informal sessions, in the Community Hub,
  were facilitated by The Hornery Institute from
  the end of June to October 2008.

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Evaluation

• Participants
• Session feedback
• Survey
• Focus group
• Partners
• Observation
• Semi-structured interview

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Sustainability

• Participants
• The Hornery Institute
• ongoing support from QUT facilities and
  equipment
• commercial partnerships
• government support

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Questions, Ideas and Thanks!
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