Horsham Rural City Council

Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation

Horsham Rural City Council

Engagement, technology transfer and capability building through knowledge management and spatial research

Visit to Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation10 June 2016


• ~ 28 staff • 16 research and research

support 11 technical1 administration

• 10 PhD Students• Located within the

Deputy Vice Chancellor Research and Innovation portfolio

CeRDI

www.cerdi.edu.au

Major technology & research trends• Ubiquitous high-speed broadband…

Universities have the connectivity that the rest of Australia is waiting for

• The Petabyte Age… >50% of the world’s data is being collected each year – how will this change current research practices? What do we need to access, publish and share?

• Open data policies… Opportunities for Universities and particularly regional universities to play a significant role in generating insight from data

• Mobile technologies… App development and responsive design – for student and staff recruitment, engagement, knowledge transfer

• 3D and visualisation technologies…Massive innovation and research opportunities


CeRDI CapabilityThe application of eResearch and development of innovative digital solutions to bridge the gap between academic research and government, industry and community needs

National & FedUni research priorities

Government industry

community needs

CeRDI


eResearch & digital innovationResearch Domains:• Groundwater• Soil• Agriculture• NRM• Climate change• Urban planning• Health• History• Sports• Social science• Arts• Etc., etc.

Technology & services:• Content management• Web portals• Knowledge management• Single source publishing• Web GIS• Data interoperability• Visualisation• Web services• Training• Servers, hubs• Survey instruments• Etc., etc.

Research outputs:• Real world applications• Community

empowerment• Capacity building

• Government • Community• Industry• Research

• Research papers• HDR completions• Impact assessment• Global collaborations• Sector development• Research-ready data

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Goals for today• An opportunity to learn about CeRDI About what CeRDI does and its capabilities

• But more importantly to learn from youWhat does Horsham Rural City Council and the region more broadly want to achieve in areas such as engaging the community, delivering better services and/or in changing or improving how things are done.

• So let’s hear your ideas and reflections No need to wait to explore possibilities until the time that is set aside for discussion this afternoon.

Sport and Recreation Spatial Background• Investigating sport and recreation participation and

facilities, and health for evidence-based decision making for the Sport and Recreation Sector

• Sport and Recreation Victoria• VicHealth• 7 State Sporting Associations 2011-2015 • Increasing to 11-15 State Sporting Associations 2015-2018• Currently over 2.6 million participant records• Integrated sector level reports, individual tailored sport

reports and peer-review publications

How do I view participant count?

How do I view participation rate by gender & age?

How do I view participation change over time?

Where do I find the region summary?

How do I benchmark regions?

How can I view the number of facilities for a region for my sport?

Can I view actual facility locations?

What is SEIFA & what options are available?

How can I find population projections?

Can I share the map with others?

Participation levels and rates

• Club membership for 5 major sports rose by more than 50,000 over three years

• Increased from 417,975 to 468,944• Proportion of population participating in these sports• From 7.5% to 8.3% of population• Males non-metro. highest participation rate 64%• Increase 2010-2012 mainly non-metro.

Regional differences

Age profiles- % of all participants

Age (years)

Participants (%)

Male(%)

Female(%)

Metro.(%)

Non-Metro. (%)

4 1.3 0.5 1.7 1.5 0.95-9 19.9 17.1 21.5 21.5 17.0

10-14 27.6 32.1 25.6 28.1 26.715-19 15.3 15.8 15.1 14.7 16.520-24 8.8 7.8 9.1 9.0 8.525-29 6.1 5.4 6.3 6.3 5.830-34 4.1 3.8 4.2 4.0 4.235-39 3.0 3.5 2.8 2.9 3.440-49 5.0 6.0 4.6 4.9 5.250-59 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.3 3.060-69 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.0 3.870+ 3.6 3.0 3.9 2.8 5.1

Age profiles of registered sport participants: percentage of total sport participants

• Most (64%) aged <20 years• A third (28%) aged 10-14 years• 20% aged 5-9 years

Transition

• More children withdrew from their modified sport program rather than transitioning

• 68% of children withdrew immediately after the base year/season

• The peak age of transition to club competition for females was 10 years, compared to 7 years for males

Sports Facilities• Participation rate is positively associated with provision of facilities

• This report provides a summary of key indicators of participation in physical activity (PA) and sport, together with potentially related key demographic characteristics and indicators of health and education, for the City of Ballarat.

• In each case, the data for the City of Ballarat are benchmarked against other LGAs in Country Victoria, in Melbourne and in Victoria as a whole, and two similar sized regional LGAs - Geelong and Bendigo.

• Central Highlands Digital Enterprise Program Established in 2012 with funding from the Australian Government Department of Communications and Regional Development Victoria.

• Training and development activitiesTargeted torwards small-to-medium enterprises, not for profit organisations and cultural institutions

• Regional focus and scaleCity of Ballarat, Golden Plains, Hepburn and Pyrenees Shire Councils

• Overall aimIncrease public awareness and skills development as new broadband technologies become available across all parts of the region

• Advanced eCommerce• Advanced SEO• Intermediate eMarketing• Creswick Tourism and Business

presentation• Visual merchandising• DIY website success• eMarketing Basics• Creswick Online• Social Media Masterclass• Write to Win• Freeware for community groups• Smartphone data burning a holes in

customers' pockets• Stay Smart Online Week

• Mentoring audits and tools• Secrets of successful committees• To Market To Market• Bringing in the Bucks• Executing Good Governance• Create your very own WordPress

website• Introduction to Social Media• Online safety tips• Stay Smart Online alert services• eCommerce and Sales Online• Farming in the 21st Century• Central Highlands Virtual Choir• Digital Citizens Guide• Planning apps for business

Resource for diverse learning aims

150 workshops, 703 individual and small group mentoring sessions• City of Ballarat: 60 workshops; 733 attendees• Golden Plains Shire Council: 28 workshops; 173

attendees• Hepburn Shire Council: 47 workshops; 354 attendees• Pyrenees Shire Council: 15 workshops; 148 attendees

CeRDI conducted an evaluation of the Digibiz program in 2015 to assess the longer-term impacts of the program for participants. The following questions were used to guide the research:

• In what ways did the program assist participants to broaden their use of the internet and online activities within their workplace/business?

• In what ways did the program enhance participants’ skills and knowledge that could be directly applied to their workplace/business?

• How have the learnings achieved through the program been applied within the work setting?

• What were the barriers to program participation?• In what ways could the program be enhanced in the future?• What were the direct and indirect benefits for mentors of the program?

• Building a social media presence and monitoring/controlling information on these platforms.

• We have upgraded our website and enhanced our social media presence.

• [My mentor] was terrific! She is a great teacher and made it seem too easy. I am now using Facebook and Pinterest for the business and finding that they are generating business enquiries.

• We now have a Facebook page, we change our website more and use it more effectively. We may embrace Twitter yet!

• I have a beautiful new website which I can put blog information on. It’s connected to my social media. Easy to use, easy to look at and updatable.

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