Tom Worthington (computer programmer)

Thomas "Tom" Worthington (born 3 February 1957) is an Australian computer programmer best known as an expert witness in the Maguire v SOCOG 2000 Olympic web accessibility case[1] and teacher of Green computing.

Tom Worthington
Born (1957-02-03) 3 February 1957
NationalityAustralian
Other namesThomas
OccupationComputer professional
EmployerTomw Communications Pty Ltd
Known forMaguire v SOCOG 2000, Green computing

He is known for his ICT policy work and on-line teaching.

Projects

Worthington was President of the Australian Computer Society (ACS). He gave evidence opposing Internet censorship on behalf of the ACS to an Australian Senate committee hearing in the mid 1990s.[2]

Worthington appeared as an expert witness in the case Maguire v SOCOG 2000 in the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, providing an analysis of the accessibility for the disabled of the Sydney 2000 Olympics web site[1]

He is the author of ICT Sustainability: Assessment and Strategies for a Low Carbon Future, a free open access book of course notes for Green computing courses run by the Australian National University[3] and Australian Computer Society.[4]

In July 2013 Worthington established a new business and website "Higher Education Whisperer", to provide advice on vocational and university course design, learning, teaching and research.[5]

Academic achievements

Worthington undertook his computer programmer training in the Australian Public Service. He also completed a Certificate in Audio-Visual Video, Audio-Visual Video Production at the Canberra Institute of Technology in 1990. He was awarded a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education by The Australian National University and Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40110) from Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) in 2013.[6] He was awarded a Masters of Education in Distance Education by Athabasca University in February 2017.

Worthington has had research papers published on topics including e-learning for ICT sustainability[7] and a proposal to combine the features of synchronous and asynchronous learning in one software package.[8]

Employment

Worthington is an Adjunct Lecturer[9] in the Research School of Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science at the Australian National University, where he teaches ICT Sustainability, the design of web sites and use of e-commerce systems. He is also a member of the ANU Energy Change Institute[10] and the ANU Climate Change Institute.[11] Previously he worked as a civilian public servant[12] employed by the Australian Department of Defence in the Australian Defence Force Headquarters, writing Internet[13] and web policy.[14]

Awards and honours

In May 1998, Computerworld magazine named Worthington as one of the most influential individuals in the Australian IT industry.[15] In 1999 the Australian Computer Society elected Worthington a Fellow of the society for his contribution to public policy on the use of the Internet. He was later made an Honorary Life Member and Certified Professional. In 2010 Worthington was presented with the ACT ICT Educator of the Year 2010 Award for his work on sustainable computing education.[16]

References
  1. , Olympic Failure: A Case for Making the Web Accessible, 2000, Tom Worthington, last visited on Sunday 14 September 2008, 11:06am, "http://www.tomw.net.au/2000/bat.html".
  2. Senate Select Committee on Community Standards Relevant to the Supply of Services Utilising Electronic Technologies
  3. COMP7310: ICT Sustainability, Online Masters Course, College of Engineering & Computer Science, The Australian National University, 2009
  4. Green Technology Strategies, Australian Computer Society, 2012
  5. Higher Education Whisperer Helping Improve University Course Design, Net Traveller, Tom Worthington, 9 July 2013, URL: http://blog.tomw.net.au/2013/07/course-whisperer-helping-improve.html
  6. [[Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Awarded to Thomas Worthington (Digitally Certified), Australian National University, 19 July 2013, URL: https://certifieddocs.anu.edu.au/verifier/servlet/DocumentVerifierApp/template/VerifyDAT.vm?datid=uabywlqxl1
  7. Worthington, T., "A Green computing professional education course online: Designing and delivering a course in ICT sustainability using Internet and eBooks," Computer Science & Education (ICCSE), 2012 7th International Conference on , vol., no., pp.263,266, 14–17 July 2012 doi:10.1109/ICCSE.2012.6295070
  8. Worthington, T. (2013). Synchronizing Asynchronous Learning: Combining Synchronous and Asynchronous Techniques. In Proceedings of 2013 8th International Conference on Computer Science & Education (ICCSE), 26 – 28 Apr 2013 , Sri Lanka. doi:10.1109/ICCSE.2013.6553983
  9. People: ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science, The Australian National University, 2012
  10. Participants: ANU Energy Change Institute, The Australian National University, 2012
  11. ANU Climate Change Research, Climate Change Institute, Australian National University, 2013
  12. Defence and Government on the Web: Balancing public information provision with security, Tom Worthington, Special Adviser Defence Internet/Intranet Policy, Department of Defence, Paper for Optimising Open Source Information, Canberra, 7–8 October 1998
  13. Use of the Internet By Defence Personnel, Australian Department of Defence, Departmental Circular Memorandum No 32/96, 9 April 1996.
  14. Interim Guidelines for Establishing a WEB Information Service, Australian Department of Defence, 13 November 1995
  15. The IT Bunch, Jeremy Bass (Computerworld), 01 May, 1998 12:01
  16. ACS Professional Development Program, Tutors & Mentors, Australian Computer Society, 2013
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