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<DIV>Hello all,</DIV>
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<DIV>Happy New Year and welcome back, hopefully refreshed and full of new ideas!</DIV>
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<DIV>We're very busy at Swinburne organising our schools support program events for Term 3. I will send you more information on this later.</DIV>
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<DIV>Swinburne has introduced a <STRONG>VCE Extension Studies Program</STRONG> and we are still taking enrolments for 2011. We have <STRONG>scholarships </STRONG>available for students who are interested.</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; LETTER-SPACING: 0.05pt; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>Extension Studies enables secondary students to study a first-year university series as part of their Year 12 program. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; LETTER-SPACING: 0.05pt; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>In 2011 we will be offering the following units:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<H2 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Web Development – HIT1091E<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Web Development will provide students with advanced skills and knowledge to develop web sites using HTML, JavaScript and CSS within W3C standards. Additionally, this extension study provides students with advanced skills and knowledge required to enhance the operational websites that have been designed in IT Applications.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LETTER-SPACING: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></H2>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Usability – HIT2316E<BR></SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Usability will provide students with the skills and knowledge to create appropriate prototype user interface, to justify design decisions and to critically evaluate user interface designs including the use of the Swinburne Usability Testing Laboratory. In addition, Usability will provide students with the skills and knowledge to ensure that any user interfaces are appropriately designed and effective.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; LETTER-SPACING: 0.05pt; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; LETTER-SPACING: 0.05pt; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>To find out more about our Extension Studies Program, visit the website: <A href="http://www.future.swinburne.edu.au/information/extensionstudies/">www.future.swinburne.edu.au/information/extensionstudies/</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; LETTER-SPACING: 0.05pt; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>or to apply: <A href="http://www.future.swinburne.edu.au/information/extensionstudies/">www.future.swinburne.edu.au/information/extensionstudies/</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; LETTER-SPACING: 0.05pt; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; LETTER-SPACING: 0.05pt; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>We look forward to welcoming your students and working with you in 2011.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Bianca van Meeuwen<BR>ICT Outreach Officer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Swinburne University of Technology<BR>PO Box 218 John Street </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Hawthorn 3122</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="mailto:bvanmeeuwen@swin.edu.au">bvanmeeuwen@swin.edu.au</A> </A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools">www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools</A> </FONT></DIV>
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