Mr Tom Worthington

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Tom Worthington is a certified computer professional, who acts as a consultant, expert witness in court cases and advises governments and companies. He is a course designer and teacher for vocational and postgraduate university courses on green ICT, the design of web sites, e-commerce and professional ethics.
Tom's award winning e-learning course and e-book "ICT Sustainability: Assessment and Strategies for a Low Carbon Future" is used by universities in Australia and North America. Tom blogs on education issues as "The Higher Education Whisperer".
Tom is a Past President of the Australian Computer Society, a Fellow, Honorary Life Member, Certified Computer Professional (Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation). Also he is a life member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. In 1999 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society for his contribution to the development of public Internet policy and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Research interests
ICT Sustainability, Internet and Web Policy, Emergency Website Design, Metadata, e-commerce and professional ethics, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Records Management, Data Management, Defence IT Policy, National R&D Policy.
Groups
- Researcher, Low carbon and resilient cities
- Researcher, Psychology, communication and the arts
- Researcher, Adaptation, livelihoods and development in Asia and the Pacific
- Researcher, Risk, vulnerability and resilience