Telematics Trust supported the following list of organisations in the 2020 grant round.
FEDERATION UNIVERSITY | $50,000
Aboriginal Heroes of Fire, Flood and Food | The Trust is supporting Federation University to utilise film, spatial and web technologies (digital mapping) to educate in accessible and visual formats about the contribution of Aboriginal society to Victoria's foundational stories. It will chronicle Aboriginal heroism specifically in relation to fire, flood and the search for food in the period 1800-1930.
STORY BOX LIBRARY | $16,600
Story Box Library AUSLAN series | The Trust is supporting Story Box Library to add 12-15 AUSLAN translations of read-aloud stories and corresponding Activity Time videos to storyboxlibrary.com.au, including stories that already exist in the library and new stories that will be filmed in 2021.
BEYOND ZERO EMISSIONS | $50,000
Snapshot Climate | The Trust is supporting the development of Snapshot Climate. This is a world-first resource providing community-wide greenhouse gas profiles to councils and communities throughout Australia. Snapshot provides data to inform decisions to transition to a zero-emissions economy. Snapshot reports the major sources of carbon emissions for every Australian municipality, including stationary energy, transport, waste, agriculture and land-use change.
AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY | $49,965
Digital Mental-Health Care for Tertiary Students | The Moderated Online Social Therapy (MOST) is a fully developed, innovative digital application which provides effective psychological support to youth with severe mental illness. MOST integrates tailored therapeutic content, peer-to-peer online social networking, and moderation by peer workers and clinicians. The Trust is supporting the adaptation of MOST for university students (uniMOST).
JEWISH HOLOCAUST CENTRE | $50,000
Walking in the footsteps of a Holocaust survivor | The Trust is supporting the Jewish Holocaust Centre to create an interactive multi-media overlay to the core Holocaust exhibition, giving visitors the unique opportunity to walk "in the footsteps" of a Holocaust survivor, and encounter their personal artefacts, photographs and eyewitness testimony. This transformational journey will humanise the historical significance of the Holocaust and its relevance today.
CENTRE FOR EYE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA | $50,000
Remote Eye - Virtual patient education technology | The Trust is supporting an online virtual teaching aid that can be used by health care workers to provide remote ophthalmic patient education. A 3D virtual eye is hosted online which can be manipulated in real-time by the health care professional to provide a personalized educational experience for the eye condition pertaining to the patient, this is viewed in real-time with audio explanation via telehealth.
MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $50,000
MSO Schools – Championing Music Education | The Trust is supporting a new web-based learning platform encouraging music education learning outcomes for Victorian teachers and students. Extending the capabilities of MSOLearn, MSOSchools will be a centralised hub where all school-based content is sourced. Following demand from educators for an accessible portal, MSOSchools will be fully integrated with MSO's digital channels.