Telematics Trust supported the following list of organisations in the 2021 grant round.
CERES | $50,000
CERES Interactive Self Guided Nature Walks | The Trust is supporting CERES to pilot a self-guided nature walk at CERES Brunswick with strategic augmented reality locations of interest for interactive educational learning using personal mobile devices. The walk will have learning content themes designed for full inclusive participation and covering diverse engagement purposes and topics of interest.
MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY | $50,000
VR Connect | With support from the Trust, MTC Education will use virtual reality (VR) and game technology to create virtual spaces for drama education activities. This will enable young Victorians who are isolated by distance, disability, health and social factors to access exceptional arts-learning experiences, enhance their creativity, and contribute to the cultural life of their community.
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY | $49,980
Promoting Rural Stem Education with Remote Robotics | The Trust is supporting Deakin University in the equitable provision of physics education by ameliorating deficits in laboratory resources in rural schools. Leveraging high-speed networks and haptics technologies, they will develop novel platforms and Lab Learning Activities, piloting remote immersive learning where rural students willinteract remotely with urban university laboratories via virtual reality and other cloud technologies.
MY DEMENTIA COMPANION | $50,000
Building Smart Digital Dementia Assistant: Phase 2 | Based on the successful Phase 1 creation of the world’s first smart digital dementia assistant, the Trust is supporting Phase 2, which is to significantly improve content and enhance many tech features to better empower all carers with the resources and knowledge to deliver better care.
THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND INTENSIVE CARE SOCIETY | $50,000
Patient Reported Outcomes and Experience Measures | The Trust is supporting ANZICS to develop a method of collecting feedback on the experiences and outcomes of ICU survivors which will be embedded into all ICUs nationally through leveraging existing IT infrastructure and the expertise of ANZICS. This will provide information on patient experiences to provide improved patient centred care for critically ill patients.
THE GOOD DATA INSTITUTE | $39,000
Data for Good Program | 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.
MENTAL HEALTH LEGAL CENTRE | $49,642
Smarter Help to Empower Families in Mental Health | The Trust is supporting the MHLC to collaboratively develop research-informed, user-tested guided pathways to provide targeted legal information and resources to families and carers. Responding to the acute need in Victoria and across Australia to expand mental health law, knowledge and understanding, the program will educate and establish routes to self-help.