Welcome
Meet our multi-award-winning multimedia lecturer!
In 2011 Dr Pace has received, not one - but two teaching awards at the highest level in the land!
Dr Pace is pictured above being presented with the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Educator of the Year iAward. The national iAwards honour leading ICT professionals who are deemed to be "world class innovators" in their fields.
This came on top of Steven's Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC). The citation is recognition for "inspiring regional digital media students over a period of 10 years, with master classe by outstanding industry role models demonstrating world's best practice".
Whether you study at Mackay campus where Steven is based, or on any of the seven campuses where the Bachelor of Multimedia Studies is offered, and indeed, if you study flexibly in distance education mode, you are bound to meet our star academic.
Bachelor of Multimedia Studies (CU23)
If you are looking for a degree program that will equip you with the knowledge and skills to work on cutting-edge solutions for technical and creative projects, then you need look no further than the Bachelor of Multimedia Studies at CQUniversity Australia.
The Bachelor of Multimedia Studies is a three year program that prepares women and men of all ages for a career in the digital content industries. Students gain skill and confidence in the application of creativity and technical knowledge focused on innovation. They learn to think critically, communicate effectively and to solve problems. Studying in a culturally mixed and flexible environment each student learns to contribute her/his best individually and collaboratively.
Graduates apply and manage digital content tools and technologies in commercial and government organisations in a variety of creative industry related contexts.
What is multimedia?
Computer mediated communication is relevant in most aspects of public and private contemporary life. The convergence of mediums and technologies means that business and entertainment which to used to be transacted and consumed using dedicated devices and specialist environments now use some combination of computer and software. Increasingly these digital devices are getting smaller, more mobile, more interlinked and more ubiquitous.
Equipping students with the knowledge and skills to be able to meet the challenges involved in the design and production of interfaces, content and programming for the next and future generations of these systems and devices is what the Bachelor of Multimedia Studies is all about.
A unique learning experience
This degree program provides students with a fundamentally flexible skill set that will enable them to adapt as technology and software changes. Learning objectives are oriented toward industry requirements for: graphic design and web design; intranet and internet document production and database maintenance; information visualisation, 2D and 3D animation, digital video and audio for the web, games, and entertainment.
Students learn to take individual responsibility for time management and how to think critically about creative and production processes. They learn to work collaboratively in teams on real-life projects wherever possible. They are given training and practice in project management and documentation. They also have the opportunity to gain experience using new technologies such as blogs, wikis and collaborative tools effectively.
Final year student project work example
This proof of concept animation was inspired by David Pyke's orchestral work Young Leaf Fantasia (2004). Under the creative direction of Dr Ashley Holmes, it was produced by students undertaking Collaborative Multimedia Project in 2008: Solomon Hammond, Scott Harbinson, Stephen Nixon, Billy Rees and Paul Stone. Moving conceptually from the macro to the micro, the animation features icons of the tropical rainforest including the Ulysses Butterfly, the Green Ant and Queensland's floral emblem, the Cooktown Orchid. Cellular plant processes and the molecular structures of photosynthesis are also fancifully visualised.