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(Moderator) We have with us someone[br]who has been involved

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in digital learning innovation [br]for more than 20 years

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Please welcome the University of Western[br]Australia Pro Vice-Chancellor

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of Education Innovation,[br]Gilly Salmon (0:12)

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(Applause)

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(Gilly Salmon) So I'm going to talk to you[br]about the impossible.

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So if you're easily scared, [br]you can leave now or at any time,

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that's OK with me.

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So I come from the very young country [br]of Australia.

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Most of you know I'm not Australian, but [br]I've been living there nearly 5 years now.

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Probably another 20 .... except me (check)

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But in the young country of Australia,[br]a university that's 100-years old

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is very, very, very old.

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So, and now, the University of Western[br]Australia is very, very old.

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It's a research-intensive, one with the [br]most schools and campuses in the world,

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on the mouth of the Swan River,[br]in Western Australia,

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and I'm going to show you a 1-minute movie[br]to get a glimpse of our environment

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and also our dreams.

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So, you need to watch very carefully,[br]because I'm going to talk about

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the brief glimpse you get of the buildings[br]because that's where my center is,

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the Centre for Education Future.

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So, we will move to the movie, please.

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(strong-beat music)

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(shouts)

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(panting)

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(narrator) When we start moving forward,[br]the world starts with us.

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(strong wind in branches - panting)

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(narrator) So chase your dream.[br]It's only impossible until it's done.

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[Pursue impossible]

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[The University of Western Australia]

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(Applause)[br](Salmon) Thank you. 2:52

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We made that movie to try and inspire[br]our students

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but we actually found it inspires us[br]even more.

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So, right at the beginning you saw[br]some work for

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University of Western Australia[br]are true heritage buildings.

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And I -- in there, we've put[br]a future's observatory

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and a learning design studio, [br]to try and inspire the impossible

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in both our faculty members and ultimately[br]our students, to new design.

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So, I've got this weird job title,

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Pro Vice-Chancellor [br]Education Innovation.

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I'm sure when I was appointed, [br]just over 12 months ago,

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nobody knew what that meant.

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Fortunately, they did allow me to[br]invent it.

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While you're listening to me, [br]just to say there's going to be

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a bit of a poll at the end.

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If you got the My OEB app, [br]you can look it up,

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if not, there is a website, [br]there is a link there up,

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so that you can take part in the poll[br]in a bit.

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Now, I actually think an incredible[br]number of words have been written

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about innovation, especially in the scope[br]of educational innovation

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and disruptive technology.

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And I did a bit of a survey.

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i wasn't as knowledgeable [br]as some of those people

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that you've just heard speaking,

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but it was rather odd that probably[br]one of the very top things

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that you can see, was how to promote[br]innovation

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in the changing modes of teaching,

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which I think is probably [br]one of our biggest challenges of all.

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And actually, creating an evidence base[br]for that,

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because you all know, in universities,[br]that's the way it goes:

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If you haven't got evidence for it,[br]it doesn't exist.

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And so, we did a bit of a survey; [br]there were the top universities,

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we did some visits as well, in the US[br]as well as other parts in the world.

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And everyone, just everyone has still[br]really not got into

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achieving true innovation.

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And so for me, that's [br]still a bit of a mystery, and I think

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it's really rather extraordinary that[br]everyone in education,

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all of you, at every level, [br]is trying to do this

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and yet most organizations,[br]most institutions

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are still striving to reorientate[br]themselves to an innovation culture. 5:46