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1982

Training Booklet (reformatted from original, 568 Kb pdf file)

Zelmer, ACL (1982). Preparing Simplified Training Materials, International Communications Institute.

1990

Full 96 page Manual (2.2 Mb)

Zelmer, ACL (Editor) (1990, 2008). Learning Exercises for Health Training. A Manual of exercises developed with the Voluntary Health Association of India and others, now reformatted and released in electronic form.
    Individual components: Part 1: Foreword, Contents, Selecting and Using Learning Exercises (636 Kb); Part 2: Making Learning Exercises (520 Kb); Part 3: Selected Exercises (1.3 Mb)

1992

Journal Article

Zelmer, ACL (1992). Queensland Cane Railways, NMRA Bulletin, October, pp 26-28.

1993

PhD research study

Zelmer, ACL (1993). The Impact of the Introduction of Computers into the Faculty of Health Science: A case study of organisational change, University of Queensland, PhD thesis.

1996

presentation
and paper (pdf)

The More Things Change... memoirs of a computer-based educator
    A personal reflection on thirty plus years of involvement as an educational technologist developing teaching and learning materials keynote address for for ASCILITE '96.
    Additional information on ASCILITE is available on-line.

Primer [large (585 K) pdf file]

Zelmer, A C Lynn (Ed). Computer Basics for Health Practitioners 1996
    Originally published by the Department of Mathematics and Computing [now Faculty of Informatics and Communication], Central Queensland University, for the Australian Health Informatics Association (Queensland) Inc. ISBN 1 875902 34 1.

1996 Poster Presentation

Effective Multi-level Diabetes Education for Health Professionals: A 1995 CAUT-Funded Project
    This CAUT funded project used an iterative design process which resulted in a prototype CD-based interactive multimedia package for diabetes education. The CD was distributed to nursing schools Australia-wide.

1997

Presentation

Historical resources on the Alberta Coal Branch railway, Canada.
    This is a sample of a much more extensive research CD and was the basis of a 1997 NMRA/AR Convention Clinic and research paper. The selection includes the paper and notes on the development of the CD.

1998

Presentation (html)
Background (pdf file)

An introduction to Queensland's cane railways from the 3rd and 4th Australian Narrow Gauge Conventions

1999

Closing Keynote (pdf format)

Internet and Web Technology: On-line information strategies -- NO Free Lunch!
    These slides and their accompanying notes were delivered to the HISA/INTERACT '99 Health and Technology Conference in Melbourne, 2 Sep 99.
    HISA, the Health Informatics Society of Australia, has further information on-line.

Workshop Guide

Internet and Web Technology: On-Line Information Strategies
    An introduction to using the web for HIC'99, the National Health Informatics Conference -- Hobart 1999. The links in the workshop exercises were active in later August 1999, they may have changed since.

Presentation (pdf format 1.4 Mb)
and paper (pdf format 855 K)

Developing Flexible Learning Materials
    Experiences with two undergraduate multimedia units for on-line, CD-ROM and videotape delivery. Provides an indication of the challenges facing the Faculty of Informatics and Communication if it is to retain its momentum in this area. August 1999.

Abstract

Zelmer, A C Lynn (1999). "Communication Skills Using Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues", in Fallows, Stephen and Ahmet, Kemal (Eds) (1999). Inspiring Students: Case Studies in Motivating the Learner, Staff and Educational Development Series, London: Kogan Page, Chapter 11, pp 95-102.
    A chapter on improving the communication skills of IT students.

2000

Report (pdf)

Zelmer, ACL (2000). Preliminary Results from a Pilot Survey of Occupational Overuse Syndrome (OOS) and computer use among NTEU members at Central Queensland University.

Report (pdf)

Zelmer, ACL (2000). Using New Information Technologies for Flexible Learning in Selected Papers Lifelong Learning Conference (edited by Dr Ken Appleton, Dr Colin Macpherson and Debbie Orr), Rockhampton: Central Queensland University, 17-19 July 2000, pp 263-269

2005

Paper (1.6 Mb pdf)

Zelmer, ACL (2005). The Queensland Sugar Industry and its Tramways from the 7th Australian Narrow Gauge Convention, Albury.

2007

2007 CV (pdf)

Recent summary curriculum vita, with selected list of publication and activities.

2008

Paper and presentation (2.8 Mb pdf)

Zelmer, ACL (2008). Modelling the Unusual: Queensland's Sugar Cane Railways from Modelling the Railways of Queensland 2008, Brisbane, August.

Paper (1.4 Mb)

Zelmer, ACL (2008). An Introduction to Modelling Queensland's Sugar Cane Railways (8 pages for b&w printer).

Paper and presentation (3.1 Mb)

Zelmer, ACL (2008). An Introduction to Modelling Queensland's Sugar Cane Railways from NMRA Australasian Region National Convention, Brisbane, September. (Eight pages b&w notes plus colour ppt slides and notes.)