There is a need to better articulate a research argument that retracts from the quandary of ‘false positives’ or compromise by collusion with BWC development and requires opening out the discussion of the social and ethical implications forthwith.

I attended the ISTAS10 conference in June 7 - 9, 2010 at the University of Wollongong as a novice PhD research candidate and documented the event wearing my chest mounted Canon camera.

After many months of research and writing an extensive application I received confirmation of acceptance into the PhD program through the University of Wollongong, Australia.

The rapid uptake of body worn, location enabled, mobile network accessible solutions for rich media creation and connection in extreme sports, military and medical sectors is now also challenging the mobile learning and distance education stereotype.

I recall around this point in time finding myself at odds in conversation with many of my colleagues from the VET sector as I began to reflect on what the key differences were between that of the socio-technical aspect to body worn video technology in comparison to that of the socio-ethical paradigm. The whole experience and shift was almost immediate and the life changes that came about as a result have been profound and sustained.

EDUPOV provided seed funding of $5000 AUD to a commercial ballooning festival in Canowindra NSW Australia, designed and developed online access for anyone seeking to participate in this event

Upon confirmation of acceptance in the PhD postgraduate program at the University of Wollongong, my supervisor Associate Professor Katina Michael encouraged me to undertake a number of preliminary tasks which in hindsight formed the very constitution and backbone to my Phd research journey. 

“… as seemed to be the recurrent theme running with our avid investigations as to the perceived use of these technologies, the reality of how they played out in the workshop or in the classroom markedly differed in reality due to issues such as privacy, security of the workplace setting and student personal well being.”

We began testing point-of-view equipment in early 2009 which then featured in the ‘2009 Ambition In Action’ project at TAFE NSW, where I’ve observed Stephan Ridgway, Educational Technologist and Flexible Learning Manager at Technical and Further Education (TAFE) in Sydney, New South Wales in action.

On December 7-8, 2009 I attended and presented as a representative of EDUPOV Pty Ltd at the eLearning09 event TAFE NSW and hosted by the Australian Flexible learning Framework (AFLF) in Sydney, Australia.

In 2009 the researcher attended ‘ArtStart’ (Hayes 2017a) at the Australian Technology Park (ATP) in Redfern, NSW Sydney Australia, presenting a case for how web 2.0 technologies and the rhetoric of the open web had paved the way for human engagement with social media.

It was also about this time where I reflected on my prior experiences working with Aboriginal communities where on many many occasions we had discussed the importance of Country.

In August 2009 whilst on a car trip back from GGKerr Ballooning in Canowindra, NSW Australia I struck up a discussion with Geoff Lubich regarding what the operating systems of body worn technologies

By August 2009 I had the distinct feeling that the camera ‘was’ me, and I was a photoborg. Everywhere I went, everyone I interacted with across a personal and professional context were either explicitly or covertly captured by my phone camera …

On the 19th June 2009 I found myself standing before an audience at the inaugural AUPOV09 Conference held in Wollongong, NSW Australia as convenor and workshop presenter.

On the 18th June 2009 at the AUPOV event in 2009 I delivered a presentation titled ‘A Case For POV: Scenarios’