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never need to visit its physical facilities . While this clearly means that their education entirely depends on digital channels for its delivery , whatever the route to higher education a student chooses access to learning is going to be increasingly an online affair stresses Deakin ’ s Vice President , CDO and CIO William Confalonieri ; and it ’ s maybe the on-campus students who have seen the most striking benefits from technological innovation so far .
Confalonieri was appointed in January 2012 , and a year later was given the vice-president ’ s role of Chief Digital Officer ( CDO ), with a permanent seat on the University Executive , becoming Australia ’ s
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