Computer science knowledge is in high demand and young students are now too recognising the benefits of getting an education in ICT to learn skills such as coding. Sydney-student Viney Kumar – is one of SAP’s young ICT Explorers, who ...
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Parents unaware of kids’ online activities
Mums and dads are mostly in the dark about their child’s online activities and are avoiding crucial conversations about privacy and securities practices, a new survey shows. Polling 600 Australian parents across the country, the Norton by Symantec survey reveals ...
More »Education expert tells teachers to allow note-taking on tablets, laptops
An education specialist is encouraging teachers to become more comfortable with technology in the classroom and allow students to take notes on laptops and tablets. Associate director of the Victoria Institute at Victoria University, Claire Brown said teachers have to ...
More »OpenLearning launches hackathon for educators
One of Australia’s leading MOOC providers has launched Teach-a-thon – a hackathon for educators who want to run their own creative online courses. Embracing the spirit of a hackathon, an intensive, short term collaboration with software designers, OpenLearning will kick ...
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A leading national jobsite for education has launched a new smart phone app that will allow principals to book relief teachers more easily and cost-effectively. The new app, Tap for Teacher, launched this week on teachers.on.net allows schools to contact ...
More »MOOC to explore what uni is like
Charles Sturt University has launched a MOOC aimed to help students prepare to enter tertiary education. CSU project manager Craig Billingham said the What's Uni Like? MOOC is being promoted to Australian universities, other higher education providers, and to high ...
More »MOOCs transform primary, secondary teaching and learning
Access to free online courses is allowing primary and high school students obtain university level education, something that was previously off limits prior to the birth of MOOCs. Australian National University (ANU) acting vice-chancellor professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington, who will take ...
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The term coding will be unknown to some. To others, it may conjure up images of pubescent teens hunched over a keyboard until the early hours of the morning. Indeed, when I first learnt to code, that’s exactly what it ...
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Teaching young kids computer science and coding is a good idea, argues a Charles Sturt University (CSU) expert, who says primary-aged children take to digital technology at a relatively fast rate. Jason Howarth, course director at the CSU school of ...
More »Online portal brings Barangaroo to the classroom
Lend Lease this week announced Discover Barangaroo, an online learning portal adding a new dimension to the state’s geography teaching syllabus. Lend Lease managing director for Barangaroo South, Andrew Wilson, said: “More than 60,000 NSW secondary school students who study geography each ...
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