As thousands of school kids have returned to face-to-face learning, COVID is still front of mind. But there’s another problem that hasn’t been considered as serious, the ongoing prevalence of cyber security. Learning spaces have become increasingly reliant on technology, ...
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Making education equitable in Australian schools – opinion
The past 18 months have taught us how truly resilient and adaptable our education system can be. The pandemic created the need for schools to develop an alternative to face-to-face learning quickly and under immense pressure. We now have an opportunity to transform ...
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The pandemic and its ensuing lockdowns and social distancing restrictions have forced many schools to adopt remote learning. This created challenges for students, parents, and teachers alike as they grappled with the most effective ways to deliver and attend virtual ...
More »All school children need access to a digital device, now: expert
Across the country, states and schools are in varying degrees of lockdown learning and as we are well into this second wave, what are the lessons we have learnt from Home-learning 2.0? For starters, many parents still feel underprepared and ...
More »Science Week will be brought to life through interactive, authentic and online events for all Australian kids
National Science Week is upon us again, and what better way to teach kids about the wonder of the natural world and the subject of science than a virtual field trip and tutorials taught by experts. Teachers, parents and community ...
More »Five ways to avoid plagiarism and academic misconduct in 2021 – opinion
What a difference a year makes. Around Australia, ‘normal service’ has largely resumed in schools and places of higher learning. This time in 2020, it was a very different story. COVID shutdowns saw institutions racing to implement remote learning models, ...
More »Privacy pitfalls for the education sector to avoid when choosing edtech for online exams – opinion
Every other week, two types of articles about online exams seem to come out: either students are being caught cheating remotely, or students (and some teachers) fear that the online vigilance of remote exams has the potential to be taken ...
More »How creating a culture of integrity can help combat plagiarism and contract cheating – opinion
Worried about the prevalence of academic misconduct at your institution? You might have good reason to be. While the Australian government moved to outlaw the advertisement and provision of contract cheating services in September 2020, it's unlikely to stamp out ...
More »Concerns raised over Turnitin’s near monopoly of anti-plagiarism market
Experts have voiced concerns that Turnitin’s proposal to buy competitor Ouriginal would give the company a near monopoly of the anti-plagiarism market, reducing diversity and giving the company a “treasure trove of data”. Ouriginial is a Stockholm-based company that formed ...
More »Australian education and the pandemic: key lessons for 2021 and beyond – opinion
Just as we start to ease back into some normality, new variants of COVID-19 and concerns around the vaccination process globally have underscored the need to adapt and remain agile in an ever-changing environment. The pandemic has had a very ...
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