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 ...
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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 ...
More »‘Treacherously slow’ broadband speeds threaten Australian students’ online learning experience
A new study conducted by digital platform company Preply examined internet access and infrastructure in 30 OECD countries, finding Australian students experience one of the slowest broadband speeds of 45.9 Mbit/s. Given the reliance on remote learning during the COVID-19 ...
More »Melbourne school successfully trials Australian-first contact tracing technology
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic being largely under control across Australia, experts know that the virus is still circulating in some communities and could force the country into more lockdowns and school closures at any point. It is for this reason ...
More »Key steps to increase security in the education sector
With educational institutions now heavily reliant on information technology to deliver services for students, keeping core systems and data stores secure has never been more important. The challenge has been amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic as delivery of many education ...
More »Parents want online learning beyond COVID-19: opinion
In July and August, Citrix conducted a national survey with 500 parents of Australian school children to capture their opinions as their households adapted to education technology, in order to facilitate learning from home in the midst of the COVID-19 ...
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