Telstra has admitted its 3G network shutdown will mean some families living in rural and remote Australia will be unable to call triple-0 or access online healthcare or education services unless they update their devices. Australia'a biggest two Telco companies, ...
More »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 ...
More »Lessons from online learning that may change the face of education forever: opinion
The virtual classroom has evolved from an early 2000’s video conference that delivered instructions with little teacher interaction to an innovative, interactive and collaborative learning space that all students can be involved in. To meet the challenges of recent times, ...
More »Online school learning thrown into chaos amid widespread Australian Zoom outage
Online learning was thrown into chaos on Monday morning, with technology giant Zoom suffering a widespread outage. Reports to outage website Down Detector spiked from almost zero on Sunday evening to almost 1200 by 9am on Monday. The outage caused ...
More »‘I don’t want to teach anymore’: teachers sound off on COVID-19
Closer to burnout. Stressed. Anxious. The work never stops. These were some of the ways teachers described working during the COVID-19 pandemic in a new survey. A team of Australian and international researchers asked teachers and educators 16 open-ended questions ...
More »Four top tips for making online teaching work – Opinion
If you were to ask any teacher if they expected online learning to take off so quickly, they are likely to say that this phenomenon is unlike anything they ever expected to witness. Despite the speed with which the education ...
More »You don’t need a traditional classroom to learn for the 21st century: opinion
The phrase ‘home schooling’ is being used to describe what parents in some states in Australia and globally are experiencing, with the temporary cessation of formal face-to-face schooling in lieu of remote modes of learning. Undoubtedly, some students will find ...
More »‘Ingenious’ program ensures online learning focuses on real science during COVID-19 shutdown
The messaging surrounding school closures has justifiably been characterised as mixed, with some independent schools closing their doors while others (mainly in the public system) remain open for students of essential workers and those with special learning requirements. Whichever way ...
More »‘Unsung teaching heroes’ come together via Twitter to keep learning alive at home
Despite plunges in school attendance and concerns over teachers’ wellbeing brought about by COVID-19, some inspirational teachers have taken to Twitter to share valuable ideas, resources and coping mechanisms. Indeed, the importance of teachers in the community was recognised last weeks. ...
More »Teachers union warns of learning inequalities amid potential school closures
Teaching union officials have expressed concern that school shutdowns in NSW could lead to learning inequalities as some students will have access to better technology than others. The warning comes after the NSW Department of Education announced that virtual classrooms ...
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