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Speak your mind
Open Forum | August 18, 2014For the 6th time the Sydney Opera House hosts a festival of ideas, conversation and debate. The Festival of Dangerous Ideas (FODI) is presented in association with St James Ethics Centre.
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Connect to reading – reading to connect
Open Forum | August 16, 2014It’s Children’s Book Week from 16 to 24 August 2014. Schools and public libraries across Australia are celebrating books and Australian authors and illustrators. Classroom teachers, teacher librarians and public librarians develop activities, offer competitions and tell stories to highlight the importance of reading.
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Celebrating Children’s Book Week 2014
Susan Stephenson | August 15, 2014Children’s Book Week is all about connecting to reading this year. Children’s writer Susan Stephenson has practical tips how to help our kids experience the joy that reading brings.
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Food for our future
Open Forum | August 12, 2014It is National Science Week from 16 to 24 August, an annual celebration of science and technology in Australia. School children, university students and science enthusiasts of all ages are invited to take part in more than 1,000 events happening around the country.
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Why students’ full learning potential isn’t maximised in higher education (and what we’re doing about it)
Adam Brimo | August 12, 2014Students learn best when they actively construct their own knowledge and understanding. Adam Brimo explains how the learning platform OpenLearning aims to change the current model of higher education and align it with how students really learn.
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The post-digital age
Phillip Long | August 12, 2014The way we store and share information has changed fundamentally over the centuries. Phillip Long, Executive Director of Innovation and Analytics at the University of Queensland, explains how we came to reach the post-digital age.
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The world is my classroom and my playground
Theresa Lim | August 12, 2014We are learning both inside and outside of the classroom. Theresa Lim from Play2Lead explains how gamification can make learning more engaging and rewarding.
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Test your strategies with the ASX Sharemarket Game
Tony Hunter | August 8, 2014In the ASX Sharemarket Game participants are given a virtual amount of money to invest with the challenge to make it grow. Tony Hunter, Head of Education at ASX, says the game is popular amongst teachers as a way of bringing real world events into the classroom.
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Is technology finally making a difference to learning?
Vivek Agarwal | August 8, 2014Technology has the potential to provide high quality education to millions of learners. Vivek Agarwal from elearning company Liqvid explores what it takes to fulfill this potential.
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Adaptive learning – departure from the lockstep model of education
Mohamad Jebara | August 8, 2014Adaptive learning caters to the individual and aims to meet them exactly where they are at any point in time. Mohamad Jebara from Mathspace explains how technology can help to take adaptive learning to the next level.
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How will digital content be delivered to university students? A digital pervasiveness blog
Leon Sterling | August 5, 2014The development of digital content for higher education is changing rapidly. Leon Sterling, Pro Vice Chancellor at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, explores developments over the last forty years and speculates on the future.
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The innovation and migration challenge of mobile learning
Anthony Chung | August 4, 2014The most obvious step for learning organisations seems to be one towards mobility. Anthony Chung says we are only beginning to scratch the surface of the potential for mobile learning.
