It is estimated around half the world’s students’ schools remain shut down. All told, this has been a potentially damaging disruption to the education of a generation. But one of the few positive outcomes from this experience is an opportunity to rethink how digital technologies can be used to support teaching and learning in schools. Our collective […] … learn more→

Black History Month always produces a charged debate about who is and who is not privileged, whether that’s in the histories we teach, the stories we write or the people we hire. This year, critical race theory is being attacked by right-wing politicians in the UK and the US as anti-capitalist, radical propaganda. But critical […] … learn more→

As the waves of the Covid-19 pandemic ebb and flow, it can be easy for university administrators to fixate on managing outbreaks on campus, training academics to use learning technologies and adjusting pedagogy and assessment for the online environment. But we must not neglect the impact that remote learning is having on students. With many […] … learn more→

In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama highlighted an innovative educational program called P-TECH – an acronym for Pathways in Technology Early College High School. The first P-TECH school opened in Brooklyn, New York, in 2011. It was profiled in a 2014 cover story in Time magazine as “The School That Will […] … learn more→

A father doing homework with his daughter, the television in the background, the mother participating in a work conference call, the other son listening to music, the washing machine on … This is a normal afternoon in any house. If we stop to analyze, at the same moment it seems that several tasks overlap. But it […] … learn more→

A recent program for school kids in Kakadu and West Arnhem Land, incorporating traditional knowledge and Western science, is a model for teaching Indigenous children on Country. The Djenj Project (djenj means “fish” in the local language) involved teaching Bininj (Aboriginal) children and rangers about fish, and scientific water research techniques, to improve employment opportunities. As […] … learn more→

The healthcare industry is one of the most important industries that need top-notch training practices because their employee performance directly influences the health of patients. Not having access to good training can turn out to be catastrophic. Training programs help healthcare professionals learn about new medical facilities and to improve their skills in order to […] … learn more→

Thousands of soldiers trying to cross a narrow bridge on horseback (in Mandarin: 千军万马 过 独木桥) is the phrase that decorates, in different versions, the walls of a large number of educational centers and with which the national exam is identified access to university in China, the well-known Gaokao and that makes it clear the […] … learn more→

As the gathering second wave of Covid-19 threatens to sweep away European and North American universities’ efforts to maintain in-person teaching, course leaders are frantically looking for ways to enhance the digital learning experience. It is frequently pointed out by learning experts that lecturing into laptops does not amount to best practice in digital learning. […] … learn more→

We seek the wisdom of Aboriginal leaders with their deep knowledge of Country as we explore how to be a university with place at the centre of its thinking. – Acknowledgement of Country, University of Tasmania Strategic Plan, 2019-2024 The University of Tasmania is Indigenising its curriculum. Other universities, in Australia and overseas, are also taking this […] … learn more→