A virtual business simulation model that mimics the dynamics and pressures of a modern business environment is being used in education assessment. The simulated online business called the Australian Business and Management Association uses technology to closely reflect a real ...
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Australia is a leader when it comes to producing world-class research however still struggles to transform scientific discoveries into commercial success stories. This, according to experts in the field, could lead to wide-ranging ramifications. “A thorough examination of the Australian ...
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In an exclusive interview we spoke to Laurie Burruss, educational consultant at Lynda.com about the need to empower students with multimodal learning. “I was really trying to make a call to the educators in the room… to think how are ...
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A senior Harvard academic has issued educators at all levels of the education system as well as students and their parents a call to action to effect what he argues is a long overdue revolution in assessment and examination models. Speaking ...
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Virtual reality classrooms, wearable technologies and the use of metadata to identify struggling students will revolutionise the way Australia’s university students learn, new research forecasting future technology trends states. The research, by Open Universities Australia (OUA) and global not-for-profit group ...
More »Researcher hopes to fund study into how dogs can raise children’s literacy levels
A Deakin University researcher has launched a fundraising campaign for a study into how therapy dogs can raise literacy levels among young children. Dr Tony Chalkley began the campaign after witnessing previously reluctant readers, happily reading to a therapy dog ...
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Challenges linked to student engagement exist in most types of learning environments but can be more difficult when it comes to online delivery. In an exclusive interview Campus Review spoke to Dr Shane Magee, senior lecturer at the Macquarie Applied ...
More »Dementia prevention: interventions to lower risk
Industry experts, people living with dementia, carers and researchers recently gathered to share their expertise and stories at a forum on dementia at the University of Sydney. With more than 1,800 new cases in Australia each week, dementia is predicted ...
More »Engineering pioneer elected to Royal Society
A Laureate professor and engineering pioneer from the University of Newcastle has been elected to the Royal Society, a fellowship of the world’s most eminent scientific minds. Scott Sloan, a geotechnical engineer who heads up the University’s Priority Research Centre ...
More »Melbourne’s education faculty voted best in Australia
The University of Melbourne’s education faculty was once again been confirmed as the country’s best trainer of teachers. The faculty was ranked 5th in the world in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject. In an interview with professor ...
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