A US-based education tech provider announced a cybersecurity incident affecting its Canvas platform – used by institutions around the world, including Australia.
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An app doesn’t have to be ‘educational’ to be included in Google’s ‘Teacher Approved’ section.
Research identified persistent impediments to student well-being.
For rural students, distance education can keep existing inequities in place.
For universities, investing in flexible systems is a matter of survival.
AI agents can navigate course sites, consume materials and complete assignments, effectively simulating student engagement.
A review of research over two decades points to steps that can make education systems more resilient in times of crisis.
Universities are offering teaching degrees that are fully online and without real-time connection to staff or other students. A new survey shows this can be an isolating way to learn.
It’s important to position students as collaborators and co-creators of knowledge.
Students preferred using WhatsApp at some cost over another platform that didn’t require data.
A new report from UNESCO analyzes the many challenges of the growing presence of technology in education and notes 14 per cent of countries have policies that ban mobile phones.
All instructors, regardless of the field, can promote mental health both by sharing specific resources and by designing accessible and flexible courses.
You might have seen teachers on TikTok dancing to the latest viral song with their students. Or dressing up to show how many different jobs they do in a given day.
Lecturers need to be adept at both the theories of online learning and the technology used to do it.
Seeing grit as a panacea among historically disadvantaged students can be a dangerous distraction from other barriers to student retention.
A new review study has sought to understand the impact of the COVID pandemic on children’s school attainment.
A schooling reform project is taking lessons from innovative high schools and educators in New Zealand, Southern California and Canada to make schooling more relevant for students today.
Despite technological advances, many US schools are still likely to cancel school in the event of a big snowstorm.
During the pandemic, online learning suddenly replaced traditional teaching methods.
A survey of disabled students found that some university accommodations they value became more widespread in the pandemic, like flexible course deadlines.
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