The physical classroom will become virtual, a US-based multinational tech vendor says. In its 2020 Technology Landscape report Citrix predicts technology will turn the traditional educational experience into more a personalised learning model. Essentially, Citrix says this means technology – such as ...

A Canadian educational technology company's chief executive says deregulation could create unique opportunities for universities to gain competitive edges through technology. Despite being rejected by the Senate twice, university deregulation is still being pushed as an essential reform by the federal government. Widespread ...

An annual design competition has brought young people and professionals together to offer primary and secondary students an opportunity to create and develop robots. Young robot designers revealed their machines for the 2015 RoboCup Junior competition at the University of ...

High school students and aged-care residents will link up to learn about online safety. University of the Sunshine Coast researchers and campus-based organisation iDcare, which supports victims of identity crime, launched the program in an effort to reduce online identity ...

Study Group has opened the doors to its newest Melbourne facility developed in response to the rapidly increasing demand for high quality education. Based in the heart of Melbourne’s CDB, the Study Group campus offers natural medicine, massage, beauty and ...

The Australia National University’s inaugural chair of leadership says community leaders are more respected and valued by society than politicians. Professor Giles Hirst says this emerging group is made of people who have a strong commitment to particular visions and ...

An Australian study has found that having thoughts of homicide is a real phenomenon among family members who care for people with dementia. Twenty-one Australian carers took part in the study. Two participants reported actively contemplating killing the person they ...

Policy expert Peter Noonan has called for a HECS-style system to be made available to all post-school courses. Mitchell Institute fellow Noonan said income-contingent loans, which the HELP scheme offers, should be equally available to all students in post-secondary education. “One of the ...

One of Australia’s leading MOOC providers has launched Teach-a-thon – a hacking marathon for educators who want to run their own creative online courses. Embracing the spirit of a hack-a-thon – an intensive, short-term collaboration with software designers – OpenLearning.com will kick ...

Access to free online courses is allowing primary and high school students obtain university level education, something that was previously off limits prior to the birth of MOOCs. Australian National University (ANU) acting vice-chancellor professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington, who will take ...