Technology

Coming up
Coming up
Six tech trends that will shape society and education in the coming decade It’s tempting to think the digital revolution is well advanced. In fact, it’s only just beginning.
Budd Ilic, Australia and New Zealand Country Manager, Zscaler
VR AR
VR AR
Easy VR and augmented reality content creation VORTALS™ addresses the difficulty of creating VR and augmented reality content and puts a powerful creation tool in students’ hands.
Hi AI
Hi AI
AI in education more hype than help? There was a lot of fuss over AI at the huge EdTech show in London but how much of it amounted to gimmickry?
Data safety
Data safety
Today’s data-security lesson: educational institutions can’t rely on the cloud Top cloud providers do protect core infrastructure and services. But it is the customer’s responsibility to secure that data.
Leo Lynch, Director, ANZ, StorageCraft
KISS
KISS
Tips for online learning when the classroom closes As digital learning goes mainstream in a hurry, right now, the key for teachers is to keep it simple
Christopher Bradman, General Manager, Instructure, Asia Pacific
More than LMS
More than LMS
Effective online teaching requires more than LMS When students are confined to home for what could become an extended period, finding ways to provide interactive contact with teachers will become paramount.
Brendan Maree 8x8 VP of Asia Pacific
All in on data
All in on data
Rich data makes for better maths Data is one of edtech’s strong suits. After all, micro testing and the ability to personalise learning in real time are developments that aren’t really practicable with traditional teaching methods.
A visionary teacher
A visionary teacher
Scott Sleap's STEAM hotbed There is a troubling contradiction in NSW's Hunter region; youth unemployment sits at about 30 per cent while jobs at advanced engineering companies go unfilled.
Be cyber secure at home
Be cyber secure at home
Home learning cyber attacks up by 667% The rapid move to home learning could be a cyber security threat with the risk of ransomware, phishing and other cyber-attacks.
Virtual new normal
Virtual new normal
From campus to home: your effective remote learning rollout We can be engaged, present and productive, virtually.
Pat Devlin, Director, South Pacific (ANZ), Aruba
Say hi AI
Say hi AI
A ready-made curriculum for teaching AI AI is the next disruptive technology, maybe the most disruptive of all, it’s already touching and revolutionising pretty much everything from marking papers to finding your way around town.
Scientists on tap
Scientists on tap
New ANSTO STEAM Club sees great response Kids like STEAM if the results of the ANSTO new online STEAM Club are anything to go by, over 1000 subscribed within days of its launch in time for the school holidays.