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Upcoming Scientia Education Academy Lecture: Chris Tisdell - Can technology facilitate learning on a level playing field?
Event Date - Monday 31st July - 5.30pm till 7.00pm

Can technology facilitate learning on a level playing field?

Presented by Associate Dean (Education) Chris Tisdell, UNSW Science

Education is changing. Rather than traditional classrooms in schools and universities, we now have classrooms in "clouds". In this presentation Chris will provide some critical perspectives on technology in education, including the ideas of: openness; scale and inclusion. Is technology really the answer to challenges in education? 

The Scientia Education Academy invites you to join Chris for this lecture and afterward for drinks and conversation.

Further information https://teaching.unsw.edu.au/can-technology-facilitate-learning-level-pl...

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Higher Education in the Headlines

Enabling programs key to equity | JULIE HARE | Australian Higher Education | 5 July, 2017
Research shows that, despite income-contingent loans, fees deter poorer students from attending university.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/free-enabling-programs-...

What the 21st-Century Library Looks Like | Shannon Najmabadi | Chronicle of Higher Education | 30 June, 2017
In the internet age, librarians are focusing less on books and more on teaching. Is something getting lost in the transition?
http://www.chronicle.com/article/What-the-21st-Century-Library/240494

Latin American science funding crisis fuels brain drain | Holly Else | Times Higher Education | 29 June, 2017
Low salaries, excessive bureaucracy and poorly defined research policies add to region’s woes
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/latin-american-science-funding...