How Universities Across the Globe Encourage New Methods in Education

Artificial intelligence, immersive reality, and cloud technologies have been reshaping higher education for years. The Coronavirus pandemic breakout has only accelerated the digitisation of universities across the globe. Here are a few examples of how universities implement new educational trends. Using Extended Reality Technologies Immersive technologies are evolving at an astounding rate. According…

BySophia Smith19/11/20210Comments

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A Mission Towards Equal Education For Children In Timor-Leste

Alessandro Piovano, co-founder of Educating The Future, which is a youth-run not-for-profit organisation dedicated to constructing preschools in the most underprivileged regions of Timor-Leste. Here, Alessandro writes about how he and Adam Hegedus embarked on an inspiring mission to improve the lives of the children of the young nation of Timor-Leste. Adam Hegedus and I have…

ByCandace Little02/08/20210Comments

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Essential Educational Apps For Your Child This Year

With so many online learning tools available now it’s hard to know which ones are of any real value, and which ones are just eye candy for kids. Luckily, we have combed through the vaults to cherry pick a selection of apps below that will help get your child off to a flying start to 2018! Early…

ByJames Graham20/12/20170Comments

Parenting

7 Tips For Drama-Free Childcare Drop-Offs

Dropping your kids at childcare can be equal parts happy and harrowing. Our tiny human gets to roll around in sand and paint with their fingers in a wonderfully decked out environment. So why are they clinging to you like their dearest lives depend on it? The truth is that not all children are chuffed to begin…

ByThe Carousel10/05/20170Comments

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10 Top Tips For Choosing The Right Books For Your Children

We all know that reading books is a wonderful pastime to share with children. Choosing books for your child, at any age, is easy if you keep these few handy tips below in mind, says Bill Conway, Principal Montessori East Pre and Primary School in Sydney. 1. Keep it real for young children (0-5 years) Young children…

ByThe Carousel19/04/20170Comments

Travel & Leisure

Top 5 Getaways To Learn While You Travel

From shark-spotting to learning Spanish or carving up the snow to cutting up chillies, taking an ‘Edu-cation’ is the perfect way to try something new and get outside your comfort zone. We've come up with the top 5 edu-cations around the world. After all, why wouldn't you take advantage of the opportunity to weave educational…

ByMichael Townsend04/01/20170Comments

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Goldie Hawn Knows The Secret To Your Child’s Happiness

Hollywood star Goldie Hawn says it’s time to start teaching our children to get in touch with their emotions. The American actress, director, producer – and mum to the fabulous Kate Hudson – was in Melbourne yesterday to spread the word on the Hawn Foundation’s MindUP program. The curriculum teaches empathy, mindfulness and self-reliance to more than…

ByJames Graham15/11/20160Comments

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Who Is Protecting Our Children From Violence?

The focus is, more often than not, on the victim or the perpetrator but what about the children who witness such events or have lived in these toxic environments for way too long? As a consequence of strict codes of confidentiality such things are not discussed enough and individual cases are never publicised. The only time…

ByJules Allen06/06/20160Comments

Parenting

5 Tips To Make Your Child A Better Problem Solver

The foundations for problem solving are laid down in the first years of a child’s life and that’s when parents have the opportunity to really help their children. Skills can be trained, but when it comes to attitude you reach a certain point and then the foundations are laid. If everything is decided for a child,…

ByThe Carousel10/05/20160Comments

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Screen Time Is Actually Good For Your Kids

Rather than fearing the Internet, Aussie parents are now embracing technology to help prepare their kids for a competitive digital future. According to the nbn™ Digital Parenting Report, the majority of Aussie parents surveyed (76 per cent) understand the need to harness the Internet for education in the home in order to help prepare them for…

ByFranki Hobson04/02/20160Comments