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ICT is failing in schools. Here's why

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageAre we creating a generation of digitally illiterate students?www.shutterstock.com

The ICT curriculum in schools is clearly not working.

National data released this week confirms an ongoing trend that now sees nearly half of Australian secondary school students failing to meet minimum digital literacy standards.

In 2014, more than 10,500 students...

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Troublemakers and traitors - it's no fun being a whistleblower

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageFormer Commonwealth Bank employee Jeff Morris struggled for years to reveal breaches by his employer.AAP/Stefan Postles

Death threats, smear campaigns and financial ruin - it may sound like a John Grisham novel, but the sad reality is that this has been the consequence for many public and corporate whistleblowers.

The personal risks associated with...

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Re-illuminating the sacred

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageExterior of Light of the World Christian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, USAElizabeth Tunstall, CC BY-NC

The church bulletin lists a call for volunteers for a new ministry: Design for the Light. As explained by the Light of the World Christian Church’s reverend, Dr. David A. Hampton:

This ministry will focus on using design to better...

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  2. Politics podcast: the danger of leasing the Port of Darwin to the Chinese
  3. What's next, a Senate inquiry into infrasound from trees, waves or air conditioners?
  4. Charlie Sheen and ten million dollars worth of HIV stigma
  5. Darwin: not such a safe haven
  6. In my end is my beginning: why TV streaming services love exploiting your nostalgia
  7. Shrinking Antarctic glaciers could make Adélie penguins unlikely winners of climate change
  8. Drug ads only help Big Pharma's bottom line, so why are they allowed?
  9. Socially mediated terrorism poses devilish dilemma for social responses
  10. An Islamic reformation is not the solution to stop extremism
  11. Indonesia's 'opening' of Papua still needs to bridge the gap between reality and rhetoric
  12. The state of emergency could thwart public demonstrations at the Paris climate talks
  13. Labour hire, plight of insecure workers to be put under the spotlight
  14. The player played: Frank Lowy and Australia’s failed World Cup bid
  15. Funding higher education: time for a more transparent system?
  16. The Man Who Knew Infinity: a mathematician's life comes to the movies
  17. Philosophy and Fallout 4: what's the appeal of the post-apocalypse?
  18. Do men need to exercise harder than women to prevent stroke?
  19. Cabinet's national security committee – an uber group for ministers
  20. Reflections on Paris: technics and terrorism in Vision Culture
  21. How social media was key to Islamic State's attacks on Paris
  22. Finance for developing countries will help Australia in climate talks
  23. Authentic outsiders? Welcome to the age of the 'post-tourist'
  24. What do the Paris attacks mean for Australia's Syrian refugee intake?
  25. Adolescence is hard, but it's not necessarily getting harder
  26. Seven things to consider before you buy into phonics programs
  27. Once Suu Kyi takes power, her party will need to re-engage the people to manage sky-high hopes
  28. Without grandmothers we might not be here at all
  29. Small business can't afford to overlook the little things in the Harper Review
  30. Whether you're listening or not, Australia is a nation of white privilege
  31. Why are we abusing our parents? The ugly facts of family violence and ageism
  32. Long live King Charles? An Australian republic is in Turnbull's hands for now
  33. To die at home or in hospital? Aussies want one but we fund the other
  34. Australia needs a nuclear storage site, but it's a long way away
  35. Is bland corporate leadership holding back our innovation nation?
  36. The mighty dinosaurs were bugged by other critters
  37. It's complicated. The OECD details problems with Australia's health care system
  38. Disproportionate coverage of Paris attacks is not just the media's fault
  39. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, October 2015
  40. Paris climate talks could be a light in the darkness of terror
  41. Paris attacks: can ‘the West’ survive, let alone win?
  42. The Paris attacks will change little in the fight against Islamic State
  43. Health Check: do wrist bands work to repel mozzies?
  44. Paris attacks: why Islam and Christianity are twin religions of war and peace
  45. Banks to stay - not go!
  46. The off-topic Conversation #69
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