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Digital homework tools should be more than just the textbook as an app

  • Written by: Robert Vanderburg, Academic and Lecturer , CQUniversity Australia
Digital homework tools should be more than just the textbook as an appIs homework any better on a digital device?Shutterstock

Schools are increasingly incorporating digital technologies into their teaching practice, raising questions about whether these technologies actually enhance the learning process.

We’re particularly interested the role of technology in homework. Is homework – particularly in...

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'Natural disasters' and people on the margins – the hidden story

  • Written by: Jason von Meding, Senior Lecturer in Disaster Risk Reduction, University of Newcastle

With earthquakes devastating Indonesia, and fires raging in the United States, there has been plenty of discussion of so-called “natural disasters” in recent weeks.

These disasters – and the continuing record global temperatures – has again brought to our attention the growing field of climate change attribution, which...

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Steve Hart dressed as a girl, 1947 by Sidney Nolan

  • Written by: Ted Snell, Professor, Chief Cultural Officer, Cultural Precinct, University of Western Australia
Steve Hart dressed as a girl, 1947 by Sidney NolanSidney Nolan's Steve Hart dressed as a girl 1947 from the Ned Kelly series 1946 – 1947 enamel paint on composition board 90.60 x 121.10 cm. Gift of Sunday Reed 1977 National Gallery of Australia

In 1877, Steve Hart left his parent’s farm in Wangaratta to join his mate Dan Kelly, his brother Ned and their friend Joe Byrne panning for...

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Abbott and Turnbull shape up for another round of an old battle

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The Coalition party room on Tuesday is set for a high stakes, quite personal battle between Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull over the National Energy Guarantee, with former and current prime ministers shaping up on Monday.

In an all-out attack ahead of the crucial meeting, Abbott denounced the NEG as “seriously bad policy”, declaring...

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  3. Belarus Free Theatre's Generation Jeans resonates
  4. Turnbull’s Newspoll ratings slump; Labor leads in Victoria; Longman preferences helped LNP
  5. Why shield laws can be ineffective in protecting journalists' sources
  6. why do we get nose bleeds?
  7. Refugees are integrating just fine in regional Australia
  8. how homeless women have little choice but to use sex for survival
  9. Five easy ways to boost children's spatial skills
  10. Is it time to remove the cancer label from low-risk conditions?
  11. Obesity is a market failure and personal responsibility will not solve it alone
  12. Obesity is a market failure and innovation, not sin taxes, may be the solution
  13. Are they watching you? The tiny brains of bees and wasps can recognise faces
  14. Why we need some perspective on landscape photography in the Instagram age
  15. Embattled VC winner asks Attorney-General to refer Fairfax Media to police
  16. Labor states keep the National Energy Guarantee in play but withhold agreement
  17. The mysterious Pilostyles is a plant within a plant
  18. The US plan for a Space Force risks escalating a 'space arms race'
  19. Jupiter's magnetic fields may stop its wind bands from going deep into the gas giant
  20. Inquiry finds Husar behaved badly to staff but dismisses allegations of lewd conduct
  21. learn all about Australia's native trees and plants
  22. The Gay Games are still relevant. Here's why
  23. Hackers cause most data breaches, but accidents by normal people aren't far behind
  24. Michelle Grattan on Emma Husar, Barnaby Joyce and the NEG
  25. The off-topic Conversation #166
  26. A strong immune system helps ward off colds and flus, but it's not the only factor
  27. relishing competence or seeking a challenge?
  28. I Used To Be Normal's tribute to boyband fangirls is unexpectedly affecting
  29. People power is finally making the gig economy fairer
  30. The Meg is a horror story but our treatment of sharks is scarier
  31. What's your state's position at the crucial National Energy Guarantee meeting?
  32. how have your family's fortunes changed? Use this drag-and-drop tool to find out
  33. is the economy getting stronger? The RBA says 'time will tell'
  34. Australian media are playing a dangerous game using racism as currency
  35. why Fed Square deserves protection
  36. A disappointing earring, and the world's hottest rock: zirconia
  37. Disabled teens suffering the mental health effects of bullying
  38. Dieting after birth can make mum's self esteem worse
  39. Turnbull is trying to turn Emma Husar story into a Bill Shorten narrative
  40. Trump’s ratings held up by US economy; Australian polls steady
  41. Why are the volcanoes on Earth active, but the ones on Mars are not?
  42. Trees are made of human breath
  43. Why young women say no to rural Australia
  44. Paying an extra $150 million a year to protect growers? That's bananas!
  45. GetUp! on the impact of US corporate tax cuts on wages
  46. Button batteries kill. Here's how we can prevent needless child deaths from battery ingestion
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