Providing customers with a personalised experience is no longer just an option for the marketing department or a ‘nice to have’ that enhances the core product. Instead, it’s become a source of competitive advantage and a critical success factor. For ...
More »UTS digital academy gets rankings nod
A joint venture between UTS and animation and digital production company Animal Logic has nabbed the top stop on two global tables. The UTS Animal Logic Academy (UTS ALA) was ranked first in Mobile – Production Excellence and Immersive Media ...
More »It’s time: Watch the Australian education sector race towards a cloud delivery model
After almost a decade of sluggish shuffling towards a cloud-based, digitally driven operating model, Australian education providers are collectively twigging to the benefits that can accrue from giving students and staff real-time access to information and services. Chief among these ...
More »Technology in education: a forecast for 2018
Digital transformation and the rise of millennials are dominating headlines in the Asia Pacific region (APAC). Rapid advancements in technology are drastically improving the way we do things. As millennials come of age, modern students will be adept with technology, ...
More »Opinion: improving graduate employability with technology
Graduate employability is a major area of concern for students and educators alike. Until recently, the solution relied on students proactively seeking out voluntary opportunities and internships that would give them exposure to the ‘real world’. Now, the focus has ...
More »Emoji hate speech? Deakin probes cartoon’s dark side
If you received the following in a text message, would you freak out? Alert the authorities? ?? ? Or would you simply ¯\_(ツ)_/¯? Legal experts are in multiple minds about it, a study has found. Researchers from Deakin University's law school combed ...
More »Universities expecting disruption by 2030
Navitas Ventures - the innovation arm of global higher education provider Navitas - has been pondering digital transformation in higher education. After realising universities, students and edtech venture founders were too, it solicited their views on the matter. "We wanted to ...
More »Farewell to pen and paper
Universities that wish to retain their digital native students need to bring their exams into the 21st century, writes Michael Cowling. Imagine a lecture theatre with students sitting at every other chair. On the seat next to them, a pile ...
More »Digital age shapes Deakin design
Deakin University’s new gateway building for its Melbourne campus won’t have lecture theatres but a number of meeting places. The thinking behind the design is that teaching and learning has changed markedly in the digital age. The cost of the ...
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