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edna education news
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Cross-sectoral education news aggregated by Education Network Australia (edna)
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Education Network Australia
Education Network Australia (edna) was a collaborative project between all Australian governments, states and territories and sectors of education and training. The project was partly funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
Initiated in 1994 as a means to facilitate access to the internet for schools and vocational education providers, edna developed as a national framework for all levels and sectors of education. Technical development began in earnest in 1996 with an online directory being created. It was considered to be amongst the first database driven website of its kind in Australia and considered to be very much ‘state-of-the-art.’ edna underpinned key government strategies and policies of national and jurisdictional governments in Australia by providing infrastructure, resources and support in a cost-effective model of service delivery.
Over its life edna has historically played an important strategic role in supporting the uptake of ICT in education and training, supporting practitioners in implementing current technologies and showing leadership and best practice in addressing emerging needs that come with advancement in technology.
Today marks the end of an era. Education Services Australia would like to acknowledge all those innovative, Information Management and Education professionals who have worked on edna over the years and wish them well for the future.
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National Safe Schools Framework released to combat bullying
Every school in Australia will be able to audit how safe they are under a highly anticipated national framework to be released in Brisbane today. The release of the revised National Safe Schools Framework coincides with Australia's first National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence, the Herald Sun reported. Federal School Education Minister Peter Garrett said the framework was "the only national anti-bullying resource of its kind in the world". Nationally, anti-bullying expert Professor Phillip Slee said about 100,000 students were bullied every day. Mr Garrett said schools would be better-equipped to deal with bullying after the release of the framework.
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New class of technology
The use of digital tools is radically reworking how schools are communicating in lessons. Computer studies were once relegated to a classroom of their own. Now digital technology in countless forms has become integral to learning. And many independent schools are at the forefront of their application.
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2011 Horizon Report
Each year, the Horizon Report describes six areas of emerging technology that will have significant impact on higher education and creative expression over the next one to five years. The areas of emerging technology cited for 2011 are: Time to adoption: One Year or Less - Electronic Books and Mobiles; Time to adoption: Two to Three Years - Augmented Reality and Game-based Learning; Time to adoption: Four to Five Years - Gesture-based Computing and Learning Analytics.
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ITU estimates two billion people online by end 2010
Latest statistics from the International Telecommunication Union reveal that the number of Internet users worldwide doubled in the past five years and will surpass the two billion mark in 2010. 162 million of the 226 million new Internet users in 2010 will be from developing countries ...ITU considers broadband as a catalyst for growth. ITU, 19 October 2010.
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