Catherine Smith is a senior lecturer in Wellbeing Science and tweets on care, inclusion, wellbeing, technology, gamified pedagogy, practice, policy …and pets
Here are six ways to make Australian education more inclusive with smarter tech assisted use of student centred data and funding. I’d love to know what you think. theguardian.com/australia-ne…
Just read through the government’s DRC response and pretty underwhelmed especially after they have had 10 months to do this. Little new money, lot of reannouncing, lot of buck passing and real missed opportunity for some meaningful change.
This seems a very low price to pay for all that ‘free’ academic labour. Will there be algorithms that rank peer reviewed content above other sources, I wonder?
Twitter cofounder Ev Williams is backing a new social network called Maven, which trades likes and follows for algorithms designed to foster serendipity and deep discussion. wired.trib.al/6BGP8Cj
New piece and some new theoretical perspectives. The care students provide for each other is really important to nurture. Helping International students help seek for themselves and others in Australian Uni’s should be supported.
🔔 New Open Access article: “Enacted spaces of peer learning: tracing practices of relationality among international students in higher education” by Andrew Deuchar, Jun Fu, Annie Gowing (@GowingAnnie), and Catherine Smith (@educ84equity). Read here: tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.…
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Finally got my hands on the hard copy of this book. Worked with absolute dream team @DrSophieYates@JanineOFlynn@educ84equity and an absolute stellar cast of authors.
The chapter appears in Research Handbook on Public Management and COVID-19 ed by @drhdickinson, @DrSophieYates, @JanineOFlynn, and @educ84equity. Huge thanks for asking me to contribute and for all your excellent efforts and hard work pulling this together!
BERJ welcomes applications to join our editorial board as we further diversify the board’s representation and expertise. We regard board members as key to the journal’s quality, reputation, and inclusive publishing. For details & to apply 👉 bera.ac.uk/opportunity/join-…@BERANews
PhD scholarship available at @latrobelaw! I'm delighted to be able to offer PhD supervision on matters related to disability, law, and society, encompassing issues of mental health, aged care, and so on. Please share with those who may be interested. latrobe.edu.au/study/scholar…
Expressions of Interest to join the @VCOSS Board are open until Wednesday 31 January. They are particularly interested in receiving EOIs from applicants with lived/living experience of barriers to social or economic inclusion.
The VCOSS Board is seeking to appoint two new members.
People from diverse backgrounds and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.
Previous Board experience is not essential.
Full details at vcoss.org.au/JoinTheBoard
Are you passionate about the health rights of people with intellectual disability? Do you want to be a part of the newly established National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health? See about Council applications at 3dn.unsw.edu.au/national-cen…
Keynote: @Neil_Selwyn points out it's half a litre of water everytime you ask AI a question...! What if using AI in education is environmentally untenable? #aare2023