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Research suggests relationships are key to ensuring home energy upgrade programs work.
If an older person believes dodgy health advice on social media, it’s easy to blame their age. But we’re all susceptible.
The eSafety Commissioner has just warned how AI tools have ‘significantly escalated’ safety risks around sharing photos and videos online.
While technology can promote inclusion and access to information, it can also lead to dependency and affect the cultural identity of indigenous communities.
Half of Year 6 students met or exceeded the national ‘proficient standard for ICT literacy’ in the latest round of testing.
The government says digital IDs will modernise services. Critics fear exclusion and creeping surveillance.
A new code for children’s online privacy is currently open for consultation. Here’s what it contains.
A combination of education, income and technology has a strong influence on women’s reproductive autonomy.
Disparities in learning and work, as well as increased exposure to scams, are just some of the risks of a growing ‘AI divide’.
Early digital literacy prepares children for future learning and careers.
New research shows internet access can be sorely lacking for First Nations people because of cost, poor infrastructure and little training.
As AI algorithms quietly take over life’s most important decisions, the right to opt out is fading – and with it, our autonomy.
Technology has huge benefits in education, but kids need to learn how to use it properly.
Some people ask generative AI health questions that would usually require clinical advice, such as whether to go to hospital for certain symptoms.
More than 70% of Australians aged 65 and older use social media to some degree. Improving digital literacy and online safety will help them benefit from it even more.
It’s not all about broadband access. Key adult education programs help Canadians acquire needed digital literacy skills for further education, apprenticeship training, certification and employment.
Instead of just banning young people from social media, the government should develop and fund better social media literacy programs for them.
Users must learn to understand and navigate digital environments critically.
New Zealand is among many countries debating a ban on under-16s having social media accounts. But making digital media literacy education a priority would be a better first step.
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research Environment and Postgraduate Research, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor, Educational Technology, Université Laval
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Vice Provost for Academic Programs, SUNY Empire State College
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Professor of Reading and Children’s Development, The Open University
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Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland
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Distinguished Librarian, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Professor of Literacies and Digital Cultures, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Education (Innovation in Schooling & Educational Technology), University of Newcastle
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Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Research Scientist in Digital Economics, CSIRO
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Associate Professor in Education & Technology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Lecturer in the School of Education, University of Newcastle
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Assistant Director of the Adult Literacy Research Center, Georgia State University