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What’s Australia made of? Geologically, it depends on the state you’re in
We think of Australia as a solid landmass. But it’s actually more like a jigsaw puzzle that has been put together over many millions of years.
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QCD Downunder 2017
QCD Downunder 2017 brought together a number of specialists in non-perturbative field theory as well as others working in the areas of hadron physics and related fields.
Nurturing the Innovation Generation
As the Smart Cities movement gathers momentum worldwide, a new generation of University of Adelaide students is preparing to take our urban lives to entirely new levels of sophistication, satisfaction and sustainability.
Social Smarts Guiding International Tech Take-Up
On paper, smart technology would appear capable of supporting and enhancing virtually every aspect of urban life. But in real world applications, of course, technological capability is no guarantee of success.
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Research Contract: Understanding Australia’s Teaching Culture with Respect to Gender Diversity
Our collaborative research project with the Department of Gender Studies and Social Sciences explores how we can better understand the issue of gender diversity in Computer Science, and how we can make changes in our educational environments to approach more equal representation.
Research Contract: Understanding the Relationship Between Social Community Formation and Progression within MOOC Environments
We are continuing our collaborative research relationship with Google Australia through a new research contract supporting us in a deep data analysis of our community-based MOOCs, designed to further our analysis into successful MOOC models for professional learning within Computer Science.
CSSM news updates from 2016
The 26th International Nuclear Physics Conference was held in Adelaide 11-16 September.
Research Contract: Supporting Teachers to Assess Student Learning in K-10 Computer Science, ESA (2016-2018)
K-10 Computer Science (CS) Education is a new domain with very limited resourcing in respect of assessment. The Australian Digital Technologies and Learning Forum (2015) acknowledged assessment as a critical area for further work, and our recent review of available K-12 Computer Science education resources identified that assessment was one key area where resource development was required to support the use of existing high-quality resources in the classroom.
Proceedings of INPC 2016
Proceedings and presentations from the 26th International Nuclear Physics Conference in Adelaide.
Dr Rebecca Vivian Receives Barbara Cail Stem Fellowship
Dr Rebecca Vivian has been awarded a Barbara Cail STEM Fellowship. The Fellowships are a highly prestigious award from the Australian Government, funded through a partnership between Chief Executive Women (CEW) and the Office for Women within the Commonwealth Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Only two awards are awarded nationally for this Fellowship scheme. Ms Sarah Chapman, a prize-winning Science educator from Townsville is the second recipient.
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