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How SA Department for Education is taking its data maturity to a new level

How SA Department for Education is taking its data maturity to a new level using advanced analytics, machine learning and cloud technologies

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Responsive teaching that reflects the reality of the student experience using Microsoft Reflect

Every act of learning happens in a context. When an educator steps in front of a room to begin the first lesson of the day, with the first period bell’s ring still echoing in the hall, that educator must deal with myriad challenges and backgrounds students have brought to the classroom. Events at home, frustration… View Article

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How can higher education create a next generation digital campus?

In the past few years, I have spoken to vice chancellors, university presidents, CIOs, and deans from the world’s largest and most prominent universities. What I found is they share 3 common initiatives to improve the quality of higher education (HED) for students, educators, and administrators:  Tailored learning experiences and communities to develop student skills and… View Article

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Reducing the device divide to enhance learning experiences at Hillpark School

Educators around the globe are tasked with preparing students for the jobs, challenges and opportunities of the future. This means that now, more than ever, students deserve equitable access to technology. However, with device equity a pressing issue for schools across New Zealand, students are at risk of unequitable outcomes. That’s why Microsoft Education New… View Article

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Innovation for Impact and Lifelong Learning – Accelerating Baulkham Hills North Public School’s Digital Transformation

In todays’ rapidly transforming world, how can schools and educators prepare students for the jobs, challenges, and opportunities of the future?  It’s a question asked by educators throughout the world, and taken to heart by Baulkham Hills North Public School (BHNPS) as they embarked on a partnership with Microsoft Australia and HP.  The New South… View Article

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Grade A5 Security – How schools like Te Kura are creating the safest learning environments

With schools around Aotearoa embracing technology and moving to blended learning, this greater flexibility has been shadowed by greater cyber risk. Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura), New Zealand’s Correspondence School, knows this better than most. Turning 100 this year, the school has a modern and cutting-edge approach to digital technologies, to enable better… View Article

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Barker College staff and students become ‘citizen developers’ with Power Platform

When independent school Barker College decided to upgrade its student information system into a “Barker-verse”, it was seeking a platform that was cost-effective and flexible enough to meet the diverse needs of the school.  The school’s ICT project manager, Andrew Ashby, says Barker decided to adopt Microsoft Power Platform to automate processes and augment its… View Article

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Job-ready grads are closing the digital skills gap

After a day of classes, homework, and part-time work, students need time to wind down. So, using up their precious free hours to learn industry skills can be daunting.  When the University of Sunshine Coast (USC) embedded industry certifications as a mandatory part of its ICT curriculum this year, it solved a problem for students…. View Article

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How robotic process automation is unlocking more efficiencies and deeper insights for Australian Catholic University

Australian Catholic University (ACU) ranks in the top 2 per cent of universities worldwide. It serves around 33,000 students, including more than 4,300 international students from more than 90 countries. ACU also has over 125,000 alumni.  The university needed to synchronise the data in its primary system for managing prospective students and alumni with a new… View Article

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Brisbane Catholic Education reimplements its ERP in the cloud to support over 170 schools with varied needs

Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) provides services, programs and resources to 146 schools across South East Queensland, along with approximately 30 schools in the Diocese of Cairns.  BCE recently launched its new digital strategy to better engage and support students, teachers and staff members in a climate of rapid technological transformation.  “For us in IT, it’s… View Article

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Microsoft and UTS launch Biz Apps Graduate Certificate to help solve technology skills shortage

The course aims to produce 1,200 graduates over the next two years.  Microsoft and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have today announced an innovative new course designed to help individuals build high-value careers and enable more organisations to harness the power of business applications.  As we progress towards an increasingly augmented workforce where humans… View Article

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Migration to Azure turns Edith Cowan University into a data powerhouse

When Edith Cowan University began its decade-long data warehouse transformation, it was essentially looking to create a “single source of truth” for student and financial information.  The previous IT infrastructure lacked flexibility and agility. It also could not deliver the insights required because it lacked capability in how the data could be used, consolidated and… View Article

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From Paper to Ink; moving from paper-based learning to a digital learning environment

St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls has been educating young women for the past 125 years. A school steeped in academic achievement and tradition, its digital transformation was in its infancy when the recent events of COVID-19 saw it rapidly gain momentum overnight.    Prior to COVID-19, the school’s device structure consisted of Computers on… View Article

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Queensland Department of Education secures 271,000 devices and servers in just six weeks

The Queensland Department of Education (QDoE) provides education services to more than 580,000 students across 1,258 schools in the state. It also employs more than 78,000 people in teaching and corporate roles.  QDoE has a well-established reputation for its zero-tolerance approach to child safety. It prioritises protecting students and staff by securing the information and… View Article

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Australian Islamic College tech upgrade opens a door to the future – and the world

When Australia went into Covid-19 lockdown, the Australian Islamic College was able to switch to online learning in days, thanks to a well-timed technology upgrade to Microsoft 365 A5 for Education.  With over 25 years’ experience in the Education Sector, Microsoft Gold partner and solutions provider Data#3 worked with the college in Western Australia to transform teaching,… View Article

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Catholic Education Western Australia takes proactive steps to accelerate digital transformation

Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) is utilising Microsoft Unified Support to help deliver its digital transformation program and adopt a more agile way of working in the cloud. As a result, the organisation can better protect its most critical data and proactively head off performance issues before they begin.  Catholic Education Western Australia is the… View Article

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