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AI virtual tutors for tertiary students likened to the leap to calculators in developing critical thinking
Australian researchers are developing artificial intelligence technology to provide around the clock assistance for tertiary students in remote areas. The federal government is also funding study hubs as part of an attempt to better engage remote students and improve...
Reimagining the future of AI in the education ecosystem
When young people are involved in speculating about future schools, they raise a range of ideas and agendas that are currently sidelined in mainstream discussions – including what traditional aspects of schooling we should be looking to keep. Our research project...
Artificial intelligence skills and knowledge in libraries
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) poses challenges as well as opportunities for anyone or anything dealing with digital technologies, including libraries.
How Well Does ChatGPT Handle Reference Inquiries? An Analysis Based on Question Types and Question Complexities
To explore whether artificial intelligence can be used to enhance library services, this study used ChatGPT to answer reference questions.
Expert Q&A: Exploring Australia’s PIRLS results
Australia’s results in the 2021 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) were released last week by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). PIRLS has measured trends in year 4 students’ reading literacy achievement every 5 years since...
Intention in Your Makerspace: Making Your Maker Learning Space Accessible
Creating a reading culture in primary and secondary schools: a practical guide (Book Review)
This new publication from Margaret Merga is a timely and essential manual for anyone wanting to create or reinvigorate the reading culture in schools.
‘We talk books’: Teacher librarians promoting book discussion to foster reading engagement
Beyond books: High school librarians as champions of pupil inclusivity, autonomy, and reader development
School librarians can support and enhance pupils’ reading and personal development. However, there is very little research which has sought high school librarians’ perspectives of the diverse ways in which they do this.
In plain sight: School librarian practices within infrastructures for learning
This study explored how school librarian practices are resources that can support teaching and learning at schools in Sweden.