We’re kicking off the next phase of our “Should everyone learn how to code?” project. This time around it’s a series of public workshops over […]
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To code or not to code, is that the question?
Over 2016-2017 Deloitte Centre for the Edge collaborated with Geelong Grammar School to run a national series of roundtables where we unpacked the common catchphrase […]
Continue readingCognitive collaboration
I have a new report out on DU Press – Cognitive Collaboration: Why humans and computers think better together – where a couple of coauthors and […]
Continue readingYou can’t democratise trust
I have a new post on the Deloitte Digital blog. There’s been a lot of talk about using technology to democratise trust, and much of it shows […]
Continue readingTo code or not to code, is that the question?
Centre for the Edge is dipping our toe into the education waters again after last years report, , Redefining Education. We’re collaborating with Geelong Grammar‘s School of […]
Continue readingBe careful what you measure
Tyler Cowen has an article over at MIT Technology Review, Measured and Unequal, that discusses how improved measurement of workers might be a fundamental driver of inequality in […]
Continue readingHow much do we need to know?
We used to be defined by what we knew. But today, knowing too much can be a liability. Google, for example, is putting its trust […]
Continue readingRedefining education
Our relationship with knowledge is changing, and consequently our relationship with education is changing. The snappy version of this is “Why remember what you can google?”. The longer story has interesting implications for the education sector as is changes what it means to be educated.
Continue readingEducation and learning are different things
Education and learning are very different things. It seems that we often confuse the two, to our detriment.
Continue readingThe Future of the Education Sector
We’ve spent the last six months or so at the Centre for the Edge looking into how the trends we saw in the Australian Shift […]
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