ASCILITE publication - provides a contemporary reporting of the digital technology and practices across Australasia.
Porter, D. B., Campbell, C., Logan-Fleming, D., & Jones, H. (Eds.). (2023). Bringing Australasian Technology and Practice Trends Into Focus: The 2022–2023 Contextualising Horizon Report. ASCILITE.
The practices are thematic organised into: hybrid and flexible learning; AI literacy; mental health and well-being; the evolution of mobile learning; and integration of indigenous knowledges.
STEEP (social, technological, economic, environmental and political) trends affecting how technology is availed and practices resources and supported, are discussed.
Social trends, post-pandemic, mean there are new ways of working, both within industry and academia. However, the pandemic also revealed the many challenges of digital equity and inclusivity, which have not been solved. The main technological influence presently, is Gen AI which requires workforce capability to be built. Advances in augmented and virtual reality, also require capability to be resources. The current rise in the cost of living, the reshaping of the higher education workforce, and a move towards skills-based hiring, all affect economics. Environmental concerns include the design of physical spaces to provide for more flexible work, learning and teaching, initiatives to support diversity, equity and inclusion, and the need to maintain and meet future sustainable development goals, are all important. Political forces include current and possible/impending global disruption, changes in government funding models, and the inclusion of first people's.
Of note in the exemplars for the hybrid/flexible learning theme is the Ara midwifery programme's networked-distributed model.
All in, a good update on where the sector is at with digital technology approaches towards tertiary education.
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