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A conversation with Miriam Edwards (Education Designer at the Williams Centre for Learning Advancement) and Ashley Anderson (Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education (MSPACE) Learning Designer) discuss the increased reliance on online study and how all teachers can use this opportunity to improve the learning experience for students with functional needs.

COVID-19 has changed our habits, explains a University of Melbourne expert. So what do we want to keep doing and stop doing, individually and as a community?

Lisa Baker from the Centre for Positive Psychology talks about our innate need for human connection and whether it has it taken a pandemic for us to embody it.

The next step in children's online learning will be how to teach social emotional learning in digital classrooms, says a University of Melbourne expert.

A conversation with Dr Nicky Dulfer, course co-ordinator of the International Baccalaureate program at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education.

A University of Melbourne expert says COVID-19 presents an opportunity to reevaluate our attitudes to modern education - right here, right now.

Families self-isolating through COVID-19 can bring out the worst in each other; a University of Melbourne expert explains how to keep communication harmonious.

Childcare centres are finding themselves in a particularly vulnerable financial position as parents pull their children from services.

Bridie Raban explains what parents can do to create an home environment which encourages the development of literacy skills from an early age.

Professor Lea Waters speaks to The Project about how we can best communicate with our children about the covid-19 pandemic.

"Now, more than ever, is the time for us to be proactive about creating small moments of happiness in our days," writes Professor Lea Waters.

Australia's Chief medical officer says the health committee advising governments believes that keeping schools open is the best thing to protect the community.

Megan O'Connell explores the economic impacts of closing schools and childcare centres on parents, families and casual staff.

Professor Sandra Milligan explains the difficulties schools and teachers are likely to face if they close for longer than two weeks.

Professor Lea Waters explains what can families expect and how can they survive not only the virus, but each other during a period of lock down.

Is a qualification crucial to the work you want to do? Megan O'Connell helps Triple J's Hack investigate.

Laureate Professor John Hattie explains why the independent school sector continues to grow, despite Catholic schools losing ground to the public system.

William Locke, director of the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, writes its unclear whether the Federal Government has a complete vision for its reforms to higher education.

How learner profiles, developed by MGSE, are going to change the way a dozen schools in South Australia are going to judge their students.

MGSE's Anna Krohn says research makes a strong positive link between physical exercise in children and academic results.

Education psychologist Dr Chelsea Hyde has seven tips for parents as their children making the move into pre school.

New findings from the Youth Research Centre finds one or more university degrees no longer guarantees job security as the gig economy continues to expand.

Prof Lea Waters AM provides top tips to deal with self-isolation, which can hit three critical components of mental health

Australia has been graded an "F" for student belonging. And the trend has declining since 2003.