https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 A New Look and Convergence Rate of Federated Multitask Learning With Laplacian Regularization https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:55654 Wed 26 Jun 2024 08:35:42 AEST ]]> Through growth to achievement: examining edtech as a solution to Australia's declining educational achievement https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:43223 Through Growth to Achievement. The report offers a number of recommendations to address declining achievement in Australian schooling. Pulling together scholarship on policy and educational technology I provide an analysis of key aspects of this report. This analysis draws attention to three salient features of the report: continuous assessment for continuous improvement; education as personalized learning; and, growth mindset as a policy mandate. I explore the implications for schooling in Australia if these features were to be taken up. Analysis indicates that Australia could undergo significant change: teaching would be reconstituted as a process of continuous assessment; processes of personalized learning would lead to algorithmically tethered educative opportunities based upon students' previous achievement and choices; and learners would be reshaped by technologies of persuasion. Given that educational jurisdictions globally are increasingly advocating for these types of educational solutions, this research is valuable as it provides a basis for further critique of such technologies being proffered as a panacea for educational disadvantage.]]> Wed 14 Sep 2022 16:01:06 AEST ]]>