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Matt Bower

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Education Technology Research and Teaching at Macquarie University

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Joined March 2010
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Innovative Pedagogy 2024 report:
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Matt Bower
2 years
Hot off the press, open access research: "How should we change teaching and assessment in response to increasingly powerful generative Artificial Intelligence? Outcomes of the ChatGPT teacher survey" https://t.co/RGUk9ZPqJE #AI #genAI #education #technology
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Education and Information Technologies - There has been widespread media commentary about the potential impact of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT on the Education field, but...
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Matt Bower
2 years
Kranzberg's first law of technology: "Technology is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral." https://t.co/T3uC0AJtAq
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2 years
Understanding what AI can do is like understanding infinity. (Image created using ChatGPT4)
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2 years
How remote learning impacted elementary students’ online self-regulation for learning: A COVID-19 Natural Experiment - https://t.co/qUhONIUU2T #ScholarAlerts #MQeducation
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2 years
Generative AI at the same time changes everything and nothing. Generative AI changes everything because we will forever use genAI across our lives and learning. But it changes nothing because we still need focus on achieving our growth as humans and societal aspirations. #GenAI
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2 years
The fundamental assumption of my 2019 BJET paper "Technology-Mediated Learning Theory" was: "In technology-mediated learning contexts, agentic intentions reside with humans, and not with technology" But generative AI changes that. #RethinkingRequired https://t.co/OAbJznz3ui
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Matt Bower
2 years
Great quote from Ethan Mollick's One Useful Thing blog: "there are only two ways to react to exponential change: too early or too late" https://t.co/hWvzbhWzQj
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Technological change brings organizational change.
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Matt Bower
2 years
Interesting reflections upon thematic analysis by Richard Devine: https://t.co/ZYlWOUX96P Positioning according to the Realist/essentialist – Relativist/ constructionist theorisation is useful to articulate when conducting thematic analysis.
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Matt Bower
2 years
Great quote from the AARE23 conference: "With advancements in Artificial Intelligence, in 5 years you wont even need yourself."
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Matt Bower
2 years
'We can't afford to wait': Underfunded public schools harming Australia’s economy, new report finds | The Educator K/12
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Australia's economic position is at risk of "deterioration" if public schools remain underfunded, the new research warns
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Matt Bower
2 years
Three big Education reviews: Early Childhood Education and Care Review (Productivity Commission) https://t.co/g7LgPCqKlq Federal Review to Inform a Better and Fairer Education System Consultation https://t.co/P0LOfLeMTf Australian Universities Accord https://t.co/tGh8hb4dnr
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education.gov.au
The Australian Government committed to an Australian Universities Accord to drive lasting and transformative reform in Australia’s higher education system.
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Matt Bower
2 years
‘Lockdown’ learning designs – Parent preferences towards remote and online learning for their children during the COVID-19 pandemic - Matt Bower, Jennifer Lai, Penny Van Bergen, Lucie Hobson, Rebecca Stephens, 2023 https://t.co/EwOgtmFPma @MQEducation
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The widespread move to online schooling during the COVID-19 crisis meant that parents played a significant role in educating their children. However, there is a...
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2 years
also, the video we made for dalle 3 is SO CUTE:
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Matt Bower
2 years
Thinking about how to update my BJET paper Technology Mediated Learning Theory to account for generative AI. Perhaps we need to transition from thinking in terms of Technology Enhanced Learning to Technology Amplified Learning. https://t.co/OAbJznz3ui #EdTech #MQSoE
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Australian Academy of Science
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Can you spot a fake? When journalism and other sources seek to mislead, distort and obfuscate scientific evidence, they undermine public trust in science. Learning to spot the green and red flags is a vital defence against this. Read our top tips for spotting misinformation.
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JoBlannin
2 years
Along with my colleagues, I invite you to contribute to our research on Digital Technology curriculum readiness among Australian educators. Read more: https://t.co/h4SKXfc4NH Direct Link to the survey:
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT Project ID: 38313 Project title: Exploring national teaching practices in digital technologies Dr Jo Blannin Department of Education email: [email protected] You are invited...
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