Category: Education

Free Teacher Professional Development – Back to School Events.

by MSAUEDU Posted on November 28, 2019December 9, 2019

Free Teacher Professional Development offered by Microsoft Australia - get your classroom ready for the new year! Register now for our free in-person teacher professional development training days in January 2020 - just in time to prepare for the new school year. In-person training events: Event agenda: 9:00am Tea/Coffee & Register / Surface... Read more

New scenarios launched for Microsoft Higher Education Accelerator for Dynamics 365

by Ray Fleming Posted on October 16, 2019October 16, 2019

We've added new scenarios to our Dynamics 365 Higher Education Accelerator, launched this time last year. In addition to the student lifecycle and student analytics components of the Accelerator, we have just announced functionality to support business partner management - which is another core scenario in Australian universities which is currently undergoing rapid... Read more

Announcing AI Business School for Education

by MSAUEDU Posted on October 2, 2019October 8, 2019

We live in an ever more digital, connected world. With the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the opportunity we have to provide truly personalised, accessible learning and experiences to all students around the world is now upon us. Leaders in education have the opportunity to dramatically impact outcomes more than ever, from changing the way in which they engage with... Read more

Announcing our new podcast: Artificial Intelligence in Education

by Ray Fleming Posted on September 30, 2019October 8, 2019

Dan Bowen and Ray Fleming, from our Microsoft Australia Education team, have put their voices together to create a new podcast series, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education Podcast. Over the coming weeks they'll be talking about what artificial intelligence is, and what it could be used for in schools, colleges and universities. It isn't a technical conversation, but... Read more

St Francis Xavier College unleashes Teams power with teachers-first strategy

by MSAUEDU Posted on September 16, 2019September 16, 2019

Parachuting new technology into the classroom and simply hoping for the best is at best wildly optimistic. Certainly it was not an approach that resonated for Phil Sakellaridis, Director of Digital Learning at St Francis Xavier College, one of Australia’s largest secondary schools with 3200 students and 490 staff spread across three campuses in Melbourne’s south... Read more

Managing engagement on Teams: Intervention or Nudges?

by MSAUEDU Posted on September 10, 2019September 16, 2019

Teams is one of the fastest organically adopted new technologies across universities in Australia, as professional and academic staff have started using it to collaborate with their colleagues and students. This time last year, we described it as "the fastest growing business app in Microsoft history", in use by 1/2 million organisations, and two months ago it was reported... Read more