Small changes can make a big impact on your productivity. So, don’t worry if you’re losing your New Year’s resolution drive. We often get overwhelmed by making huge goals and then get frustrated with ourselves when we fail to achieve them. The great news is making even tiny changes to your day can pay off… Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a massive shift in the way we work, learn and connect with others. While there are a number of well-known organisations within Australia that offer online formal qualifications, Open Colleges being one of them, not all schools were prepared to make the shift to a fully online learning environment. At… Read More
Studying a course is one way to learn something new, improve your skills, enhance your knowledge and increase your employability. So if the benefits of completing your studies are so positive, why do we find it hard to stay focused? Read on to discover the reasons why you might be finding it hard to focus… Read More
The year is coming to a close and, as always, there have been some interesting trends in education, from a renewed interest in “growth mindsets” to more emphasis being placed on things like social inclusion and engagement in learning, project-based learning, and digital literacy and citizenship. Every year, researchers also uncover new evidence about learning… Read More
A lot has changed since MIT first announced that it would be making its course materials freely available online. Back in 2001, the idea that university-level content could be accessed at no cost by users anywhere in the world was virtually unheard of, and the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative was a major driver in the Open… Read More
Recently I was listening to Scott Barry Kaufman’s Psychology Podcast, which I highly recommend. Scott was speaking with James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, about the way we achieve growth in our personal and professional lives. Many of us see goal setting as the best approach to achievement, but Clear sees it differently. In his… Read More