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The Australian Government's Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) has published a Blended Synchronous Learning Handbook which is now available to download for free.
In 2011-2013 the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) provided funding for a project aimed at exploring Blended Synchronous Learning, which entails bringing together on-campus and distributed learners to partake in shared, real-time experiences. More...

The Wikimedia Foundation has released its first Transparency Report, providing a detailed overview of how it has responded to requests to change or remove information as well as requests for user data. More...

By Ursula Simmetsberger. How is media used to support teaching and learning in different parts of Europe? This question is at the heart of this research project carried out by the consortium of partners in 7 European countries involved in the European Commission supported project MEDEAnet (2012-2014).
Charting Media and Learning in Europe.pdf. More...

By Tracey Burns and Roxanne Kovacs, Directorate for Education and Skills. The environment is a hot topic in the press and classrooms across the world and much has been said about the need for action to protect our planet. If current trends in climate change continue, temperatures could increase between 3 and 6 degrees Celsius by 2050. Such large temperature increases would lead to water shortages for billions of people, reduce agricultural yields, increase malnutrition related deaths by millions and lead to the extinction of a large part of animal species. Read more...

By Kristen Weatherby, Senior Analyst, Directorate for Education and Skills. Last week we shared with the world the latest results from the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), at an Informal Meeting of Ministers of Education (17th OECD/Japan Seminar) held in Tokyo on 25-26 June.  
TALIS touched upon a wide range of teacher-centred topics, from professional development to collaboration and teaching practices. Read more...

By Andreas Schleicher Director, Directorate for Education and Skills. Compensating for students’ socio-economic disadvantage is one of the greatest challenges facing teachers,school leaders and education systems as a whole. However, data from PISA show that some countries are much better at this than others.
Consider the chart above. The horizontal axis shows the percentage of lower secondary teachers who work in schools where their principal reported that more than 30% of students in their school were from disadvantaged homes. The vertical axis shows the actual percentage of 15-year-old students from disadvantaged homes, measured by PISA’s internationally standardised index that summarises various indicators of socio-economic disadvantage, including parents’ income and education level, educational resources at home, and other family possessions. Read more...