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WORK
Working from Home: Accessibility in the Work Place
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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an overnight shift to working from home, showing just how many jobs can be done remotely.
While many feel inconvenienced by this shift to working from home, some employees with a disability...
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Streamed Shakespeare: A shift to online theatre
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Since theatres shut their doors during lockdown, the arts have become one of the hardest hit industries. But, one group of Sydney based actors have taken the digital turn into their stride...
The Digitalisation of the Workforce in a post pandemic world
More people are turning to apps to improve their mental wellbeing during the Coronavirus pandemic. New findings show that there is little evidence to back up their effectiveness, but for some people they are all they can afford.
HEALTH
Telehealth still not reaching all rural Australians
During the Coronavirus pandemic , the word ‘telehealth’ has crept into everyday conversations across the country. But it’s not a new word for rural Australians..
Apps for mental health; do they work?
More people are turning to apps to improve their mental wellbeing during the Coronavirus pandemic. New findings show that there is little evidence to back up their effectiveness, but for some people they are all they can afford.
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Digihealth the future... but are we ready?
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The Coronavirus pandemic has ignited discussion of the automation of the workplace and what the future holds for certain industries.
EDUCATION
Living remote: homeschooling in remote areas during Covid-19
Since the Covid19 outbreak, conversations regarding digital exclusion have resurfaced in public discourse, as many students and workers felt the struggles of shifting their work and studies completely online. among the people affected, students in remote communities felt the struggle in a unique way...
Lack of Digital Literacy: The gap between parents and children
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Although the digital divide is primarily a socio-economic divide, it is also an age-related divide.
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This was definitely the case for Adib Taylor and his wife Feryal Monzer.
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The parents of three had two high-school students and a university student all studying from home, and this is when...
The Impact of Covid-19 on socio-economically disadvantaged students
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Amongst the stresses that come with isolation, some students are finding themselves in a difficult position while trying to shift into an online learning model.
Samantha Monzer is a high school student in year 12 preparing for her HSC..
A LOOK INTO THE DIGITAL UNDERCLASS