The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Alan Kay
This week we are exploring research principles and methods to examine educational policies that inform 21st Century educational contexts and examining research and practice of international best practice relating to Digital Technologies education pedagogies, curricula, and assessment.
Introduction and Chapter 1
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