Active learning

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Brave new learning

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Play”] The technology is transforming the traditional classroom, blackboards, chalks and brick-thick textbooks are being replaced by tablet computers and classrooms with virtual learning rooms. Worldwide governments are advancing electronic learning in local schools by rolling out pilot schemes and granting funds, maximizing the benefits of e-learning. Ambient Insight, has researched the e-learning, and…

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Khan: Education in 2060

  [responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Play”] Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, a not-for-profit online education provider, shares his thoughts on what the educational landscape will look like in 50 years. By 2060, he predicts three major shifts in education: a change to the classroom model, a change to the credential model and a change in the role of…

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Blended learning develops 21st century skills

The pervasive use of computers and the Internet in daily activities has brought about cultural changes to society perhaps more profound than the changes made over a century ago with the Industrial Revolution. How people gather and share information, and the speed at which this is done, makes obsolete the classrooms of just 10 years…

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5 Alternatives for gaining knowledge

Although you might know that traditional schooling is one of the more popular ways of learning, there is always a chance that going to class just isn’t for you. This doesn’t mean that you should stop trying to learn or that there aren’t other opportunities out there for you to try, however. In fact, you…