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The Power to Choose What Students Learn, How They Learn and Whom They Learn From is Shifting from Educators to Learners

Learning in the 21st Century

Students learn better when they are engaged with their learning. Student engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity and interest students show in their learning, driven by a sense of value in deepening their understanding. The 21st century model for teaching-learning is certainly very different from the century before.…Continue reading “Learning in the 21st Century”

Empowering students with their own learning

Students need to curate their own learning experiences

Learning is a skill and each of us engages with it differently. Students should be empowered to explore how they wish to engage with a lesson or topic or concept.

Learning is a skill…

Students today learn differently from their parents. Digital technologies have fundamentally changed the way Gen Z interacts with the world.

Schools need to explore ways technologies can help students be more focussed.

In a world where robotics innovation and AI will most certainly compete for jobs with humans, our approach to education has not adapted to help Gen Z and Gen Alfa be competitive.

Are we equipping our students to co-exist with AI?

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Investigating e-portfolios: The learner’s perspective

E-portfolio (EP) learner preferences in an EP system: Flexibility: EPs are about people, rather than technology. EP tools should be unobtrusive, supportive & flexible to accommodate the diverse learner needs…

e-portfolios – A celebration of an vibrant & reflective mind

'The e-portfolio is the central and common point for the student learning experience... It is a reflection of the student as a person undergoing continuous personal development, not just a…

Electronic portfolios – a multimodal education tool

‘An e-portfolio is a purposeful aggregation of digital items – ideas, evidence, reflections, feedback etc, which “presents” a selected audience with evidence of a person’s learning and/or ability.’ Sutherland, S.…

Good pedagogy – a perspective on Finland’s Education

I recently had the privilege of reading about Finland’s Education system and was amazed to learn about its success in making Finland’s teenagers the smartest & brightest in the world. According to…

Private tuitions – a reflection of falling teaching standards in India

A survey conducted by Assocham Social Development Foundation has found that falling teaching standards and fear of poor performance in school and national level assessments drive urban Indian middle class…

Web 2.0 : Dimensions of learner experience

The Web 2.0 is a powerful teaching resource as it encompasses the playful, expressive, reflective and exploratory aspects of knowledge building. Web 2.0 is an umbrella term for internet applications which support…

Technology in Education

Education for digital learner in digital world

In our world... Everyone with a computer can be a potential writer, author or a publisher Everyone with a cell phone with a camera can be a potential photographer or…

Teacher Training

Chasm between teacher training & practice

Research is an existential attitude and therefore since time immemorial there have been facts established and theories propounded about education in general and learning in particular. This enormous body of…

Technology in Education

ICT as important as literacy and numeracy

A recent major review of England's primary school curriculum says technology should be a new "centrepiece" along with English and maths. The report, released in April 2009, recommends: "(i) Literacy,…

Manipulation of materials – Safety or Sanity

Children, right from infants, need to explore and play with different materials in a safe environment. These could be seemingly safe materials like stuffed toys or seemingly unsafe ones like…