Education

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    Flipping The Classroom

    Issue 16

    The Flipped Classroom is probably the most exciting and most significant change taking place now – it challenges the entire way of thinking of the learning industry for the past 200 years. And the concept is just so, so simple – its amazing. When you ‘flip’ a classroom – homework takes the place of classwork, and classwork takes the...

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    The MOOCs

    Issue 16

    The most exciting advancement in the last few years for educators and innovators around the world has the creation and rise of MOOCs. What are they – MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Course – it refers to a new way of teaching, and a new way of learning for students after school. It refers to full courses –...

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    Say Hello to Salman Khan

    Issue 16

    Although MOOCs may have captured imaginations in the last couple of years – the “real” revolution in education is being driven by the Khan Academy; and the efforts of one man – Salman Khan. As most will know, I am not talking about the Bollywood actor, but instead of the “superstar” teacher – who has, through simple 10 minute...

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