Humans Of Edtech: Learning In The Times Of Coronavirus

Humans Of Edtech: Learning In The Times Of Coronavirus

SUMMARY

From China to Pune to Pulwama, edtech is bringing down learning hurdles even in tough conditions

Through jugaad and passion, Indian innovators are solving critical problems for underprivileged communities

As the internet democratises learning, edtech is going beyond fancy tablets and digital classrooms and to the streets

Technology is upending the traditional ways of teaching and learning. What does the future of education hold?As the saying goes, not all heroes wear capes.China’s “National Cloud Classroom,” which was developed in the 2000s has sprung into action.This is where the idea of Swalekhan was born. “Lekhan” means writing while “Swa” means self.“It was disheartening for me. If the writer is not efficient or slow in writing, we face problems,” she went on to add.“Once a visually-impaired person learns touch typing, there is no need for them to use scribes or rely on anyone. Even in advanced STEM subjects where there are complicated formulas and symbols, scribes can falter,” Rege said.“You can ask nine-year-olds to find out about the entanglement of particles and they will come back to you and explain in their nine-year-old way – not as a graduate would of course – exactly what it is. Things can be in two places at the same time, they say,” said Sugata Mitra.“In India, I found two illiterate people texting each other. They had invented a language for themselves which you and I would not understand. I wonder: are there such things as illiterates at all? Yes, if we give them an examination on grammar, but maybe we’ve got the definition wrong and there’s a new literacy that we’re unaware of.”“Many of the students who succeed using our online courses are from remote areas from where students can never hope to come to mainland India and study,” says Akhand Swaroop Pandit.

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