Get smart: lifelong learning and relearning

March 19, 2015 05:47 PM
The world has changed drastically in the last 20 years. Yet the institutions and structures we use to educate people are often hundreds of years old. Are traditional ways of learning still relevant? Is the traditional university with its large buildings and established structures for learning becoming obsolete? How is the role of the teacher changing? Are there universal, timeless principles of learning that never change? How do we utilize new technology to enhance learning?

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The world has changed drastically in the last 20 years. Yet the institutions and structures we use to educate people are often hundreds of years old. Are traditional ways of learning still relevant? Is the traditional university with its large buildings and established structures for learning becoming obsolete? How is the role of the teacher changing? Are there universal, timeless principles of learning that never change? How do we utilize new technology to enhance learning?

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