"So whats my wish? My wish is that we design the future of learning. We don't want to be spare parts for a great human computer, do we?"
The idea of leaving a
computer out in a place where people have never used one seems like a
waste of time but as Sugata Mitra saw it, it was an invitation for children to
investigate technology and an invitation for children to teach amongst themselves. It sounds bizarre that the children he
talks about had never used a computer and in just a few months they learnt to
use and understand what it was without any guidance from teachers.
The concept or his wish, as he calls it, is brilliant, the idea that a whole selection of different learning materials from mentors all over the world could be taught from the cloud to people all across the world is the type of concept that reinforces the need for technology in education. The whole system running from one location with only one person monitoring the facility yet having the ability to give education to anybody in the world could be the future of teaching, the future of schools.
He talks about what he calls ‘SOLE’ which stands for ‘Self Organized Learning Environments’ which is somewhat of a strange concept. Making the teachers ask a question and then stepping back from the interaction almost completely and letting students discover through using the internet show just how much technology is vital in the future of learning.
The concept or his wish, as he calls it, is brilliant, the idea that a whole selection of different learning materials from mentors all over the world could be taught from the cloud to people all across the world is the type of concept that reinforces the need for technology in education. The whole system running from one location with only one person monitoring the facility yet having the ability to give education to anybody in the world could be the future of teaching, the future of schools.
He talks about what he calls ‘SOLE’ which stands for ‘Self Organized Learning Environments’ which is somewhat of a strange concept. Making the teachers ask a question and then stepping back from the interaction almost completely and letting students discover through using the internet show just how much technology is vital in the future of learning.
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I also thought this TED Talk was inspirational. His ideas and concepts were brilliant!
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