Thanks Luc. You had asked, “What will inspire them?” I think reality — survival — will force folks to stay marketable. Lifelong learning won’t be an option anymore. I remember my old neighbor telling me to […]

In your vision there’s a whole lot of things ICT is going to accomplish. But we can’t know what our children, who grow up with an iPad of other device always at there disposal, will do with this instrument. […]

Student as customer is not a trivial transfer of responsibility but may yet be worthy of consideration. In many parts of the world teachers see their primary task to be to maintain discipline. In reality, taking responsibility for someone else’s behavior can be onerous. It is possible that one perspective of the customer concept is [...]

I definitely believe that we need to rethink the way in which we conceptualize students, but student as customer to be is problematic. Teachers do need to rethink how we view students, but to put students in the role of consumers waiting to be serviced is too passive for me. I prefer to see my [...]