Tag: teachers

10 reasons why your adult education & training course has to go online or die a horrible death

May 15, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in 2015, ALEC, Business model generation, Disruption, Economy, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Export Education, Leadership, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, NCALNE, Online assessment, Online learning, Professional Development, Qualifications, Resources, Software, Technology, Video

It’s the economics stupid…! That’s my conclusion to myself at least. Education is expensive. This is because of high fixed costs like buildings, resources, managers, teachers. The technology for online education is now cheap. Educational bureaucracies are firing the middle layer of managers. In fact, traditional bureaucracies of any kind are firing the entire middle class. This…
Kids need teachers because teachers are essential to education

Jun 3, 2012

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Graeme Smith

in Economy, Edtech, Education, Kids, Literacy and Numeracy, Online learning, Technology

Kids need teachers, right? So do adult learners, right? Well… what if they didn’t… In New Zealand, current budget reforms mean that schools and training providers are facing tough times due to reduced funding. That means some schools will lose teachers and will need to have larger classes. And the teachers are revolting. I mean,…