AUGUST 20178 DIGITAL LEARNING RESHAPES EDUCATIONIN MY OPINIONBy Venguswamy Ramaswamy, Global Head, TCS iONiON from TCS is an IT-as-a-Service business model that delivers on-demand business capability; with an integrated suite of hardware, network and software solutions; along with business, technical and consulting services. iON functions as a 'build-as-you-grow', 'pay-as-you use' ERP hosted on the cloud.A new generation of learners and educators has emerged in the last few years. Wel-come to the era of flipped-classrooms, outcome-led learning, Analytics assisted Learning, adaptive assessments, open text books and boundary-less classroomsIf you look at people absorbed in their screens around you, can you tell who is doing what? You may assume that most of them are watching a movie, play-ing a game, and yes, tagging the latest post on Facebook. But, what if you found out that one of them could be learn-ing how to fix a Mathematics theorem, one of them could be learning a new trend in embroidery, one of them com-pletely engrossed in a hectic code-thon, and of them dig-ging something in the alleys of medieval history.As unreal as it may sound, that, in all probability, is ac-tually what people and screens are up to. The Gen Y may be missing in the classrooms, the dedicated employee of yours may be skipping an office party, your own spouse may be assigning you a grocery trip ­ because, hey, they all are busy, learning. Where? Not inside a concrete wall structure, but on and around their devices. They are using the power
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