Learning is how we progress. The better we learn, more we progress.

There are some great resources for educators and teachers. There are books, research papers, even textbooks… loads of them.

But what about articles, or blog posts? Something we could read on the commute, or during the lunch break.

We’ve gathered 11 of our best-performing blog posts, the ones we consider ‘must-read’, on education and technology. These 11 articles cover a wide variety of topics and perspectives, and they are all handpicked from our long list of blogs. So read on… and let us know if you find anything missing, or have anything to add to these in the comments.

Technology is transforming education. Educational institutions are left with a choice : Adapt or be outdated. We discuss about the right technology for an educational institution for the future. Also finding out why most institutions make the wrong choice of opting an ERP when what they really want is an Academic Management System (AMS).

An AMS or an ERP ? Finding the right technology for educational institutions.
A demand for more efficient and better technology has led the universities and colleges to turn towards Academic Management Systems to cater to this demand.

For all the teachers out there, we are bringing you a curated dictionary of learning theories. Explore the vast world of education and the wide variety of teaching-learning theories and processes.

A brief introduction to Learning Theories.
People has been developing theories and devising solutions intended for education. And we discuss some of those learning theories here.

Carefully dissecting the reasons why nobody approach our engineering colleges for engineering needs, like we do in the case of medial colleges. There are huge potential, and limitless resources at our disposal in the form of engineering colleges and nobody is exploiting it. Why?

Why doesn’t anyone approach an engineering college for any engineering needs??
We generally visit medical colleges while we are sick, or have any medical emergencies. It is quite common and considered normal. But Why doesn’t anyone approach an engineering college for any engineering needs??

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in education. Though many has spoken about this topic, we take a different approach to actually explore the less discussed, practical side of the domain. See how we can seamlessly integrate technology into education without disrupting the sanctity of the classrooms.

ICT enabled education:
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education is the mode of education that use information and communications technology to support, enhance, and optimise the delivery of information.

21st century has equipped all of us with gadgets. Then why not leverage all these technology to improve our education? Flipped learning gifts the learner with a convenience to learn anywhere anytime. The teachers can spend more time with the students interacting with them instead of engaging them in long lectures.

Flipped Classroom: How Technology is giving education a leap like never before
Flipped Classroom is a notion which inverts the traditional classroom environments, focusing on students teaching themselves over the conceptual knowledge by taking part in active learning.

Improvements are based on Insights. We arrive at insights from data. So the data we use to assess and derive insights should be clear, accurate, and in a form which we can manipulate into various forms the way we want. Moreover, we can infer without a doubt that the data driven decisions would muster the best results. So how can we introduce the best possible workflow in education so that the decision makers can use the data to take well-informed and intelligent decisions.

Data-Driven Decision-making (D3M) in education
When talking about our schools and colleges, the Data Driven Decision Making(D3M) refers to teachers, principals, and the managements systematically collecting and analyzing various types of data, including information delivery, teaching-learning processes, outcomes and achievements, attainment of outcomes etc.

Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) will be one of the most prominent forms of education tomorrow. As the influence of technology increases, mass accumulation of knowledge, and general purpose education becomes more and more irrelevant. The internet can bring any kind of knowledge anytime into the devices in our hands from anywhere around the world. Read about the shift towards CBCS and how it will shape the future education.

Choice Based Credit System
Choice based credit system (CBCS), in the layman’s terms, is where the students can choose the prescribed courses, as the core, and elective or soft skill courses, from a range of options, rather than to simply consume what the curriculum offers. They can learn at their own pace and the assessments are graded based on a credit system.

Yes. We care a huge deal about education and we always try and come up with ways to help the teachers, students, and other stakeholders. So here are 7 ways to optimize your teaching potential.

7 ways to optimize your teaching skills to its full potential.
We tried to figure out some common threads and looked closely enough to find interesting teaching practices and techniques that almost anyone could employ.

These are some of the proven methods that have the potential to change the teaching experience.

No two learners are alike. Realizing this fact is the first step towards a better learning environment. As alternative learning opportunities like MOOC and mobile applications become more frequent in our lives, Competency Based Education is something you should definitely check out. Adapting to the pace of learning and a collaborative learning environment means ‘no child left behind’ and equal opportunities.

Competency Based Education-
Competency Based Learning, is introducing a little flexibility in awarding the credit during the assessment during the course/program. This way, a person who has the competency to complete a course is a shorter span of time can do so, instead of staying on the course for a fixed duration until the course is completed.

A student is always at the center of education. No matter what is being taught, how important the curriculum is, how great the teacher is, it all comes down to the student at the end. More and more universities and accrediting organizations are adopting Student Centered Learning. Read why.

A Continental shift across the classrooms
Student-centered instruction [SCI] is an instructional approach in which students influence the content, activities, materials, and pace of learning. This learning model places the student (learner) in the center of the learning process.

Finally, the big question. Does Indian education support Innovation?? though we are optimistic, facts are facts and they need to be acknowledged. Read on about the popular perception on Indian education and why they say it doesn’t support innovation…

Does Indian education support Innovation??
When it comes to things like the wonder in creating something new, there we witness the failure of our educational system; or at least, partially.

Note: We regularly publish blogs on education, teaching-learning theories, pedagogy, and technologies. These above are some of our blogs that we found particularly appealing to many of our readers. So we have curated them into one single post. There are more from where this came from, and be sure to check out our other blogs.

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