Technological Change Creates Changing in Jobs and Tasks
The current wave of technological change based on advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) has created widespread fear of job losses and further rises in...
Creativity and Critical Thinking as Key Human Capabilities Needed in the Workplace of the Future
I came across an article in Forbes* about the future of work. The article states that the pace of change has never been this fast, yet it will never be this slow...
Why Innovation in Education.
Innovation in the public sector in general, and in education in particular, could be a major driver for significant welfare gains. Innovations to improve the...
Digital Education is a Way of Providing Education Through Technology.
The digital world is increasingly penetrating the education and skills domain. The technology has gradually being used to deliver education, knowledge and skills in...
Education and Information Revolution.
Twenty years back, a Minister of Education in Singapore said: “Just as the Industrial Revolution transformed the world two centuries ago, the Information Revolution...
How green is solar power?
Solar panels glimmering in the sun are an icon of all that is green. But while generating electricity through photovoltaics is indeed better for the environment than...
The Demand for Advanced Cognitive Skills and Sociobehavioral Skills is Increasing.*
Nelson Mandela, the first president of postapartheid South Africa, once said, “Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that...
Technology Generates Jobs
“They’re always polite, they always upsell, they never take a vacation, they never show up late, there’s never a slip-and-fall, or an age, sex, or race...
Waves of Digitalisation in Education
Before the rise of the Internet, classroom teaching primarily took place in a closed room, only attended by students and their teachers. In many...
Artificial Intelligece in the Greetings for 2019
We face predictions about artificial intelligence (AI) are all over the map. They range from optimistic and starry-eyed to a bit more sceptical and jaded. It will be instructive to see...