How can children use Internet innovatively, safely, positively?

Cyber culture

The advent of the 21st century has brought along with it a novel and powerful opportunity for learners to anywhere and anytime connect to their teachers and peers and a vast array of knowledge, debates/discussions, diaries/blogs, multi-media resources, and the virtual access to people/places/events /objects and other learning resources. Indeed, using digital resources and tools […]

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Language in the knowledge society

Blog

We are currently transitioning to the fourth industrial revolution driven by the fusion of knowledge and technologies blurring the lines between physical, digital, and biological spheres. The First Industrial Revolution used water and steam power to mechanize production. The Second used electric power to create mass production. The Third used electronics and IT to automate […]

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AI will create more jobs, but who will qualify?

AI and Careers

The advent of new technologies has always been looked upon with suspicion by the incumbent workforce on their relevance and employability. It is true that many of these disruptions were accompanied by a transition period of temporary job loss but were soon followed by recovery and business transformation, adding to the efficiency, higher productivity, and […]

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Future of Marriage

Society

Marriage in the 21st Century It takes two to marry but only one to end the marriage. The institution of marriage is being influenced by many fundamental shifts in society. While two decades ago, there could be a somewhat same universal definition, meaning and importance of marriage, the same cannot be said today about marriage. […]

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Strategies for bottom of the pyramid

Ecosystem revolution

During the past decade, many multinationals have come up short trying to make a profit by solving the pressing needs of low-income communities. Preoccupied with their social missions, companies have optimistically taken on challenging projects, only to be surprised when weak consumer demand and obstacles such as bad roads keep revenues low and costs high. […]

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What educators need to do to curb cyber-bullying?

Cyber culture

Schools need to start with a formal assessment of the extent and scope of the problem of cyber-bullying within their school by collecting survey and/or interview data from their students, teachers, parents, staff and technical experts to establish the baseline measures of Internet usages, instances of cyber-bullying, the extent of bullying, profiles of victims and […]

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