Top 10 Movies About Teachers

John Taylor Gatto - The Ultimate History Lesson Everyone agrees education is important. Most people agree teachers are valuable. Few people know the difference between learning and teaching. Learning happens naturally when children are fully engaged. Teaching happens when teachers love what they do and share that enthusiasm Read More →

Using MOOC to upgrade Education in Rural Areas

online courses MOOC UNISA has made distance learning a common practise in South Africa. It’s position is entrenched more so after the 2004 merger with Technikon RSA. The next evolution in distance learning beyond e-learning or computer-based training is Massive Open Online Courses Read More →

Mxit education takes off

Mxit has signed up 5-million subscribers to its educational content, and 600 000 to its eight exam revision applications. Mxit believes this provides ample evidence that the average mobile phone can become a transformative education tool for learners. Andrew Rudge, Read More →

From Acquisition of Knowledge to Programmed, Conditioned Responses

From Acquisition of Knowledge to Programmed, Conditioned Responses Education: From Acquisition of Knowledge to Programmed, Conditioned Responses source:Hour of the Time   Read More →

#edchat Join Weekly Twitter Chat on Education

#edchat Join Weekly Twitter Chat on Education A twitter chat for the South African education community takes place from 20h30 to 21h30 each Monday evening GMT+2. Private school teachers and public schools teachers have an open conversation about children, teaching, learning and technology. To vote for your choice Read More →

SMS' Can Relieve Stressed, Lonely People

SMS' Can Relieve Stressed, Lonely People BERKELEY — Text messaging often gets a bad rap for contributing to illiteracy and high-risk behaviour such as reckless driving. But a social welfare professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has found an upside to texting, especially for people who feel stressed Read More →