I believe that the future of education will move towards prerecorded lectures and on-demand learning content for students to consume, with teachers playing a role in problem solving workshops and developing skills to increase student employability and ind

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Day 33 of the MCO. It actually took me a while to figure how long we’ve been in this situation. Days have merged into weeks, and soon weeks into months. I no longer measure time by days, but by how much weight I’ve gained, and facial hair I’ve grown. So far, we’ve been okay. I think the kids are handling it much better than us adults. The cats think we’re just cramping their style and seem even more grumpy. We’ve exhausted every form of online courses, yoga tutorials, Spanish lessons, and books to keep us occupied. My wife has also caught me browsing sites for new bikes, cars, boats and whatever unnecessary toys that I seriously don’t need and definitely can’t afford.

I must have cooked at least

120 meals by now, enough to feed an army, and learnt how to make sourdough bread, churros and whatever else everyone seems to be sharing on Instagram.

With these kinds of ondemand resources, students would never have the problem of missing out on a lecture and would have the ability to re-watch a key topic if they didn’t understand it the first time. Furthermore, platforms such as Youtube, Netflix and even TikTok have highlighted the power of teaching via quality and on-demand content. Adoption of technology will take some time but I believe that Covid-19 will be the trigger point that will drive the modernisation of the world’s educational institutions.