jsun
In general I don’t want to give investment advices because everyone is different (wealth, objectives, pain tolerance, etc). However, some advices are so safe and sound that I feel it is worthwhile to share, better than watching people around me falling into some simple traps (impulse or intuition...
philipjkerr
Cambridge publishes a series of short academic titles called ‘Elements’. There are dozens of them and, for a few weeks only after publication, they can be freely downloaded in pdf format. They vary in quality. Some are very useful. For others, the quality is commensurate with the price you pay....
philipjkerr
In the British Council’s recently commissioned report on AI and English language teaching, the ‘Executive Summary’ suggests that, ‘when it comes to AI replacing humans, the majority view is that AI will not replace the need for human teachers any time soon’ (Edmett et al., 2024: 11). This is based...
philipjkerr
If you were watching the 2024 Qatar World Cup, you may have noticed the brand Byju’s, among the list of official corporate sponsors alongside Visa, Adidas, Coca Cola and McDonald’s. You may have also noticed the pitch-side adverts for Byju’s, which flipped to read ‘The Future of Learning’. You may...
andrew
I deliberated putting a question mark at the end of that title. Education Technology is a topic of contradictions, and has a history of hype, so it is clearly bold of me to be asserting This Time It is Different. But, maybe this time it is different. The recent State of Australian Startup...