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Learning How to Learn? Background : Within two months of the chatGPT launch by OpenAI, Prime Minister Narendra Modi  said that self-learning through technology is an opportunity for today’s generation: https://lnkd.in/d9FJN9Jh Press release from PMO dated: 20 JAN 2023 11:59AM by … Continue reading →

Becoming a better learner with AI and ChatGPT:  The famous educationist Benjamin Bloom published a research paper in 1984 titled the 2 sigma problem …..(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom’s_2_sigma_problem?wprov=sfti1)  and drew attention to the need to “find methods of group instruction as effective as … Continue reading →

If Technology is the answer, then what is the Question?  Modern progressive societies are all striving towards a paradigm shift ( Thomas Kuhn) from ‘education for a few’ to ‘education for all’ and from education for a few years 8,12,16 … Continue reading →

When the student is ready the teacher will appear.When the student is truly ready… the teacher will disappear.These well known statements don’t seem to have a verifiable source.The “teacher” in the first statement does not need to have to be … Continue reading →

If like many other educators, you are wondering about how AI will shape the future of learning, it may be a good idea to develop your own ideas. And a good place is to start with reading a few books. … Continue reading →

National Science Day 2023: India celebrates National Science Day on 28th February every year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect on 28 February 1928 for which Sir C.V. Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the year … Continue reading →

Learning Prescriptions:  We need inspirations from other professions to bring about innovations in education. One such innovation is the concept of a ‘Learning Prescription’. I had earlier espoused the idea of a “to learn” list like the “to do“ list … Continue reading →

Why learn Physics?  This is the time of the year when millions of students moving from class 10 to class 11 would have to make choices for the subjects that they will be studying for the next 2 years. The … Continue reading →

Contemporary Physics: The frontiers of knowledge, especially of Science are moving at an accelerated pace and while a bright young mind may be excited by all the new developments, the School curriculum does not often promote this excitement. In Physics … Continue reading →

ChatGPT and education: Backdrop: Just two months after its release, in November 2022, ChatGPT reached over 100 million users in January 2023. This, and similar AI chatbots based on LLMs have the potential to permanently transform education, as had been … Continue reading →