I have been working in a Virtual University of Pakistan for four years. This university is considered as the only university providing distance education to the students of whole Pakistan at their doorstep. Comparing the learning of this course with the experience of that work is far better. I have learned that how online learning can be made effective, reflective and engaging instead of insisting students to cram the study…
“In 1958, the liberal philosopher Isaiah Berlin proposed two concepts of freedom: positive liberty and negative liberty (Berlin 1969). Positive liberty concerns itself with specifying the practice of freedom. Berlin also defines negative liberty as, involving itself with the practice of being free, this idea of liberty emphasises the removal of barriers to freedom. Where positive liberty might be considered freedom to, negative liberty becomes freedom from”. Many countries follow acts, not to bound information to the specific group of people rather…
Codecademy http://www.codecademy.com/ Codecademy is an online interactive platform that offers free coding classes in 12 different programming languages including Python, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, SQL, C++, and Sass, as well as markup languages HTML and CSS. Duolingo https://www.duolingo.com Duolingo is a platform that includes a language-learning website and app, as well as a digital language proficiency assessment exam. The app and the website are free, although Duolingo also offers a premium…
Once I found myself in the position to believe that I am the OTHER learner when I was enrolled in M.Phil. in a university where the elite class was dominant and I was the one from a middle-class family. At that time was facing a great hurdle while sharing my experiences, trying to understand other classmates’ perceptions. I was always feeling like an alien who does not belong to this class at…
Teachers are called as nation builders, spiritual parents or many more, all these titles are completely addressing this profession. But this COVID pandemic has created a unique situation for teacher leadership, creativity and innovation to be demonstrated.
I would like to say that the material related to the guidance on how to save lives is quite engaging, interactive, and informative in developing an understanding that how we have to save lives. I have learned the process of CPR too. But as far as implementing this mainstream in my community is concerned, it was engaging and giving the sense that you are personally doing it but the speed…
