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Thinking at Harvard: What Is the Future of Learning?

Writing in The Huffington Post, Sriya Chakravarti reflects on her experience at the Ed School's Future of Learning professional education institute.

The following article appeared on The Huffington Post on August 26, 2014.

What is the future of learning?

It is a question that can intrigue, excite and be discussed on many levels and platforms.

From an academic standpoint, one may ask, whose future of learning? What context, in which continent, country and city? Is there any past research available and why is this inquiry important now?

Therefore, this topic made me fly 6000 plus miles to the magical kingdom of 6 Appian Way (Harvard Graduate School of Education), where the brightest of minds meet, conceptualize ideas and have often, more or less changed or trained the world.

During sessions at Harvard, we looked into the future of learning through the lens of globalization, digital revolution and mind/brain research. The high energy and representation from around the world made me realize that the "future of learning" is on the mind of most nations of the world. Everyone seemed curious, excited but also uncertain about where this journey would take him or her. However, we soon realized that no one really had the perfect answers or models because of the nature of the question. Still, while looking at the future of learning, we as a cohort realized that asking the right questions was as important as the answers because exploration gives birth to great ideas.

Read the rest of the article on The Huffington Post.

Learn more about professional education programs, including The Future of Learning, at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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