By Nathan Parker

I am taking a course ( from Coursera which can be found on google play) that is resounding with many newer ideas. I have heard them before, but I am glad to hear they are being mentioned more and more. They excite me actually. Education IS NOT a rigid, boring task that the teacher and students are not to thrilled about. It can be a varied, experimental yet guided time of exploration which yields much fruit to learn from.

I remember when I was taught as a young man it was all discipline, boredom and whole lot of “get your nose in your books”.

The approaches have changed to include all forms of learning instead of a narrow view of us all learning through one stringent method. Things like sharing your view, discussion, peer review and online videos are only a few of the new tools we can utilize to stir the juices in the minds of our future forerunners.

I always thought I was the problem because I didn’t learn but it was, in a way, because my learning language was not being spoken. I liked learning through experience but we mainly just learned through book work when I was an adolescent and it made for some challenging learning stops. I don’t blame the teacher, but only the lack of advanced tools and knowledge we have now.

Now we know that we need to spread out our experience of learning to touch all of our senses and faculties to get the most education for every student.

This makes it all so emotionally invigorating to look forward to how the future of education will play out. I look forward with confidence and joy as I think on where this education really will be in the next 20 years.