Month: October 2016

Over 50 percent of young drivers think their school, college or university has a key influence in how they learn about road safety, according to new research released this week. One in six young motorists in the UK agree that their place of learning was the most influential source of road safety information compared to other influences, like driving instructors or parents. The research of 1000 young drivers aged 17 to 24, showed that forty percent of young motorists admit they are unsafe on the road, and two-thirds of parents agree they are at risk. Only a fifth of...

A recent report, published by Polycom, reveals that many teaching professionals believe tech-enabled learning ( online learning ) will be increasingly pervasive in education by 2025. Polycom’s recent Education in 2025- Technology Innovation survey questioned 1,800 professionals in the global education sector, concluding that most believe online learning will become the predominant teaching tool, perhaps even surpassing traditional classroom based learning. 64 percent of respondents believe students mostly engage with teaching content in the classroom in 2015, but only 25 percent of this group believe this will be the case by 2025. In contrast, 53 percent of education professionals...