20 December 2006

Digital and online technology have the capacity to revolutionise the face of education in the UK, an expert thinktank has claimed.

Futurelab, a not-for-profit education innovation specialist, has released a new report - suggesting that technological advances will give students a greater opportunity to choose a wider variety of courses in future.

Additionally, the group claims that current teaching models - where a number of pupils are led by one teacher - are no longer absolute, as advances in technology have made more flexible working practices possible.

Tim Rudd, senior researcher at Futurelab, commented: "In the longer term, students will require greater choice over what they learn, how they learn and even when and where they learn."

He added that a national debate would encourage the drive to make schools more flexible, incorporate new digital technologies and encourage learners to develop.

Futurelab is also calling upon teachers and professionals to propose their own e-learning solutions, offering a project fund of up to £100,000 for successful prototypes.

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