Day 3 of the ATD Expo began on an interesting, no-frills note with Sugata Mitra taking the center stage for his keynote session on “Who taught the termites civil engineering?” As he got straight to the point with his insights from an experiment he ran in an Indian slum in the late 90s: Placing a simple internet-connected computer in a hole-a-wall 3-feet from the ground and offering no support to the children in figuring out what the device was, Mitra explained that children don’t need teachers.All they need is broadband, collaboration and encouragement. Listeners were in complete awe as Mitra traced down the history of education since 100 years ago and linking it to the current state of affairs where learning is uber advanced and all prevalent.
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