Learning Then and Now: Three Big Things That Have Changed About Learning Since We Were in School

Do you do that thing where you find yourself comparing today’s educational landscape to the environment you were in as a student? We noticed that we do this all the time.

Our teammates react to product developments with “That’s a great idea - when I was in school we did x thing instead.” Or when we talk big picture, we catch ourselves saying “I really wish y thing existed when I was in school.”

Education is always changing. Today’s students will be saying “back in my day….” in a decade or two, just like us.

We thought it would be interesting to ask ourselves what we define as the biggest changes in education since we were high school students 10-15 years ago. We limited ourselves to three big things and voted as a team. Here’s what we came up with.