An innovative learning model is currently being developed under a European Commission scheme which could revolutionise the way we learn. iClass has been in the making for the last four years as a platform to know more about the way we acquire knowledge and ‘learn how you learn’.

A number of countries, such as the UK (more than 30,000 schools), France, Spain (3,000 schools), Germany (5,000 schools), Poland (1,500 schools) have introduced interactive whiteboards in the last few years. Other countries such as Denmark and Austria are planning to do so in the...

The new emphasis in education is on supporting the learner, in collaboration with peers and teachers/managers or other school education staff, through a lifetime of education, both within and outside the classroom.

A 3D Web-based e-learning environment, designed to not only engage the pupil, but also to make it easy for teachers to construct learning courses and materials using simple building-block practices has been developed by a team of European researchers.

Can new pedagogical models really be introduced in European schools? Yes, if you are to believe the final report from the OASIS project where 25 schools across Europe validated the pedagogical approaches rooted in problem based learning, constructivist learning theory, and Computer...

This is the second article in a series about schools in Europe that have their vision very firmly set on the future. The school is Sun Bay school, Helsinki, Finland. Architecture combined with strong pedagogical ideas was the stepping-stone for a new school in a recently developed...