With the objective of ensuring online well-being of students and preparing them for the future of work, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), and Facebook are launching a comprehensive curriculum on Digital Safety & Online Well-being and Augmented Reality (AR). The modules are for secondary school students. The curriculum is now available on the CBSE website http://cbseacademic.nic.in/fb/FacebookForEducation.html. This partnership is led …

According to a leading expert in the field of cognitive neuroscience from Harvard, what matters in screen time is the content that is consumed and the context of it that affects one’s well-being. It is also imperative to make a distinction between productive and unproductive screen time. Screen time where an adult is on the other side engaging children in …

VIBGYOR school management may have provided an answer and alternative model to confrontation between schools and parents

As per a nationwide survey on the ‘Impact of COVID-19 on Indian Start-ups’conducted by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), jointly with the Indian Angel Network (IAN) with 250 start-ups, 70% of start-ups stated that their businesses have impacted by Covid-19. 12% of the start-ups have shut operations and 60% are operating with disruptions. The survey depicts that only 22% of the …

Edubull, online learning platform, announced the launch of B2B platform ‘e-Professor’ that shall enable educational institutions and individual teachers, to serve their students online. Amid Covid19 crisis, the technology aims to simplify and digitize learning. As the name suggests, the app facilitates both teachers and students with a platform where they can interact, however through digital medium for further learning.e-professor technology, …

FICCI Alliance for Re-imagining Education is organising a webinar on ‘Good Screen Time vs Bad Screen Time’ on Saturday, 4th July, 2020 at 4:30pm. Panellists include experts in the field of neuroscience psychology, medicine and cyber security. The discussions would revolve around national and global perspectives on online learning for schools and would bring to the fore the best practices and safeguards that are necessary for …