4Cs of Future Skills and Edtech

Traditional learnings emphasized more on 3R’s— reading, writing, and arithmetic, whereas future students, ready to enter the industrial revolution 4.0, are supposed to possess 4Cs— critical thinking, creativity, collaboration and communication.

Here it needs to be understood that future skills requirement does not take away the basics but simply uses the basics in a different way— to create, collaborate, communicate, and use critical thinking. Technology is a conduit for facilitating students acquiring the 4C's, thereby, paving way for edtech which broadly aims to improve the quality of education and enhance the learning process.

But this isn’t about learning how to use technology or even teaching with technology tools, it is more about students creating and constructing with technology.

The best way to help students master these future skills is to change HOW we teach and learn. It is the process of learning, not the content of learning, that addresses the 4 C’s. It is about a culture of active learning where students are prompted to ask questions, seek out relevant information, and apply information— individually or in groups, and communicate using traditional and multimedia tools, with all concerned in the learning ecosystem.

Shadan Zeb Khan

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