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Over the last decade, we have seen the online delivery of education dip it’s toe in the water. Ten years ago, I started delivering VCE courses online through Edrolo, and over the past decade, have seen an evolution in how young people learn, the pace at which they learn, and the individuality in the way they go about their learning. Compared to the behaviours we as parents and educators experienced when we were young, children today buy music differently, communicate differently, shop differently, and earn money differently, so why not learn differently too? This year, education went from dipping our toes in the online learning water, to jumping in headfirst and fully clothed! As I reflect on how quickly the education world needed to adapt to overcome the challenges that have been thrown at us, I have often wondered if this is just the disruption we need. There was much we were ready for when moving to a remote and online learning environment, but there was also so much that we couldn’t predict. Here are the five things that impressed us the most:
