How can technology boost the well-being of teachers and students?

New challenges have arisen in the field of education affecting both teachers and students. One of the greatest challenges of the past decade is, without a doubt, the pandemic. The uncertainty, anxiety, worry for loved ones, the lockdown and other measures have taken a toll on everybody’s emotional and mental health. Kids were stuck at home, away from peers, and teachers were struggling with half-baked remote learning solutions.

Lisa Gray (PebblePad): "The design behind the learning or assessment opportunity is key for an excellent learning experience.".

"...So now is the time to learn the lessons from that experience, and further explore approaches that make the most of what digital can offer rooted in good learning and assessment design. To build connections, community and belonging, that best prepare students for their studies, and make space for the development and authentic assessment of broader skills that prepare learners for a 21st century workplace. "

Interview with Prof. Josep Gallifa: "In the Universities, what we identified was not an unspecified fear of change, but different tensions that affected the possibility of transformation."

The massive increase of new technologies in the field of university level education has brought opportunities as well as challenges. As expected, this dramatic change of our educational scenario has caused not only internal distress, but also pedagogical wonders. Although the majority of universities show common needs, many factors come into consideration when it comes to implementing EdTech. In order to analyse all these questions, Higher Education and Full Human Development expert University Professor and Researcher Professor Josep Gallifa has agreed to hold an interview for us.