How mobile technology will transform education

Mobile technology has transformed the way we live and work, and it can be expected to rapidly change the ways in which children learn as smartphones and tablets become more widely accepted at primary and high schools. By Ernst Wittmann, global account director: MEA...

Trends in South African education in 2019

Local and international factors continue to influence the local education sector, with the economy, technology and employer needs playing ever-increasing roles in the way South Africa’s education landscape is being shaped. As the 2019 academic year gets into...

Impact of disruption on higher education

In the last five years, disruption has been rife in many industries. The banking and retail sectors, insurance industry, and logistics have been transformed by technology; driven by the capabilities of new technologies, changing demands of customers, and rapidly...

Cyber risk ranked #1 for educational sector

Cyber threats are no longer a rarity, they are expected. With recent ransomware attacks such as WannaCry and NotPetya, the potential theft or leakage of data, particularly confidential information in an educational setting, should be top of the list in risk planning....

Why Chromebook is top of the class

Chromebook has been labelled by educators as the essential classroom tool. In a recent study by Acer, the European Schoolnet Educational Netbook Pilot of 2010, 74% of European-based teachers who participated in the study believed that netbooks in classrooms will allow...