Tau Online - Innovative Learning

At the Tel Aviv University’s Centre for Innovative Learning, we are harnessing technology to tailor education to each individual. Until now, the traditional university format has imposed a one-size-fits-all approach on students. Digital innovation helps us to unlock the inherent potential in every student. We aim to achieve this by implementing a hybrid model of education, including both digital and personal elements. Tel Aviv University has invested enormous resources in producing Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). These are not recorded lectures, rather academic courses that were rewritten and tailor made for the digital media, comprising engaging visual material, filmed in professional studios and fine-tuned by high-end editing. Once the transfer of knowledge is made via digital media, the time spent in class can be leveraged to create more interactive sessions, which will enhance the learning experience. The state of the art will be to find the right combination between digital and ‘frontal’ teaching. Thus, technology is finally starting to disrupt the archaic “Factory Model” of education, which is still common-place worldwide. Yet, what the technological revolution is truly facilitating is the enhancement of the personal interaction between the learners and the teacher. Our next stage will be to explore how to deliver the same material to people with different learning styles, making the digital side of hybrid learning even more personalised.