Edgeucation Next – the Poster Contest on the Future of Technologies in Education Makes a Huge Impact
Rakesh Kumar, a first year Aerospace Engineering student of IIT Madras, won 'EDGEucation Next', the unique and first ever student poster contest conducted by GREedge.com, Online Academy for GRE aspirants.
Rakesh's idea of a personalized learning device revolves around a pair of wearable glasses. Unlike laptops or handhelds, these are totally hands free!!! The device streams various learning content through wireless ports attached to it. The glasses give the student a view of a 30-inch screen viewed from a distance of 6 to 7 feet. Rakesh conceives of "Learning Huts" at various points on campus or in the city where a student can walk in with these glasses and stream lessons and information that he/she wishes to view. The glasses are charged by a thin solar panel or film that the student can wear on his/her person during the daytime. The device thus intends to give a convenient experience of personalized learning.
Eight other participants were given consolation prizes for their work for excellence in technical idea or teaching methodology.
The contest announced at IIT Madras - Shaastra 2008, the annual student organized technology festival of IIT-Madras saw more than 400 participants from all over India competing with each other in envisioning and designing educational technologies for the future.
"Personalized Learning, considered as one of the Grand Challenges of Engineering for the twenty first century, is a hot new technology area which will revolutionize the way in which education is delivered to people everywhere. It is rapidly becoming a new field of Engineering.(www.engineeringchallenges.org). We want to spread the excitement and challenge of this field, which is the core technology area for our firm, which is why we thought of this contest" says Yogish Lavanis, a technologist who heads Student Facilitation & Analysis at GREedge.com..
Contest details
Participants of the EDGEucation Next contest had to create a poster bringing out their imagination, concept, and design for a futuristic version of personalized education. The theme was one of the following - Books of the Future, Classrooms of the Future or Handheld Learning Devices for the College Student. All the participants were given a problem statement and poster design kit to submit their entries.
Shaastra 2008 saw participation of over 15000 students from across the country. The students participated in many Engineering and Scientific workshops, contests, events and lectures during the five day festival at the IIT-Madras campus in Chennai.
About GREedge.com
The company was founded by Dr. Anand Kannan & Yogish Lavanis and a professional team with strong academic background from institutions such as IIT, IISc, IT-BHU, IIM, CIEFL (now EFLU), Stanford, U. Texas and Purdue - most of whom have themselves written GRE and worked through their graduate studies and research in the US.
The company has several experts and experienced teachers and subject experts who have been involved in GRE training, GRE coaching and GRE, GMAT, SAT classes for over two decades.
The company employs experienced authors and instruction designers who have authored several widely used textbooks at school and college level and communication campaigns for leading organizations. The company also has a core team of dedicated technology experts specializing in the delivery and tracking of learning.
Adaptive Learning was invented here with a patent pending for its "Millisecond Technology" - as it is now branded. GREedge.com's student facilitators are the best and the brightest and diligently assess, track and advice students as they work through their sessions. For more information visit www.greedge.com
