Tula’s announces tie-up with iAugmentor to launch a mobility driven learning platform for college students, to enhance professional impact.
Another defining step taken by Tula’s, towards actualizing 2020 vision of being an Educational Institution of the Future
Dehradun, 5thApril, 2016: Globally, Visionary educational institutions are taking steps to enable, future “classrooms without walls” that can supplement traditional learning with on-demand, experiential learning that create personalized trajectories for their self improvement journey. Tula’s Institute joins a select group of institutions globally, who are translating their vision for the future into very concrete steps towards technology enabled personalized learning.
Rapid growth in technology has made every service we desire available on-demand at the click of a button. In such a scenario how can learning be far behind? As of date traditional learning models of sitting in a classroom during prescribed hours and digital classrooms are fast replacing listening to a teacher. Now the learner can learn as per his convenience of time & physical space. Learning is becoming personalized to suit the temperaments of the individual through the use of technology.
Visionary educational institutes like Tula’s Dehradun are taking steps to stay in tune with the changing times and delivering learning to their students in a way the students want to learn. As part of this initiative, Tula’s has tied up with iAugmentor Labs Pvt. Ltd. to teach life skills to its students through the iAugmentor platform. iAugmentor Labs is a company involved in augmenting the learning experience of individuals through the use of technology. iAugmentor Labs will be setting up ‘iAugmentor Tech Hubs’ at Tula’s, where select students will work in tandem with the team of iAugmentor in creating content as well as the technology platform. In addition, the students will help in conducting R&D to enhance the product and introduce new features.
Through the iAugmentor platform, students at Tula’s can improve his/her understanding of various life skills in an interactive manner that is personalized to his needs. The student will learn without being taught, as the emphasis is on experiential learning i.e. learning by doing. The students will have the flexibility of engaging the learning tools on-demand; anywhere, anytime, as many times as they want. The learner chart his own course of learning as the platform will adapt to the learning needs to the learner and suggest relevant learning items.
Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Silky Jain, Executive Director of Tula’s Institute said, “Today’s new millennial learner, intuitively seeks on-demand learning, fuelled by the limitless access provided by mobile technology. Tula’s Institute relentlessly pursues transformational learning approaches that keep pace with evolving technological advancements and learner needs. Our partnership with iAugmentor, enables our students to enhance their employability and professional impact through experiential and adaptive mobile-learning”.
Commenting on this development, Arindam Sen, Cofounder of iAugmentor said, “We would like to compliment the leadership team of Tula’s for the foresight and courage to be an early adopter in India, of very specific global trends and align with evolving new millennial learner needs. By embracing iAugmentor’s mobility based learning platforms. We are confident that Tula’s college will contribute to bridging the skill deficit that India faces, by enhancing employability of students from Uttarakhand.
