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News from the World of Education and Learning — January 2025

The New Year always brings new events and accomplishments, including those related to education, parenting, and learning. As always, we’ve prepared a monthly roundup of positive and interesting news from January that you may have missed.

Jan 22, 2025 | News

Heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to you!

Dear friends, the international education platform Lectera and its founder Mila Smart Semeshkina send their greetings to you this magical winter holiday season!

Dec 31, 2024 | News

News from the world of learning and education — December 2024

Here we are as the year 2024 draws to a close. In honour of this, we have gathered for you the most important and prominent education and EdTech news for December.

Dec 31, 2024 | News

News from the world of learning and education — November 2024

Every day there are various events happening in the world, and the field of education, none more so than EdTech.

Nov 29, 2024 | News

UNESCO insists on a global ban on smartphones in schools

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) highlights that school performance declines, concentration issues, and increased absent-mindedness are largely linked to widespread digitalisation and the use of gadgets in education.

Oct 31, 2024 | News

Discover the top online programming boot camps

The Analytics Insight platform has ranked the most valuable and engaging courses in software development and beyond.

Oct 24, 2024 | News

Metaschool is rapidly gaining popularity in Japan

Earlier this year, the world's first school, which exists solely in the metaverse, opened in the country.

Oct 20, 2024 | News

Hong Kong University is about to launch the world's first campus in the metaverse

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), ranked second in the best higher education institutions in the QS Asia University rankings, is actively developing an innovative project: the world's first augmented reality digital campus.

Oct 16, 2024 | News

Finnish schools abandon digital education and return to traditional paper textbooks

At the start of the new school year, an experiment was launched in the country's general education institutions to examine the impact of digitalisation on education.

Oct 10, 2024 | News

China is extensively training professionals in artificial intelligence

As a result, China is now facing an oversupply of university graduates specialising in neural networks and AI.

Oct 07, 2024 | News