The CorviD-19 pandemic forcing schools globally into lockdown has pushed many schools into learning online learning platforms. However, using a platform without understanding and exploring online, blended and flipped classroom pedagogical approaches is nearsighted.

I stumbled into the world of online learning after being guided through circumstances into the world of international teaching in 2014. Although the entry into both worlds was abrupt and somewhat shocking, it has been a breath of fresh air for me.

Education is tasked with preparing the future generation for a world that does not yet exist. While the world has progressed out of the industrial age into the information age, education in general has refused to progress and many schools continue to apply outdated strategies for teaching and learning. This is both sad and tragic.

If education wishes to remain relevant in a world fast changing, it is going to need to redefine itself in order to become relevant and useful. Without this change, it will, like the dinosaurs of old, become fossilised in a world that no longer needs it.

My passion as an educator is to work with teachers and educational managers who meaningfully apply changes to educational structures, considering both past and present best practices and benefits, in order to better equip the future generation for success, academically, socially and morally.