A recent report by the government of India education ministry on
how the teachers in primary school need to go back to school to
continue their education. This was true particularly in subjects
such as sciences and mathematics where there have been frequent
advances and the teachers have not been able to keep up. I
believe that continuing education series is important for all
professionals, whether they are doctors, architects or even
teachers. But how can one design a system that achieves the dual
purposes of not having to disrupt the normal schedule of a
teacher at the same time help him keep up with the advances in
his professions? Social networks could have the answer to that.
In my previous post I have discussed how a group of physicians
from France had formed a group on Google Plus to discuss cases
and promote education among the peer group by mutual learning.
Every week they met using the closed group and sometime even
connected face to face using the hangout application. A similar
exercise was conduct