Dr. Nishikant Sonwalkar

Hey welcome back this is Tom Finneran al listening to parents for money have succeeded WRKO Wendy Murphy in the co pilot's seat and we have the honor -- the pleasure be joined by doctor -- walked out of Cambridge College right across the rebut. Not bad pretty local place. -- that I am so glad to heavy in the studio a couple of thoughts quickly we were talking a moment ago Wendy and I about Radiohead this began that is decided to use the Internet. As a marketing tool earlier today we were talking with folks from tufts about the cost of tuitions in the like. And Cambridge colleges kind of -- out of every unique space you've done some interesting research and you think the technology we have today allows you and Cambridge College to do things that you know people like Wendy and I and I would just. Kind of curious about it would never understand explain that to me into the Finneran for a lesson is if you can't -- down.

You -- and I want to thank your caller you know giant joining me into the radio here. Let me start with some of the ideas which we have been looking on in terms of technology. As you know then farce I'm that if you came in have you and partners and change the education. And there are a lot of educational programming and radio and came TV -- got to change the education because that he became and but as you know when the lawyer why grabbed K amendments is Internet evolution mr. plays an early 90s and our -- continuing to go. I think there's some he had shift. And -- from the educational point of view because this medium is so ubiquitous in terms of interactivity in terms of multimedia in terms of audio video animations and simulations. And also allowing us to present content in different. Different different ways to accommodate and images earnings dies there's as you know most of does the -- on the different earnings dies and and of what we have been doing so far has -- seismic saw. So my message having all of is that we have to go away in terms awful are -- and that I die and going to that that damages using technology. Not for the sake of technology but for the enhancement of the -- you are learning trajectories. And I think that's where most of these technologies that is coming up with the -- what -- and margins off multimedia convergence of -- convergence -- activity. As you know the gaming the generation to generation -- and why. And nosy which is growing -- that the -- games which is Betty adept with the technology icu for the first time last 30 years. That can be a better -- of the technology. Both audio Biggio and emissions simulations gaming and become at the other part of education.

System doctor -- to want to explore this with you in greater depth of one episode whatever allows sort gonna get you back here in a pretty regular basis but you said something that captures my attention and that -- in my own children and now we're actually believe it not in my one year old granddaughter. This notion of interactivity which for radio television wasn't there we were run the passive end of whatever they were broadcasting you take -- Ali and Ian and -- the individualized learning styles and I'm sure Wendy's brilliant in many many ways and I'm sure -- it's probably in a different method different pace I would. Help me the interactivity I don't needed to to dig into that. Help me understand this observation you made about individual learning styles and how do you from the transmitting end of Cambridge College figure out that Wendy's stylus next time style is -- and you know somebody else because we're all a little bit different in that classroom.

It's not interesting because there has been log on the page of -- learning dies. And it has been controllers the other as well because they say that you're learning stein do matters on villagers -- says maybe it's not that effective. I want to have -- in mighty surge they're not only student learn differently which is quite obvious and odds and you do for us because everyone has a different being -- We're also didn't learn different subject let -- differently. So I think that's -- these new.

It's a subject matter are particularly affective. In this way to to learn on line with all the multimedia options what kind what subject matter math science biology politics what goes best in this new technology and what person did your viewer. I'm institution is doing this right now compared to any music growing what direction as a growing good good questions.

Well most of the subject matters in fact are not going to look into this paradigm shift. We -- you have different learning strategies if you're learning history for example. You men garnered more from the gates perspective and you are very excited about understanding those dates in history. And if you're learning calculus and you are not understanding the needs of radiation and -- you need to be given in these John -- To understand the mathematical concept so went from history to countless all of these different subject matter can be applied indeed have different learning.

Everything you teacher Cambridge College is going to benefit from this noose is flexible style of teaching and as a result than have you changed the percentage of the -- at one point Gingrich crowd was all in class from staff. When did you start doing this our mindset and and how -- aground.

And that's that's our salads we started about two years back and in terms of the adaptive learning systems. As you know the technology and education has been going on our last ten years or more. Especially with the lower -- coming in. But in terms of coming up but modeled images online combined with the influx so we have combine technology to -- has in glass as well as fully on line systems about Alomar know what you gotta give his cause adaptive blended learning. So we are doing adaptive learning on life so that connects to your learning strategies online to create the competency. If you're learning adolescent fundamentals of management mean mixed your -- principles of management of editing that in five different -- loan.

What is it doesn't change your population of student mean do you have more international students now they have the capacity literally you know change what the definition of the classroom is every change the population of students down.

And it definitely what is happening now is those people who Gordon knocked. Do dignity if what example fully -- had done. And it would not attend college because it fully and of course not even go to you think on his would make a huge Jeffrey are doing is that they can -- younger children.

They want to take the next step they want to finish what they may have started I love the idea of the mix of the new as well as classical the traditional approach you in rural areas so much about it is access that there's there's there's so much he would -- help me understand it may be tapped one last question -- help me understand this so he he Wendy and I and we we -- we -- in Cambridge College were excited by this new technology. But you have to get a baseline of us and students. How do you figure -- what my learning styles as opposed to Wendy's -- you know that. She needs the visual in my -- I need a kick in the -- whenever I --

Assume oversight let me explain -- we have got to guys in the ending August and to live media and one is -- Atlantis which is step by step. And this is all coming from cognitive psychology as you know the bidding processes information cognitive psychology me so one is step by step what this story again as soon as the kids you love distillery but that's the storytelling. Another one is an example you learn by example and as another Mark -- learning by doing. I'm going to do certain things a project and why do I do project. And the other one has won the gold discovery. News and knocked out of me I'm would have to get a dollar out and -- different motivational factors there so what they do at the big name -- learning style desk which essentially tells -- what does your inclination but that may not -- European let me. Then that puts you in the system a system with a statistically do diagnostic and the diving and it got that -- connected to -- which model is looking --

So that's that's they have and learning style test yes and then once that's established they can make full use as I understand that of the I teeth into the information technology in the digital age in the -- been all that stuff to that important part and so it is convenient as possible convenience one two tied in with the trip organizer of public schools could borrow your learning style -- and start to think about how kids learn all I don't know -- say -- five I didn't actually as far as me and I. An -- is desperately -- puzzle creating what legal statistical evidence. Novelist is doing dance but also the back in testing that this is in the -- But -- did not -- to -- skiing -- that -- again -- signals from the control -- that -- we don't change because -- the -- we could -- they -- back because there's so many -- to talk about access affordability this new technology some of the -- the effectiveness -- you stay with -- we're -- we're -- this relationship -- very very -- delighted that you're able to join -- And thanks to doctor Mark the turning to -- for parents forum and all the best to Cambridge College Wendy and I will be back in a moment on -- 68 WRKO