Is academia losing its chance to capitalize on technology?

Jul 1, 2019

A graduating student waits to cross the street before Commencement Exercises at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., June 7, 2019.

Even with advanced technologies at their fingertips, students have not replaced teachers as the primary source of knowledge. Image: Reuters/Brian Snyder

Ahmad bin Abdullah Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi

Minister of Education, Ministry of Education of the United Arab Emirates

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