The changing model of teaching and learning

The model in which modern education works, is one in which –with their exceptions- the learner is only the receptacle of immense amounts of information that later will be forgotten or ignored. The goal of this time is to redefine that model to one in which learner –be it face to face or distance learning environment- is given the tools to become an independent and, at least, efficient learner. The learner needs to be taught how to search for sources –to what places can go and not to go, what kind of information to look up and not to-, to be cooperative and collaborative– in distance education there is no space not time for competition-, learner centered, that the learning environment can be also outside of the school or library, to be able to skim and scan a text, to summarize and reflect, to solve problems without the constant help of a teacher, to know that the teacher can sometimes stand aside and let them work, all this work and process will, if done correctly, help to build up an independent learner, but is also important to mark this a process that takes a lot of time and it is preferable that it is learned in the first years of education.