Situations where one half of the class speeds through their exercises, while the other half struggles to keep up, will soon be a thing of the past. “Schools in the Netherlands have already started to adapt content and coursework to the learner rather than the other way round”, explains Nicolas Moser, head of business development with the Office du livre de Fribourg (OLF). “In Switzerland too, the next stage will be the use of big data to create personalized learning experiences.” Since it launched its digital platform back in 2009, OLF, a Swiss eBook pioneer, has gone on to become an eLearning leader. Since the start of the 2016/2017 academic year, close to 10,000 upper-secondary school students from some 50 schools in both French- and German-speaking Switzerland have been using Schoolbag, an ingenious digital tool that provides learners with access to interactive content. “The role of teachers is fundamentally changing. This is a major challenge that the profession as a whole will have to get its head around.”

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