Candela, an innovative new interactive education tool, has been launched at the ongoing Colombo International Book Fair at the BMICH, ending on September 26. “This is a product that is available in the form of a CD, which can be simply loaded on to any computer to provide children with a learning experience, and can [...]

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New interactive education tool ‘Candela’ launched at Colombo Book Fair

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Candela, an innovative new interactive education tool, has been launched at the ongoing Colombo International Book Fair at the BMICH, ending on September 26.

“This is a product that is available in the form of a CD, which can be simply loaded on to any computer to provide children with a learning experience, and can be used as a tool by tutors whilst giving parents the opportunity to track their child’s performance. The initial products that are to be launched include Grade 6 and Grade 8 Science in Sinhala. Grade 7 is scheduled to be launched in late 2012.

Trilingual versions of all three grades are due to be launched in 2013,” Candela Learning Technologies (Pvt) Ltd, said in a statement.

These products are entirely based on the Education Ministry’s officially published curriculum for science. The company is a learner-centric education solutions provider aimed at providing students and teachers with cost effective learning and teaching tools that make the process of learning science more engaging and fun.

Candela has used cutting edge technology to develop e-learning content that will use video, audio, animations, and interactive elements. Audio, video and animations help describe scientific concepts in a manner that maximises student engagement and knowledge absorption,

as well as teacher effectiveness. Interactive exercises help test the student’s understanding of a concept. Assessments and exercises, an integral part of the process of instruction, are interactively and interdependently woven into the content delivery stage, rather than simply tacked on as a test at the end of the process.

“Candela helps build intrinsic motivation in students to learn the material by creating an environment that stimulates and compels students to learn because learning itself has become inherently fun and enjoyable. Given that every student learns in a different way, this idea, that students have different learning needs, is one of the cornerstones of our E-Textbooks. A key step towards making learning intrinsically motivating is to develop an instruction process that is flexible enough to match the way each child learns,” the statement said.




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