Britta Landermann

Britta Landermann

I'm an ESL trainer based in Germany. My main business is communication skills training. Although I love meeting my students on site, I've developed a passion for digital and online learning.

Location My home town is located right in the middle of everything, a 5 hour-drive to the Oktober-Fest and a 3-hour drive to Berlin :-).

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  • @TanyaBilka Couldn't agree more, Tanya. Despite more and more useful and more and more affordable online tools, towns in my area struggle with erratic internet connections and low bandwidth. The low number of teachers educated in how to teach online does not exactly help. However, progress is being made due to parents' and teachers' feedback.

  • It seems like we're in sync, Rochelle. I very much like your idea of being a bit of everything, I would regard myself as 50 % advancer, 45 % explorer and perhaps 5 % hobbyist. Although I have to admit that I do not seem to differentiate that much between what or when I learn for my job and when I learn ... just because something interests or fascinates me. My...

  • @BenDeed thanks a lot for sharing your toughts in AI and bots, Ben. I quite like the idea of robots and AIs enabling us to do more learning and experiencing and sharing and I'm quite looking forward to the new golden age you've predicted :-)
    This reminds me of the fantastic TED talk by Hans Rosling about how the invention of the washing machine changed his...