Predrag Pale

Brainstormer, Change Agent, Concerned citizen, Consultant, Educator/Teacher, Engineer, Idea generator, Inventor, Parent, Social entrepreneur

Today he is searching for ways to replace humans in teaching in every way possible, only to find out what is it in education that only humans can do, so they can be liberated from the rest and supported in that only thing. An electronics engineer, designed over two dozens measurement and control systems and envisioned, designed and built numerous applications of ICT in all walks of life: from civil engineering to medicine, from libraries to finance sector, from media to government administration. Introduced Internet to Croatia in the midst of the war, built the first national broadband academic network in the world, amended backbone services with databases and information services, education, publishing, application pilot projects and marketing long before anybody believed they belonged together. Served as Deputy minister of science and technology claiming in 90-ties that government should be the role model for the rest of the country: best organized, on the technological forefront, best educated, morally superior.

Improving learning experience and outcomes. Finding ways to make learning joyful experience with best results every individual learner can achieve.

All teachers (from kindergarten to university) should become like sports coaches: only teaching, coaching and mentoring. Evaluation, grading and certification should be removed from teachers (and schools) and handed over to someone else - preferably to computers through objective, well known assignments and tasks to be completed.

ICT, ICT in education, Information Security

Teaching ballet.