For computer-based learning to transform schools into child-centric learning environments, schools must implement the instructional software disruptively, by letting it compete where the alternative is no teacher at all.
From the 1980s, when computer-based education started to be delivered through CD-ROMs, e-learning has boomed, paving the way for several private players and government agencies which create and deliver e-learning systems today.
According to a report by the New Media Consortium (NMC), the concept of Challenge-Based Learning was developed in late 2008 by a group of educators working in concert with Apple Computer.