The central challenge we face in education is, as Steve Denning, my fellow Forbes contributor who wrote on this topic recently, said the basic factory model of education.

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So core to the model was one passionate guide per topic.

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The industry, which has been a divisive topic amongst investors, educators and regulators, has seen its business model coming under increasing pressure over the past year.

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Held in the company of some telesecundaria teachers who already work as tutors, it was agreed to hold a broader workshop as soon as possible so that they can gain a wider and deeper insight into the topic as well as to envisage the possible areas in which they could use the model.

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The hybrid model, with companies controlling key resources and outsourcing others to the cloud, has been a popular topic with many of the big tech companies, like Hewlett Packard.

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