Traditional universities are great – if you want to go into academia.

If you want a job, you need a more modern approach focused on skills, not exams.

What is Modern Learning?

Modern learning is focused on developing what is valued in the modern world: skills and competencies, not just knowledge and repetition.Modern learning incorporates significant amounts of learning science around how humans learn and develop skills and capacities - largely via learning by doing, practice, and engagement.

At Qwasar, we use modern technologies with a modern learning model to train top-level engineers glboally.

Project-based learning helps develop:

Problem solving and critical thinking

Creativity and innovation

Good communication

Collaboration and teamwork

Being flexible

Ability to solve complex problems

Companies want engineers with skills, proof of competency, and who can pass technical interviews

Companies demand a lot for entry-level engineer and developer roles. They are risk-averse and want competent people. This means that:

you need a strong technical portfolio
you need proven experience with languages, tools, etc.
you need technical interview skills

Qwasar is the first

Modern College of Engineering

Passive learning is individual, does not require collaboration, communication, or solving problems. Information is provided to you, and there the engagement required is low. This is literally the opposite of work in the digital economy, particularly for software engineers, product managers, and digital marketers.
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Just like sports, music, surgery, carpentry, and so much more, you don’t learn skills by sitting in a classroom, listening to a lecture, or watching a video. You learn by DOING. You learn through practice, trial and error, by developing more efficient methods for problem solving after getting frustrated over and over again at your inefficient problem-solving. No type of passive learning will develop 21st-century skills.

MODERN LEARNING MATTERS

Incorrectly designed learning models will not develop the skills and competencies companies require for their jobs. If you don’t have the skills, you don’t pass interviews.MOOCs such as Coursera or Udemy are NOT upskilling - they are passive learning, not active learning!

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Modern Learning

Joining Qwasar is about joining a learning community. Learning on your own is hard, watching online videos can be boring, and sharing your learning journey (and certainly lots of jokes) with others is important.

Our platform and Discord chat, as well as our program meetings, are all about building and participating in the community.

When you join our programs, you have access to:

Project-based Learning

Explore what is project-based learning and how it works.

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Peer Learning

Structured peer learning is key in facilitating learning with peers.

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Gamification in Learning

Gamification is key to motivation, and motivation is key to learning.

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The Traditional Education System Dates back to 1088!

Believe it or not, but the traditional education system dates back to around 1088 when the first university was established. The next one took more than 100 years to form.

It was really the 14-16th century that universities took off.In the US, it wasn’t until the 1800s that things began.
Access to knowledge was severely limited in these days, so the system was designed to pass down knowledge.

Today, Knowledge is Accessible and Developing Skills Requires Modern Learning

Access to knowledge has changed dramatically over the last 15 years. Not just search engines, Stack Overflow, and YouTube, but now Generative AI is changing how easy it is to find and consume knowledge.

This means that our value as humans is no longer about what we know, but what we can do – and that means skills.

How Learning Works

What you will be doing throughout the program.

DECIDE

Learners decide what they will build, how, in what order, and make decisions about any trade-offs.

BUILD

Time to build! Learners plan, code, and test their solutions, then iterate accordingly.

PEER REVIEW

Once a project is finished, learners submit it for peer review. Reviewers accept or reject the project if it requires more work.

DISCOVER

Presented with a new project, learners discover terms, concepts, and principles they don't know or understand.

RESEARCH

Learners research what the project, subject, and terms, to understand what the project requires and how to build a solution.

EVALUATE

Learners evaluate the potential solutions and how to build them. Evaluation criteria should take best practices into account.

View Our Master’s in Computer Science

Discover our modern Master’s of Science in Computer Science degree program.

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Explore our Modern Learning Model

With no lectures, we use a modern approach to learn that embraces technology!

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Student Experience vs. Others

How do Qwasar programs compare to other tech training options out there? Find out how we stack up.

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