Digital transformation is all about change and this is all set to change the face of education towards the coming decade. Along with technology thee are bound to be some parallel shifts across learning.
Customization of learning
It will be a time when customized learning experiences for students will evolve to the extent that the pupils will be given a chance to express their learning from each of the lessons. This could range from book reports to songs to even interpretive dance forms. There will be more emphasis on personalized learning with the rising expenses of private schools. Although, public schools have a looming issue of proffering standardized tests. No child is alike when it comes to learning. They use different visual, auditory, kinesthetic and other modes of learning. Now, with fresh digital transformation, technological trends are going to make it easier for the students to learn in a way that is most appropriate for them with customized learning modules. Modeling tools, interactive games, video productions and much more can be used along with advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI. Apps and software will make interactive learning avenues more accessible to the students wherever they are – even at home, thus personalizing their learning experiences.
Accessibility
Technology is making information and knowledge highly accessible, regardless of how someone can read it. Voice to text and text to voice transcription technologies are helpful for students with special needs and other learning issues. To ensure that learning is no longer limited to the ability to read, there is an increasing volume of information available in video and audio forms. Even geographically, accessibility is improving. Thus, regardless of where you live, digital transformations are making education highly accessible to those who need it.
Internet of Things
IoT holds tremendous potential when used to create smarter and connected schools. While providing obvious savings in terms of energy and lighting, it helps schools and students stay safer when they are connected in an obscure way. Sensors can be used across the campus to track traffic and strategic placement of security features like lighting would benefit both students and visitors. Homework assignments can be shared with parents using real-time communication tools. This way parents can stay on top of all the educational requirements especially for less communicative students. Likewise, absenteeism, lack of interest or discrepancy in educational requirements can be identified with the help of time-stamp technology. This, IoT helps with all bottom-line solutions in education when it connects and engages everyone concerning a single student.
Security
One of the biggest priorities for parents is the child’s online security. There is a wild mess of content on the web and there will be a push towards online transparency and parental controls with the advancement of technological and web-based learning. Digital credentialing through blockchain and two-factor authentication systems will see an upsurge to ensure that students remain safe when they try to access content that fits their requirements.
We know that learning by itself will continue to evolve along with technology and tools enabling rapidity, flexibility, and accessibility. Newer learning styles and technologies have to be embraced by the schools to achieve concurrency in knowledge, which will also be the core of digital transformation efforts in education.
5G technology
Promising high speed and low latency wireless technology 5G is the fifth-generation network that can expand the scope of connected devices and technology within the classroom. Enabling quicker downloads and increased efficiency, the technology is all poised to impact the way educational institutions interact while even expanding IoT capacity. Universities have already begun implementing IoT integration for higher education where discussions can be led on specialized topics through virtual reality experiences helping diverse learning needs of the students. There is better engagement with seamless connectivity thus closing the gaps in learning for international students.
Mobile AR, Voice, and other Future Interfaces
It is predicted that by 2025 two billion of the global population will be made up of the generation Alpha, which is the youngest generation. These are also children born between 2010 and 2025. The use of technology such as smartphones, computers, and tablets will be natural, and they would not know a life without video games or the internet. These students will greatly benefit from emerging technologies and innovations such as augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality, besides robotics and artificial intelligence. By 2023, the augmented reality market will be worth $61,39 billion according to research conducted by Markets and Markets. AR is all set to take over education, training and other industries as well.
Artificial Intelligence
AI is already shaping the future storytelling from artificially generated content to image recognition and smart tagging systems. Even when TAs split it between them, grading homework and tests for large lecture courses can be tedious work. AI can automate these basic activities that can take up a significant amount of the teacher’s time. These extra spells can be used constructively to prepare for class, work on professional development, and even prepare for a physical class.
While human grading may not be replaced fully, grading can be automated across fill in the blank testing, multiple-choice questions, and even essay grading to a great extent. One of the key ways artificial intelligence will impact education from kindergarten to graduate school is through the application of greater levels of individualized learning. There are growing numbers of adaptive learning programs, games, and software that already facilitate this. Yet, by putting greater emphasis on certain topics, repeating things that students haven’t mastered these systems respond to the needs of the student and can generally help students to work at their own pace. With teachers facilitating the learning and offering help and support when needed, a kind of custom-tailored and machine-assisted educational solution can help students at different levels work together in one classroom. Besides, it will come with the capacity of identifying course improvements and will also be able to provide additional assistance to AI tutors.
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