How technology is changing in the education sector

Today's classrooms are full of technology, from tablets and wide screen TVs to interactive whiteboards.

In recent years, I have also seen the development of a large open online course or MOOCS. Providers like edX, established by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012, offer free online courses from key institutions such as Columbia University and Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. The platform offers over 1,900 courses, and its users come from all over the world.

As technology promotes change in education, important industry players want to keep up with development and promote innovation

Albert Hitchcock, Pearson Education 's Chief Technology Officer, said in an earlier interview this week that "With digital media, you can increase your education and learning experience to the next level."

"Ultimately, this technology makes it possible to truly personalize educational experiences while improving learning outcomes (and reducing learning time)."

At Pearson, Hitchcock detailed the company's vision of developing a global learning platform, explaining that the idea was "to basically create models adopted by many other digital native companies".

"We are all familiar ... Amazon's retail store for TV and movies, Netflix uses Spotify for music," he said.

"These companies have transformed the industry, our chance is to build a global platform that provides all of the world's courseware and experience and brings the learning experience to the next level."

Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are central to the platform. "Because this is a multi-device agnostic complete platform, we can deliver content to any device in the world," Hitchcock says.

"This will also enable us to provide a personalized experience for our students while at the same time allowing schools and educational staff to understand the student's response to this experience. "

Regarding adoption of technology (and general change), the education department is often not considered "cutting edge". There was no big change in the classroom even after 100 years, but fortunately, this situation began to change. The concept that technology can be used in a highly constructive way in the K - 12 educational environment is rapidly spreading throughout the education sector. The IT Trade Association survey clearly confirms this. According to this survey, we believe that about 75% of educators can effectively use technology to enhance the educational process. In addition, it is considered beneficial for students to integrate relatively new technologies into the classroom. Because they inevitably use some form of technology when they join the labor force. As technology becomes indispensable for everyday functions, today's students need to be familiar with these media as well as leisure activities.

Today, the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in the education field plays an important role especially in the process of empowerment of educational activities. The education sector can be the most effective department to predict and eliminate the negative impact of ICT. On the other hand, technology may be the most effective way to raise student knowledge. By improving learning efficiency, the use of ICT in education can increase the value of education and learning. It adds learning dimensions that were previously unavailable. After school began using ICT, students learned that learning in a technology-enhanced environment is more exciting and attractive than the traditional classroom environment.

Advances in the Internet and mobile technologies have changed the motivation for the education sector. In digital education, children's learning methods and counselors' methods in families, schools, universities, research institutions 10 years ago are different. It became very innovative and creative! This trend will continue to change with the development of new technologies. As part of the change, education became more interesting, interactive and innovative. We also encounter various multimedia educational content, valuable educational websites, as well as applications for the entire learning system of School of Management. This is good for both students and teachers.