5 Ways How Technology Impact Higher Education
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he face of education is going to change forever. But what is going to change it forever? The answer is, Technology.
Technology is indeed creating multiple opportunities for people in general. One can now have access to rich multimedia content and various electronic devices that have internet in it. To be precise, one can now have access to education through use of the internet in various devices. To be true online certificate programmes have gradually become quite robust also targeted toward working professionals. As a result, a large number of students are looking up to degrees for earning credentials to enhance their scopes. There has been sea changes in educational scenario in the year 2013 compared to what it was in 2012. However, the question still lingers what the higher education environment in the year 2013 will look like and to what extent technology will impact education.
Look at the 5 different ways which proves how technology has great impact on higher education. ďƒ˜ Technology is going to impact higher education to such great extent that online education will be largely strong in the top tier. In this year, it is expected that the focus of technology will largely be seen in the top tier universities. The last two years have been witness to a great number of universities associated with online activity. Thanks to MOOCs, due to which the popularity of online education has doubled. ďƒ˜ A few years from now, you will find very limited number of people piled in one auditorium, just to catch lectures. The revolution has already started and you will find wide arrangements of online platforms, where you get to find pre recorded lectures, which are accessed by students from almost anywhere and at anytime. What is best about online
platforms is that they provide faculty along with learner analytics. With this opportunity it will become easy for faculty to keep track of who is learning, how they are learning and what they are learning. The process will certainly create a sea of opportunities as universities will continue to create effective formats on learning. The buzz word is ‘hybrid’ learning. It is expected that more people will be embracing the hybrid model. These are massive open online courses, which will be catered to students. Besides, faculty will also have the ability to interact with students while lectures will be put online for all so that they can have access to what is being taught. For working professionals and adults, the model will provide great flexibility so as to let education enthusiasts’ access course materials as per their schedules. The most fundamental component of classroom learning is that interactions need to be created. It is possible only if instructors are able to re-think and re-create the classroom experience. The beauty of teaching online is that teachers and students can have direct interaction and they can react to each other for creating a viable learning experience. Besides, the race will mostly be for new instructional model, which can actually create ways in which students and working professionals can be taught in a much better way. Possibilities of higher education cost are likely to fall down. The biggest cost of teaching is faculty. Online learning enables one faculty for a large number of students. This actually indicates the fact that one faculty can reach to millions of students worldwide. This indicates the very fact that per unit cost of teaching will eventually start decreasing. Remember, the introduction of online education through MOOC was the
first step as initiated in 2012 and in 2013; we are experiencing its success.
Here, have a look at the percentage of students using different electronic devices.
Series 1 90% 80% 70%
60% 50% 40% 30%
20% 10% 0% Laptop
Smartphone
Desktop
Tablet
E-Reader
Technology is important for achieving success in education. It has now totally changed the norms of getting a degree by making the whole process a feasible and relaxing one for the learners. And who could do it better than technology!
Here, we bring to you further illustrations on importance of devices for achieving academic success.
Hence, the importance of technology explains the fact that online learning (which is synonymous to technology based learning) is now in trend and highly in demand. We further bring you illustrations on percentage of students who access online courses.
So far, the discussion above testifies the fact that technology has huge impact on learning. Therefore, online learning has come into huge prominence and a large number of students are enrolling for online degrees from comforts of home. The fact that there are now a huge number of reputed distance degree providers are availing online degrees from home, the learners are getting more attracted towards them.
The future is near when online education will be at every doorstep and both students and working professional are deeply influenced by the use of technology in education. After all, the impact of technology on education/higher education is certainly to leave a lasting impression on our career.