Faced with the events of the last few years, digital transformation in the education sector has started to blur traditional lines at super-speed.
Here we discuss some of the most important tech trends set to disrupt education in 2023 & beyond.
Extended Reality Technologies
Extended reality, or XR, is an umbrella term that covers immersive technologies, including virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality.
Currently, XR technologies are gaining acceptance and are widely used by educators to increase engagement and retention among learners young and mature. XR is also applied to train healthcare professionals, rescue teams, as well as experts in the field of emergency.
Using XR to help students with special needs relating to conditions such as dyslexia, autism, or Down’s Syndrome is a whole separate subject that deserves special attention.
Remote Learning
The necessity for social distancing has compelled many educational institutions to close their doors and focus on adopting remote learning on a massive scale. As a result, what started as a measure to combat the pandemic has turned into a preferred option for many learners.
We believe the trend that shaped the past two years will stand strong in 2023. The promising numbers presented by Statista only prove it — by 2026, the global e-learning market is projected to reach almost 400 billion U.S. dollars.
Technology That Supports Teachers
In some ways, innovations make teaching more complex than it used to be. Teachers are now expected to avoid the ‘one size fits all’ approach of education and use multiple digital techniques for providing high-quality lessons.
Fortunately, the situation has not gone unnoticed. We see a growing variety of extremely easy-to-use edtech tools that can help busy teachers stay sane by assisting in lesson development, classroom management, assessment, and assignment marking.
Human-Centered Solutions
The trend that is getting bigger around education landscapes are edtech solutions which find innovation through human-centered approaches. Such approaches explore the use of ICTs in education in poor and isolated communities around the world.
We witness more edtech companies experimenting with learning models considering the practical day-to-day realities of remote, low-income communities (a high mobile phone and low internet penetration rate, unreliable internet, etc).
Innovative low-tech and offline educational models that combine SMS with personalized learning technology or SMS-based learning models that function on low end mobile phones are a case in point.
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