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Key EdTech Trends of 2017 That Will Continue to Impact Education in 2018

Editorial Team Published Dec 15, 2017
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The Indian Education sector is poised at an interesting juncture – on the one hand, there is a growing focus on achieving learning outcomes, while on the other, technology is being adopted quickly and content is being rewritten and redesigned to adapt to a variety of emerging media.

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Amongst all modern-day developments ‘Technology’ has clearly emerged as the single biggest theme to impact the sector in the last few years. This augurs well for the present-day learner, as also for educators and others in the teaching-learning process. The advent of digitally enabled classrooms, cloud-based content, ebooks and online assessments among others have enabled our education system to reach an inflection point. Let us look at EdTech trends that have the potential to upturn the Education landscape forever.

Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR and AR): This has probably been the most talked about trend of 2017.  Virtual Reality immerses the user in a virtual or imaginary environment. Immersive educational environments are already being used to provide learners a life-like experience in subjects as diverse as history and chemistry. Augmented Reality on the other hand is a technology used to present an enhanced version of reality where elements of physical real-world environment are augmented with digital learning experiences. AR/VR technologies help learners experience and interact with digital learning objects to support their learning. Educators, who earlier had print or digital images/animations for teaching support, now can leverage these high-fidelity educational experiences to achieve better learning outcomes.

Adaptive learning through Artificial Intelligence: Adaptive learning has the potential to solve a crucial challenge in classroom learning – how to engage learners of different abilities in the same classroom! Adaptive learning systems use machine learning and to help personalize the presentation of learning material based on their learning speed, interest and problem areas. In the hands of teachers, this can become an important tool to ensure more uniform learning. Machine learning along with natural processing and speech recognition technologies are also facilitating the development of conversational programs, also called chatbots. The bots can be programmed to provide a wide variety of services such as tutoring.

Learning Analytics: It is often said “what gets measured is what gets done”. The focus is shifting from big data to ‘little’ data. Little data is personal activity data which when analyzed by intelligent systems, is able to provide key insights into the way students learn. It may well become an important source of information and insight for decision-making for educators. It may also unlock new potential for personalization of tools and content. By adding the right information capture mechanisms and real-time insight capabilities, traditional Learning Management Systems (LMS) can now vastly enhance the teaching-learning experience. The implications of a data driven approach will be far reaching and will permeate not just teaching & learning but other areas including guidance on career choices. One of OUP’s more recent integrated learning solution, launched last year, provides detailed learning analytics for the student, teacher and also the parent.

Online Assessments: New forms of technology mediated assessments have enabled a big shift from fixed-in-point summative assessments, which are today at the core of the learning process, to more continuous and adaptive formative assessments. Online assessment solutions are clearly more customizable, interactive, secure and quick to deliver. They work across multiple platforms (mobile included) and offer detailed interactive dashboards to analyze performance from various aspects. The ability to store historical assessment data and compare progress over time can be used to establish a trend and also draw inferences on the learners’ progress in the context of learning. Online testing also brings in the benefits of anytime testing, remote proctoring, real-time audio-video integration and also more personalized testing.

2018 promises to be an interesting year for Education, clearly with EdTech disrupting traditional methods, pedagogies and mindsets. Its seamless integration with print and classroom practices will be central to its success in the Indian context, and wider acceptance by stakeholders the key to its longevity!

It is important not to lose sight of the evolving needs of the educator in the context of the fast-paced EdTech developments. Teacher Training programs, offered online, offline or in a combination, are key to upskilling our educators who are often the primary consumers of these EdTech solutions and play a pivotal role in seeding and growing adoption among learners.

Do not miss more of such trends that are going to be discussed at EdTechReview Summit 2018!

TAGGED: 2018, Adaptive Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Assessments, Augmented Reality, Indian Education, Learning Analytics, Virtual Reality
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