The Future of Education

A great piece of work by NMC Horizon Report 2013 regarding some emerging technologies which will have impact on education in 12 moths time, or in 2 years time or in 5 years time. Some of the technologies mentioned in the report sounds familiar to me especially those technologies like cloud computing and mobile learning thanks to our I4Ed class. There are schools now who start using these two technologies as part of their teaching tools.


Technologies like Learning Analytics and Open Content expected our Education system in a positive way. Using Learning Analytics we will be able to identify areas a student might lack understanding from the lesson and that will help educators to work that student without affecting other students. Open Content movement expected to reduce the ever increasing cost of education.


Emerging technologies like virtual and remote laboratories and 3-D printing are start influencing our education system sooner than expected. Thanks to growing investments and new mobile apps, 3-D printing becomes accessible in some schools that enable their students to learn the design process, build rapid prototype and creates models consistent with the curriculum. Virtual laboratories are already more accessible to schools that didn't have a well established labs. Virtual labs give students  the chance to do as many experiments as they want without fear of material being run out.


As a person who used 1960s text books in my country until 2006, as a person who touched computer keyboards a few times until 2006, the changes I have now witnessing regarding education and technology is unreal. As an educator what I have to do with fast changing education system is the make myself familiar with some of the technologies affecting our education system as much as possible.


Finally, as this report pointed out they are not predicting that these technologies will affect our education system in the given order. They understood that  how technology is an unpredictable phenomenon affecting our life hugely.


Have a good day!!!!