Current Trends
Current Trends
Current Trends
AI-based proctoring can bring a lot of changes in the way exams are managed as
infrastructure or logistics are no more barriers.
With this technology, students are allowed to take exams despite their location.
However, this makes sure if the students are taking exams in a fair manner with
intelligence features to track and monitor by means of advanced image, video and
audio streaming.
10. Blockchain Technology
This innovative technology will make a remarkable difference in the way schools
handle student credentials and certificate verification.
It provides an option to store digital copies of credentials like certificates in a
collaborated and the distributed environment.
This avoids the cases of lost original certificate and helps with a better way of
student record authentication.
11. Digital Ethics and Privacy
Upholding the significance of digital ethics and privacy is becoming very
important in the present educational era.
Giving importance to this right from the school days in fact help students to have
early learning about the possible scenarios well in advance.
The scenario has become diligently important with the increasing rise of social
media influence as well as data leaks and data terrorism.
12. Online Education
With the widespread acceptance and influence of mobile gadgets, providing online
education is a concept which can be delivered a lot easy than ever before.
Even working professionals or students with problems of transportation can access
education without confinement.
This proposes a platform to provide education through videos and tutorials to the
students of rural areas where they can get it at affordable rates.
Moreover, value-added certifications offered online can enhance the employability
of the students.
13. Shifting from STEM to STEAM
For a long time, the education system revolved around the STEM approach.
So, the integral education aspects were science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics. But this has become a bit outdated nowadays.
However, various industries ask for professionals who disciplined in the areas of
creativity and art.
The last few years have increased the popularity of the STEAM approach to
learning.
The “A” stands for Arts, which includes the creative aspect of learning.
Businesses give merit to creativity and thinking, especially in the fields of
innovation, leading, teaching and others.
Even teachers need to evolve their creative thinking to utilize unique teaching
methods and design age-appropriate learning models.
14. Smart Spaces
This was one of the much-awaited trends for long years and in fact, it serves as a
platform or literal physical space where humans can interact with modern
technology.
This simply means that students and teachers get a chance to use the traditional
classroom set up where they can utilize the most modern technologies.
This will be a dream come true for many learning enthusiasts as the result is a
classroom with artificial intelligence-driven analytics, smart boards, learning
management systems as well as robots to carry out process-driven tasks.
15. Cost Management in Education
As the technology is rising in the education sector, administrations will
require in-depth planning to ensure relevant investment.
With the correct strategy, education industry will see a great improvement in terms
of cost management.
In the coming years, educational institutes are expected to invest more in
cloud technologies to reduce operational cost.
It will also improve the efficiency of operations in the education industry due to
shared services.
The cost of printing and papers will diminish with the rise of blockchain
technology in the education sector.
All the important documents, certificates, diplomas and others will take a digital
form.This will reduce the labor cost as well, which is generally required to store,
manage and maintain a lot of data in institutes.While other areas will go down with
respect to cost, the computing aspect will require more investment.
More and more classes are now connected. Hence, the demand for improved
computing resources is natural.This cost will enhance the operations. Sending
information processing transactions and various other functions will become digital
and simpler.
16. Increasing Wellness Programs
The education sector has been giving importance to the wellness of students a lot
in the past few years.And this will increase as the rise of wellness programs. These
programs will focus on resolving issues such as anxiety, stress and other disorders
that lead to learning disabilities.
Students will get comprehensive awareness about their emotional, physical
and spiritual being.The education sector is, in fact, a vast area and the perspectives
can differ depending on the facilities of the school, the type of students you are
handling and importantly on the immediate society.
Still, all or most of these trends can make at least a small impact on all types
of educational ventures of our country.Parents, students, teachers, school
management and policy-making bodies can make an impact on the way how trends
are changing over the years.
17) The Changing Role of a Teacher
The 21st century has changed the concept of a teacher too. More than a data
feeder, the teacher has become someone who nurtures the learners adequately. This
trend has become the crux of the student-centered approach to learning.
The teacher has become a person who guides his/ her class through activities
and sharing the wonder of discovery.Though involved in the activities, a teacher
should keep an eye on monitoring the personal progress of individuals and helping
the ones who need special attention and help.
18)Artificial Intelligence Learning
The impact of artificial intelligence in the field of education is flourishing.AI keeps
altering education institutions and tools used.
In this tech era, there are more sites that use AI technology to assess a student’s
progress. Apps like Duolingo and writing tools like No Red Ink focuses on how AI
provides individual revisions and internet-based learning.
The main advantage of AI is that it provides real-time feedback and continual
targeted practice for students. Teachers can analyze where the students stand up to
and also they can tailor up better lesson plans.
Teachers can get help from the monotonous task of paper corrections and
plagiarism checking with the help of AI features.
19) Cultivation of empathy
One of the main problems of the classroom is poor behavior among students.
Compassion for others, good communication skills, empathy and good relationship
with classmates are required for students to create a positive character.
Empathy is necessary for individuals to build up a trusted and friendly relationship
among students.
The teachers should include more group activities for students to make them
interact with other students. The schools which focus on improving empathy have
higher achieving students as their outcome.
20) Genius Hour
Students should be given a chance for ‘genius hour’ during which they can choose
to learn and explore their favorite and interesting subjects.
The benefit of giving a self-paced mode of study help in the growth of creativity
and inquiry in students.
Help students to discover their passion and develop an interest in the subject is the
teacher’s task. Help them to have in-depth subject knowledge.
21) Reading through a digital library
Digital libraries should be encouraged for reluctant readers. Students should be
given the freedom to explore, observe, question and infer from the surroundings.
Reading helps to expand knowledge and gain information about anything and
everything.
22) Nudge Tech
Nudge Tech generally refers to a collection of technologies that include data,
cloud, social, etc.
All these work together to achieve timely personalized interaction with teachers,
students, and other staff.
23) Smart campus
A smart campus refers to a digitized campus. Humans and technology-enabled
environments interact to create an immersive and impressive experience.
The use of the internet in the field of education has improved from previous years.
24) Wireless presentation Technologies
The use of wireless presentation Technologies helps teachers and stakeholders to
easily find project materials from a computer or a mobile phone rather than the use
of a hard-wired connection like a projector.
Hope these changes can bring in good to the modern student era and let the
educational institutions make the best use of it to develop better citizens for
tomorrow.