Luddites and technophobes might bring out the pitchforks with this statement, but originally, technology was intended to assist us all by significantly making our daily lives easier to handle.
It is hard to think back and recall the days we were using road maps while traveling and mailing stamped letters to stay in touch with a distant relative since technology made these once mundane tasks accessible in a matter of seconds and simple smartphone clicks.
Looking past the several obvious disadvantages of technology and the way in which it triggered alienation among youth and adults alike, technology is now developed to the extent of being utilized on an everyday basis in the workplace and, most recently, in the classrooms as well.
Here are some of the latest tech innovations that completely transformed the way people learn for the better:
3D Printing Experiential schooling is the practice of learning by actively doing, a strategy opposing the one we are more accustomed to in the traditional education system.
By using 3D printers, students are able to study basic engineering and design principles and develop their problem-solving skills in the most efficient ways.
Gaming There is a common misconception that enabling a child to get their hands on a game is a waste of time – or rather, it is the furthest thing away from an educational experience imaginable.
However, this is far from true. It has been scientifically proven that digital games encourage kids to become more tech-savvy, improve their reading comprehension and even broaden their horizons when it comes to knowledge of history and geography.
Virtual Reality In the United States and Europe, virtual reality has already been implemented in several schools. This innovation is used to develop interaction skills and teach subjects like architecture and biology.
Additionally, virtual reality through Google Expeditions makes visiting foreign lands possible, which is yet another major contribution to the schooling system.
Massive Open Online Courses MOOCs enable live discussion forums and provide an endless source of information available to all with internet access.
Some universities hopped aboard this fast traveling train and now offer a hybrid model of their own: they provide their students with videos of lectures, thus enabling them to watch the lectures in their own time, pause and repeat as they see fit.
