Using the hashtag #onlinelearning I found a very interesting
tweet about the future of the online learning for students as well as for
teachers.
The future of the online learning.
As technology is rapidly changing the world around
us, many people worry that technology will replace human intelligence. Some
educators worry that there will be no students to teach anymore in the near
future as technology might take over a lot of tasks and abilities that we have
been teaching our students. I think that Education will never disappear. It
will just take up different forms. Similarly to the personalized learning
experience, students will be able to modify their learning process with tools
they feel are necessary for them. Students will learn with different devices,
different programs and techniques based on their own preference. Blended
learning and flipped classrooms form important terminology within this change.
Students are having more opportunities to learn at
different times in different places. Online learning tools facilitate
opportunities for remote, self-paced learning. Classrooms will be flipped more
each year, which means that the theoretical part is learned outside the
classroom, whereas the practical part shall be taught face to face, or online interactively
with a teacher behind the screen. In the next years, students will incorporate
so much independence in to their learning process, so mentoring will always become
fundamental to student success. Teachers will form a central point in the
jungle of information, so our students will be paving their way through. Though
the future of education seems remote, I think that the teacher and educational
institutions will continue to be vital to reach an academic performance.
The scope for innovation is truly vast. The web
contains the biggest store of information available to anyone in the world, and
the internet is the widest-reaching communication medium. A considerable amount
of valuable information is already available. Today institutions are
thinking of innovative ways to incorporate digital content into learning
programs. Online learning will continue to offer unparalleled opportunities for
interactivity and open communication among students and teachers. I
think that the future of the online learning has already started.
Jorge Villarreal
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