FUTURE EDUCATION

By :ASHISH AHUJA (77) & ASHISH GUPTA (78)

How has public education changed in the last 100 years?

GLOBAL TRENDS

• School time

• Teacher-centered

• Textbook funds

• One pace for all

• Buildings

• Mass instruction

• Learning anytime, anyplace• Student-centered• Education resource funds• Different rates and styles of

learning• Multiple access points for learning• Personalized instruction

EDUCATION TRENDS• Competition among schools for students, educators and funds is

increasing.• Calls for education accountability at all levels are increasing.• More districts and states are contracting for education services.• The demand for education professionals is rising.

• Rapid knowledge growth• Rapid Career change

• Rapid Career Extinction• Just In Time Knowledge• The Challenge of Globalization

FEATURES

• Impact of Demographic issues• Social/cultural change issues

• Technological Trends• Thriving with multiple careers• Flexible delivery system

FEATURES ( contd.)

CONVENTIONAL TRENDS

• Smart Classrooms

• Use of Projection Technology

• Cloud Interaction

• Distance Education

Given the trends and technologies discussed, how do you think

these will affect education and training

in the future ?

ANY IDEA ?

AN EXTREME PREDICTION• With the emergence of Software technologies and Rise of the

Internet, schooling will extinct, eventually.

• Education & learning just a click away !

ANOTHER EXTREME• Computer technology innovations have promised more than they delivered.

• Forget about it and get back to schooling as usual.

THE VISION

• Vision of a more moderate future that lies between these extremes.

• Useful Technology comes handy in need !

THE VISION ( CONTD.)

POSSIBILITIES

• Smaller Computing devices and wearable technologies – tools for teachers and students.

• The teacher’s role will increasingly shift from the “sage on the stage” to the “guide on the side”.

• With improving technology and increasing networking, education will become available anytime and anywhere.

BUT STILL . . . .

• Computers and allied technologies are unlikely ever to replace traditional face-to-face teaching and learning.

• But, technology probably will change the face of the teaching and learning landscape as we know it today.

CONCLUSION

There are enormous possibilities which only

Time will reveal !!!

THINK ABOUT IT !!

THANK YOU !!