In today’s digital era, students are visiting far off places such as Machu Picchu, the Great Barrier Reef, and other locations without ever leaving the classroom. Technology has the potential to accelerate, amplify, and expand the impact of powerful principles of learning. It can help capture learners’ attention by tapping into their interests and passions. With an influx of new learning models available, traditional educational methods are bound to evolve in the next decade. Let’s take a closer look at how technology is changing the future of learning experience.
Virtual Labs
The Virtual Learning Labs help students in understanding how education technology systems can use large amounts of data to effectively adapt instruction for them. These virtual learning labs can help in designing professional development in assisting teachers to use learning analytics to differentiate instructions. It also assists in developing indicators of engagement during learning. Virtual labs aids in engaging in leadership and outreach around the design of personalization of virtual learning systems
Gamification
Increased use of games provides students with the experience of working together on a project without leaving their classrooms. Students are now getting actively involved in a situation that feels urgent. They are taught to analyze data in order to solve a challenging problem. Examples include RoomQuake, an earthquake simulation system, in which an entire classroom experiences a scaled-down simulation of an earthquake and the speakers play the sounds of an earthquake. The students can inspect an emerging fault line, and stretch twine to identify the epicentre. They can also take readings on simulated seismographs at different locations in the room. This kind of technology encourages cultural awareness and building student confidence through practice.
Physical and Virtual Interaction
New ways are developed to connect physical and virtual interaction with learning technologies that bridge the tangible and the abstract. Students’ tangible engagement with a physical model is connected to more abstract, conceptual models, supporting their growth of understanding. These learning technologies enable elementary school students to not only sketch pictures of mathematical situations by using a pen on a tablet surface with representational tools; But also transform their pictures and representations in ways that help them to express what they are learning about mathematics. These representations and pictures can also be shared with the teacher via artificial intelligence.
3D Imaging
Interactive three-dimensional imaging software is creating potentially transformational learning experiences. With 3D glasses and a stylus, students are now able to work with a wide range of images from the layers of the earth to the human heart. This type of versatile technology provides the students with a richer and more engaging learning experience.
Augmented Reality
Augmented reality (AR) is a new way of investigating our context and history In the Cyberlearning. AR technologies can now be used to support the learning of critical inquiry strategies and processes. AR technology allows a student to view and experience a historical site from several social perspectives. It also enables them to view its structure and uses across several time periods. Hence, technology can enrich how students engage in the world around them and learning is not contained within screens or classrooms.
