The digital era is reshaping industries of all kinds, classroom teaching shall not be the most effective way of transferring knowledge. A new wave of tech-driven delivery models is presenting the education sector with an opportunity to dramatically enhance the quality of learning — and the results that students and businesses can expect. The higher education industry continues to make progress on its digital transformation journey. Digital learning is powering several benefits that are changing the opportunity set for teachers. The benefits are proving to be game changers for educators.
Personalized learning
The opportunity to help every student learn at the best pace and path for them is the most important benefit of digital learning. Hundreds of next generation schools are prototyping the benefits of customization.
One on one tutoring is a good example of personalized learning, but it is expensive. The shift to digital learning can approximate the benefits of tutoring while freeing up time for teachers to address individual and small group needs.
The opportunity to customize learning sequences for each student will make education more productive. Special needs will be more quickly diagnosed, learning gaps will be addressed, and progress will be accelerated.
Expanded learning opportunities
Digital learning is extending learning opportunities worldwide. Education Reimagined celebrates open-walled learning and acknowledges that, learning happens at many times and in many places and intentionally leverages its expansive nature in the learner’s development of competencies. learners with authentic, rich, and diverse learning opportunities.
High engagement learning
The shift to digital can boost student motivation. Anyone who has witnessed the engagement of game-based learning can appreciate the potential to create learning experiences that boost persistence.
Competency-based learning
Flex blends support individual progress. Dynamic grouping, workshops, and project-based learning can add lots of collaborative learning to an individual progress model. Because competency-based learning changes everything about school, the transition from age cohorts to individual progress models will take longer, this is a generational shift.
Assessment for learning
Digital learning powers continuous feedback from content-embedded assessment, games, simulations, and adaptive learning. When students can track their own progress it can improve motivation and agency.
Collaborative learning
Digital learning powers collaboration. Social learning platforms like Edmodo make it easy for teachers to create and manage groups. Collaborative authoring environments like Google Docs make it easy for teams (near and far) to co-author documents and presentations.
Quality learning products
Digital learning tools allow students to produce professional quality products and to share them with public audiences. The journalism program at Palo Alto High School is a great example of what kids can do when empowered.
Next-gen learning for educators
Blended, personalized and competency-based learning is for educators too! As discussed in Preparing Leaders for Deeper Learning, preparation and development are increasingly based on a competency map (what educators should know and be able to do), many personalized ways to learn, and multiple opportunities to demonstrate learning. Teachers can also join online professional learning communities, like Teachability, to ask questions and share tips and stay connected with a global community.
Digital technologies therefore offer the chance for individualised, tailored, accelerated and more effective strategy for businesses. If you want to know about the power of digital transformation, Anglo African team can help you, do contact Naazreen on 2331636 or via e-mail at jessen.valaythen@infosystems.mu
