HOW WILL TEACHING CHANGE?

 

Education has undergone a radical transformation over the last few decades, and it is anticipated to change dramatically in the future. With the aid of technology, teaching and learning will be entirely distinct from what we are doing these days.

Firstly, there will more degree pathways to accommodate a changing student demographic and employment landscape. Alternatives include nano- and micro-degrees, competency-based programs, expanded online options, and portable and standards-based credentials, as well as increased collaboration and partnerships with other institutions.

           Secondly, online education will be more widely used in different programs. It will range from online activities to the whole online course. Teachers must be prepared to teach in different modes, including face-to-face, online and blended ones.  

        Thirdly, teachers and students will make use of technology in every classroom. “Paper and pen” classroom will be totally replaced by high-tech one in which modern facilities are used. Technology will be used in coordination with active learning to produce the greatest gains in rates of student success.

          The next change will be the use of AI in teaching. Scientists are now making “attempts to create machines that can do things previously possible only through human cognitions”. In the future, teaching machines may replace teachers in the classroom and they are able to do things that only human could do in the past such as giving feedback to individuals.

 

          The future teaching will also use XR (extended reality), AR (augmented reality) and VR (virtual reality). Whereas AR overlays physical objects and places with virtual content, VR is typically a more immersive experience, involving manipulations of and interactions with virtual objects within an entirely virtual environment. Another kind of XR is holography, by which an object is imaged as a three-dimensional representation instead of a two-dimensional image.