As an educator with more than 15 years of teaching experience, I have seen many changes within the education system. Technology and the way we use it within the education system has created the most change. The changes in the technology have neither been good or bad, but they have had an impact on
education.
Twenty two years ago, I worked at a printing factory in Ontario. While I worked there, people where predicting that we would be living in a paperless society within a decade. Well, it has been more than two decades, and society is still using paper. Within the education system, teachers are still using as much
paper as they always have. Within my classroom, I have decreased my paper usage by seventy-five percent over the last three years. My point being that it takes “a generation” for significant change to occur.
Technology today is changing exponentially, and the use of the technology has spread to all corners of the globe. The platforms that are being developed to support the technology are still in their infancy. Ten years from now, I think high school students will be completing 60-70% of their courses online. For elementary students, I think they will be participating in some form of online learning, but they will be doing it within the walls of a brick and mortar school. We cannot take away the powerful societal effects of a f2f learning environment.
Once the students from today’s generation become the educators, then the virtual classrooms will be able to function successfully. If facilitators are not properly trained in online delivery and methodologies, the success of the online program will be compromised.
education.
Twenty two years ago, I worked at a printing factory in Ontario. While I worked there, people where predicting that we would be living in a paperless society within a decade. Well, it has been more than two decades, and society is still using paper. Within the education system, teachers are still using as much
paper as they always have. Within my classroom, I have decreased my paper usage by seventy-five percent over the last three years. My point being that it takes “a generation” for significant change to occur.
Technology today is changing exponentially, and the use of the technology has spread to all corners of the globe. The platforms that are being developed to support the technology are still in their infancy. Ten years from now, I think high school students will be completing 60-70% of their courses online. For elementary students, I think they will be participating in some form of online learning, but they will be doing it within the walls of a brick and mortar school. We cannot take away the powerful societal effects of a f2f learning environment.
Once the students from today’s generation become the educators, then the virtual classrooms will be able to function successfully. If facilitators are not properly trained in online delivery and methodologies, the success of the online program will be compromised.