Written by Writer Hritika B.and Edited by Mrinali Jadhav
Trends and education are something which, when put together never actually goes well.
Writer Hritika B. for Unverbalise
Because the quintessential idea of education is “Studying under the light of a lamp post “ , “going to school after crossing a river “. These are just the tip of an ice berg of the scenarios we have heard while we grew up.
Well ….its 2023 and yes, we are now using trends in education as well , the core idea behind this is to make the idea of learning as a fun activity. After pandemic hitting the world , our world have literally got limited to our gadgets.
Our world has literally lived the idea of being a “Global village “ . Therefore , in such a scenario, it is very important that we change our perspective towards education or learning and try to analyse it with some different angle.
I have thus shared my two perspectives from which I see these Educational Trends.
Metaverse In Education Metaverse it seems the new fish in the sea of education. It has conquered the idea of the mainstream “Classroom learning “ and has instead coined the idea of an “ UNIVERSE “ this idea is actually brought to life by Kevin Chu , director of ViewSonic , he has actually fostered a virtual environment for his students to make learning a healthy and a fun activity and reduce barriers all at the same time.
ViewSonic seems to cater to these problems by their fostering of the Virtual Environment
▪︎Student engagement through Avatar Feature : The virtual environment will render an Avatar to the students in the virtual classroom.
This feature would attract more students and keep them engaged in the learning process.
Lecture Mode to help teachers take control.This feature is loved by teachers as this helps them to put the mics of their student off and make them seated. This feature helps them with grabbing the attention of the students.
Making of Avatars – a personalised experience Students get to have a personalised experience by getting to make their own avatars. They would be provided with tools and softwares which would help them make an avatar which truly represents their own self. Breaking down the barriers The virtual classroom is actually a platform which joins all the students all across the globe together .
It renders a community feeling of putting all of the students in one UNIVERSE . This actually helps the learners to come and explore more the ocean of learning.Diversity of the UNIVERSE the virtual UNIVERSE can be actually built on any platform. Any hardware is good enough to be used to create the virtual UNIVERSE . This accessibility feature is actually helpful to take the virtual classrooms to next level.
▪︎New Education Trends : Employers Version People who are hiring nowadays are actually looking beyond the conventional trainings of education. They are looking for more than just knowledge. Skill oriented learning :Employers are looking for talented people who are enhanced with skills as well as some learning. A blend of both is in great demand in 2023.
▪︎Ditch the conventional classroom : Armed with skills , institutes are ditching the quintessential classroom learning and are looking for creating more courses which makes you learn as you work. As in this fast pacing generation , people have lost the patience of “ just learning “ . we want to employ as we learn more.“ A single piece of paper , cannot deceide my future “
In this fast running world , we are taking longer strides and shorter degrees. Yess , the employers are now taking away their obsession with branded college degrees and are now looking for some quick 3 month or 6 month training programme stacked with skills as something more valuable than a 2 year long course spent only earning one degree.
▪︎Skill is the king : Yes , nowadays , if your skilled , then you are a survivor , otherwise , your left with just one option and that is Upskilling yourself. Skills are the new currency of this 21st century which would help you trade your favouraite dream to you.
Conclusion
Although trends are a new amalgamation to the ocean of Education, but this new element will definetly bring new colours to the mundane black and white ocean of education from Metaverse to Upskilling , trends have already started to cast its magic it seems.
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