New Technological Advances
I recently reviewed a new innovation
technology from the EDUCAUSE Library.
The title of this article is titled The State of E-Learning in Higher
Education: An Eye Toward Growth and
Increased Access. This article focused
on how two-year institutions have historically been leading in the race by a
long shot when it comes to offering more and better e-learning opportunities to
post-traditional learners. Two-year
institutions have been paving the way in online course offerings and are
attracting more non-traditional learners, they are offering a significantly higher
number of classes than traditional 4-year universities. Studies state that 40% of current college students
are non-traditional and 22% of those non-traditional students are mothers (EDUCAUSE
Research, 2013).
Key Trends
One key trend out of six key trends that they discussed in this document focused on redesigning the learning spaces. Colleges are implementing more strategies to incorporate digital elements to accommodate more active learning in the physical classroom (EDUCAUSE Research, 2013). However, educational settings are now being redesigned as we shift to a more digital platform where mobile flexibility is in increasing demand. There is a huge need to increase remote communication, so colleges are in increasing their bandwidth and they are installing larger displays to support natural collaboration. They are also looking into mixed reality environments that are introducing 3D holographic content into physical environments. This allows non-traditional distant learners to still participate via simulation. This is helping to bring real-world skills to a virtual platform to support the needs of non-traditional students (EDUCAUSE Research, 2013).
Forces That Impact the Trend
and The Technology
There are social impacts that are due to a shift from a non-traditional classroom to an e-learning environment. This has led to a demographic shift, more mothers are now going back to school, and they are able to do so because of virtual classroom environments. Another one of the forces is technology, the increasing demand for e-learning has led to new technological advances. There has been an increase in artificial intelligence, and there has also been an increase in the next generation of digital learning environments. There has also been an economic impact due to an increase in educational costs over the years.
References
EDUCAUSE
Research. (2013). The State of
E-Learning in Higher Education: An Eye Toward
Growth and Increased Access. Retrieved on August
23, 2022, from https://library.educause.edu/resources/2013/6/the-state-of-elearning-in-higher-education-an-eye-toward-growth-and-increased-access
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