FUTURE OF EDUCATION

Education is a fundamental right of every child in the society.  We all are today in a position to earn a decent living because of the Education.  My intention is not to write about the Education System but the way it is shaping up and how technology is playing a major role in the way education is going to be imparted.

Children today are extremely comfortable with hand held Digital Devices and Computers.  The Education System is slowly evolving and adapting itself into the New Age Technology.

Teachers have taught lessons in the class room with 30 or 40 or 50 students.  With the new age technology the teacher can actually teach millions of children at the same time.  This is exactly what is done by Khan Academy.  Very simple explanations on various complex subjects with a 10 minute video.  Salman Khan the creator of the Khan Academy decided to provide simple, elementary explanation to maths, physics and related concepts.  The mission is to provide "a free world-class education for anyone anywhere".

Please see this below report what Khan Academy has done to revolutionize and shape the future of education in this world:



Technology is playing a major role in our lives over the last couple of decades particularly after the advent of Internet.  Technology is embedded into almost everything that we do and the convergence of technology and its amazing results are already seen in the evolution of the Mobile Devices.  The future is not just Education but Technology oriented Education which is now termed as "EdTech".

Sal Khan himself explains the why, how and what of the Khan Academy videos in his speech in the Good Live Experience Conference:



This extraordinary man who has studied at world class institutions like MIT and Harvard is now helping millions around the wrold to get world class education at their fingertips.

The academy teaches subjects like Maths, Science, History and Finance and is a great resource for anyone and everyone.

Khan Academy is just the beginning of this revolutionary EdTech and we will see many more such initiatives over the next decade which will get into various other parts of the real life learning.  We may not be able to go back to school but we can certainly go back to a virtual class room and learn whatever we want to learn as there are no boundaries for the virtual class room and hence no entry barriers.  "Learning stops at the Grave" and EdTech is the future of education.

T.P.Anand
Dubai, U.A.E.
28th October 2013