The Internet is accessible by smart-phones, tablets, MP3 players, PC’s, and more. In a time where the number of web devices exceeds inhabitants in the United States, being static will equate to becoming outdated. Today’s students do not want to participate in busy work they can find answers to at a moments notice on Google.
The classrooms many of us grew up in still resembled the original academic institutions of the 19th century. Teachers were continuing to use passive teaching methods and archaic pedagogic principles.
As technological advancement has exploded, the world has embraced the digital revolution. Education now must accept these changes and evolve along with students and the ever-mutating technology.
More and more students are looking to online classes to fit their busy schedules, allow them to work at their own pace, and engage them in ways traditional brick-and-mortar teachers are lacking.
With the massive open online courses MOOC being taught by elite university professors, at no cost, there will be another shift in education. The move to allowing free (or tuition free) education to anyone, anywhere in the world, online will revolutionize the global marketplace.
The access of individuals to learn what they want, when they want, will create a more marketable workforce. There are a few schools that accept 5 of the MOOC’s now offered for credit at ACE’s prompting.
Some online schools, such as Western Governors University take experience as credit (the student can test out of a course). This could be the future for MOOC’s as well.
These ideas are only the beginning for the new wave of learning possibilities coming our way. The Internet will level the playing field between job seekers, businesses, and education.
Today a degree, or an advanced degree, may be the advantage; however, tomorrow those educational experiences will be easier to come by no matter who you are, where you live, how much you have, or what you do. This will change everything around the world.
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