HERE LET US HAVE A LOOK AT THE EDUCATIONAL TRENDS YOU

WILL WITNESS IN THE YEAR 2019.

1. Integrated Learning Solutions
 It is not a Practical Idea for schools to wait till 100% digitalization to give
students the taste of modern education.Integrated learning solutions are now an
accepted reality in most schools. They are aiming to provide optimum digital
infrastructure requirements while keeping traditional textbooks as the base.
In fact, it is unfair for a group of students to remain unaware of the benefits of
digital education just because of the connectivity and infrastructure
issues.Intelligent solutions like a print textbook associated with audio-visual
content for a smartboard which is linked to an online assessment structure can
work wonders to improve learning outcomes.
2. Augmented Reality
Knowledge retention improves drastically when learning involves audio,
video, and visuals which is lacking in traditional lectures.This is one reason why
schools have accepted virtual reality with both hands.
In fact, virtual reality is not only about seeing something but about
experiencing the subject which helps students to learn with better understanding.
Teachers can find this as a feasible option to teach them complex concepts with
comparatively a lesser time with the additional benefit of knowledge retention.
Augmented reality can take learning to a new level as the students just experience
the subject.
3. Personalized Learning
This is going to be a notable trend of the year as students can learn without
worrying about device, location and timing constraints.This even changes the way
of education delivery or learning process and students can learn without a barrier
of their strength, weakness or pace of understanding.
 This is, in fact, a game changer for students with special needs as they get
the flexibility or freedom to learn at their pace and be competent enough at the end
of the academic year.
4. Professional Development of Teachers
The educators are of course an integral element of the learning ecosystem.
And that is why it is important to familiarise them with present generation
competencies and skills so that students can experience the best of the technologies
available now.This simply pushes the need for professional development programs
when they can get better with the novel teaching-learning pedagogies as well as
enhance their lateral thinking abilities.
School authorities are taking initiatives to organize such programs and training for
teachers of all level classes to help them make an impact on the present learning
trends. Surprisingly, the trend is now seen in both private as well as public sector
educational institutions.
5. Bite-Sized Learning
Short-term attention span has always been an issue in the education sector.
Students have struggled a lot to cope with the long, intense text. The learning
content has not been very interactive, which reduced learning abilities in students.
Now, the education sector has started understanding the unique learning needs of
each and every student. This has been possible due to emerging digital
technologies.
Teachers are now able to incorporate bite-sized or nano-learning to reduce
the intensity and increase the effectiveness of learning. This trend is growing at a
fast pace.
The learning model is divided into small interactive sections. This supports
the behavior of learners and ensures 100% attention during every learning session.
6. Internet of Things
This is, in fact, a much-discussed area in the digital transformation trends in
the field of education.Unlike just the energy efficiencies, IoT is putting forward
options for teachers and school authorities to better organize the daily school
activities.
This even provides additional options like sharing student results with other
teachers or parents in real time or track the completion of home works easily.
Teachers can also use it as a domain to alert students about some potential issues or
use it to easily evaluate if their teaching strategies are working through polls.
7. Formative assessment solutions
The importance of learning outcomes will be focussed more and that is why
formative assessment solutions are adopted.
The routine assessment options like basic tests for recall at the end of a term may
prove less productive in this digital era.
Through formative assessments, learning makes an impact as it tests the
student’s progress together with curriculum delivery and analyzes personal and
social competencies.
In fact, students will get a personalized feel of the outcomes as these techniques are
adaptive, which is another reason why institutions now largely choose formative
assessment over the routine cookie-cutter approaches.
8. More Flexible Seating
Some of you may wonder if this is something very important to education.
In fact, research has suggested that it can have a remarkable impact on the way
students perceive education.
Understanding its significance, schools have started giving them choices to opt for
the way they like to be seated in a class.
This can be standing desks, large pillows, bucket chairs, or even café style
stools unlike the traditional classroom set up.
It is after all about the freedom children experience, which in turn changes the way
they see education.
9. Exam Management Revolution
The way exams are conducted and evaluated is going to be changed which avoids
the hectic traditional styles including exam invigilation, exam centers, and answer
sheet evaluation.

AI-based proctoring can bring a lot of changes in the way exams are managed as
infrastructure or logistics are no more barriers.
With this technology, students are allowed to take exams despite their location.
However, this makes sure if the students are taking exams in a fair manner with
intelligence features to track and monitor by means of advanced image, video and
audio streaming.
10. Blockchain Technology
This innovative technology will make a remarkable difference in the way schools
handle student credentials and certificate verification. 
It provides an option to store digital copies of credentials like certificates in a
collaborated and the distributed environment.
This avoids the cases of lost original certificate and helps with a better way of
student record authentication.
11. Digital Ethics and Privacy
Upholding the significance of digital ethics and privacy is becoming very
important in the present educational era.
Giving importance to this right from the school days in fact help students to have
early learning about the possible scenarios well in advance.
The scenario has become diligently important with the increasing rise of social
media influence as well as data leaks and data terrorism.
12. Online Education
With the widespread acceptance and influence of mobile gadgets, providing online
education is a concept which can be delivered a lot easy than ever before.
Even working professionals or students with problems of transportation can access
education without confinement.
This proposes a platform to provide education through videos and tutorials to the
students of rural areas where they can get it at affordable rates.
Moreover, value-added certifications offered online can enhance the employability
of the students.
13. Shifting from STEM to STEAM
For a long time, the education system revolved around the STEM approach.
So, the integral education aspects were science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics. But this has become a bit outdated nowadays.
However, various industries ask for professionals who disciplined in the areas of
creativity and art.
The last few years have increased the popularity of the STEAM approach to
learning.
The “A” stands for Arts, which includes the creative aspect of learning.
Businesses give merit to creativity and thinking, especially in the fields of
innovation, leading, teaching and others.
Even teachers need to evolve their creative thinking to utilize unique teaching
methods and design age-appropriate learning models.
14. Smart Spaces
This was one of the much-awaited trends for long years and in fact, it serves as a
platform or literal physical space where humans can interact with modern
technology.
This simply means that students and teachers get a chance to use the traditional
classroom set up where they can utilize the most modern technologies.
This will be a dream come true for many learning enthusiasts as the result is a
classroom with artificial intelligence-driven analytics, smart boards, learning
management systems as well as robots to carry out process-driven tasks.
15. Cost Management in Education
As the technology is rising in the education sector, administrations will
require in-depth planning to ensure relevant investment.
With the correct strategy, education industry will see a great improvement in terms
of cost management.
In the coming years, educational institutes are expected to invest more in
cloud technologies to reduce operational cost.
It will also improve the efficiency of operations in the education industry due to
shared services.
The cost of printing and papers will diminish with the rise of blockchain
technology in the education sector.
All the important documents, certificates, diplomas and others will take a digital
form.This will reduce the labor cost as well, which is generally required to store,
manage and maintain a lot of data in institutes.While other areas will go down with
respect to cost, the computing aspect will require more investment.
More and more classes are now connected. Hence, the demand for improved
computing resources is natural.This cost will enhance the operations. Sending
information processing transactions and various other functions will become digital
and simpler.
16. Increasing Wellness Programs
The education sector has been giving importance to the wellness of students a lot
in the past few years.And this will increase as the rise of wellness programs. These
programs will focus on resolving issues such as anxiety, stress and other disorders
that lead to learning disabilities.
 Students will get comprehensive awareness about their emotional, physical
and spiritual being.The education sector is, in fact, a vast area and the perspectives
can differ depending on the facilities of the school, the type of students you are
handling and importantly on the immediate society.
Still, all or most of these trends can make at least a small impact on all types
of educational ventures of our country.Parents, students, teachers, school
management and policy-making bodies can make an impact on the way how trends
are changing over the years.
17) The Changing Role of a Teacher
The 21st century has changed the concept of a teacher too. More than a data
feeder, the teacher has become someone who nurtures the learners adequately. This
trend has become the crux of the student-centered approach to learning.
The teacher has become a person who guides his/ her class through activities
and sharing the wonder of discovery.Though involved in the activities, a teacher
should keep an eye on monitoring the personal progress of individuals and helping
the ones who need special attention and help.
18)Artificial Intelligence Learning
The impact of artificial intelligence in the field of education is flourishing.AI keeps
altering education institutions and tools used.
In this tech era, there are more sites that use AI technology to assess a student’s
progress. Apps like Duolingo and writing tools like No Red Ink focuses on how AI
provides individual revisions and internet-based learning.
The main advantage of AI is that it provides real-time feedback and continual
targeted practice for students. Teachers can analyze where the students stand up to
and also they can tailor up better lesson plans.
Teachers can get help from the monotonous task of paper corrections and
plagiarism checking with the help of AI features.
19) Cultivation of empathy
One of the main problems of the classroom is poor behavior among students.
Compassion for others, good communication skills, empathy and good relationship
with classmates are required for students to create a positive character.
Empathy is necessary for individuals to build up a trusted and friendly relationship
among students.
The teachers should include more group activities for students to make them
interact with other students. The schools which focus on improving empathy have
higher achieving students as their outcome.
20) Genius Hour
Students should be given a chance for ‘genius hour’ during which they can choose
to learn and explore their favorite and interesting subjects.
The benefit of giving a self-paced mode of study help in the growth of creativity
and inquiry in students.
Help students to discover their passion and develop an interest in the subject is the
teacher’s task. Help them to have in-depth subject knowledge.
21) Reading through a digital library
Digital libraries should be encouraged for reluctant readers. Students should be
given the freedom to explore, observe, question and infer from the surroundings.
Reading helps to expand knowledge and gain information about anything and
everything.
22) Nudge Tech
Nudge Tech generally refers to a collection of technologies that include data,
cloud, social, etc.
All these work together to achieve timely personalized interaction with teachers,
students, and other staff.
23) Smart campus
A smart campus refers to a digitized campus. Humans and technology-enabled
environments interact to create an immersive and impressive experience.
The use of the internet in the field of education has improved from previous years.
24) Wireless presentation Technologies
The use of wireless presentation Technologies helps teachers and stakeholders to
easily find project materials from a computer or a mobile phone rather than the use
of a hard-wired connection like a projector.
Hope these changes can bring in good to the modern student era and let the
educational institutions make the best use of it to develop better citizens for
tomorrow.