Digital transformation of education
Therefore, when we talk about digital transformation, we refer to the process of implementation of new digital technologies in all aspects of society. And education has not escaped this digital transformation process, in one way or another, from primary schools to universities, have been impacted by this reality.
Education has not escaped the digital transformation process. Image credit: pixabay.com
And although Information and Communication Technologies have already burst into education for some time, perhaps most organizations did not pay much attention to them until the pandemic caused by COVID-19 forced us all to make use of these tools to a greater extent, showing us their potential advantages, some of which we can mention:
Evidence of progress at hand
Technology has played an important role in the documentation of student work. At all levels we have had the need to capture school work, which has helped the teacher to have a digital record of a student's progress.
By having the students' work recorded in digital format, it is easier for the teacher to make comparisons every so often of their progress, quickly detecting who needs more attention.
On the other hand, it is easier to share the work when it is stored digitally. I have observed some primary school teachers sending samples of the children's progress directly to their parents, instead of the process of taking the notebooks home.
Today it is easier to have the information at your fingertips. Image credit: pixabay.com.
Promotes a creative education practice
Digitalization has imposed new teaching methods, many traditional techniques play with memorization, without highlighting the student's ability to reflect and evaluate on their own. But a digital environment bets on creativity, since at home the student will have more time than he would have in the classroom to solve a problem, the teacher must resort to strategies that allow him to assess the ability to analyze and reflect on the problem, instead of establishing repetition exercises.
On the other hand, the virtual environment allows the teacher to approach a teaching method adjusted to the capabilities of each student, instead of establishing the same method for an entire class, where some specific learning patterns can be ignored. In the same way, the student has more freedom to discover based on his reflective capacity and learn according to his creativity. Thus, repetition patterns were forced to be replaced by methods based on reflection and creativity.
Promotes autonomy
Perhaps this point is clear, when using digital education systems the student is completely responsible for learning at their own pace, the teacher takes a guiding role, which proposes the topics and the line of learning, which does not mean that leaves the student alone with all the tasks, but becomes a support, and being in constant communication, through chats, video calls or e-mail, monitors their progress and makes the necessary guidance.
Digitalization has promoted autonomous learning.pixabay.com.
But at the end of the day, learning becomes autonomous and the student researches and resolves the issues raised at his own pace.
Supports the administration of the institution
The benefits are not limited to the student and improvements in the learning process. New technologies help to strengthen security and streamline the management of educational institutions themselves. Modern tools allow educational centers to keep track of their teachers and students in real time, for example, in the whatsapp groups formed for communication between teachers and students in my institution an administration staff is included, who keeps track of the activities and is attentive to any irregularities.
On the other hand, the interconnectivity that digitalization provides has improved communication between students, parents and the institution. Gone are the days when it was necessary to summon a student or his or her parent to address an issue of interest, something that can now be resolved with a video call at the moment.
It is undeniable that the impact that the internet has had on our lives has reached levels that a few years ago we could not imagine, and although some digital tools were already being implemented in the educational processes this pandemic forced us to put our foot on the accelerator, and we have witnessed these and many other benefits that the digital era has brought to the context of education, and that after this pandemic, I doubt that many are willing to return to the traditional system, so we will see that digitization will continue at an accelerated pace in the education sector.
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Greetings @emimoron
Very true, at this accelerated pace of constant technological innovations, they lead us to total digitization, certainly the Covid-19 was the great trigger for this reality to materialize, or rather take firmer steps to achieve digitization, look at this of education, in my case I chose to learn English online, perhaps in other circumstances I would not have encouraged, and indeed the study material I receive is fully digitized. Excellent article, thanks for sharing it in PH. Best regards.
So friend @lupafilotaxia, the covid-19 was the trigger that accelerated this process, I'm glad you were encouraged to learn English online, a good example of how the digitization of education benefits us all.
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Hello @emimoron
Excellent publication!
Digitalization in education is here to stay.
The incorporation of technological advances in education will continue to increase, making the teaching-learning process even easier.
Have a great day!
Thank you very much yanettyanez, there is no doubt that the digitalization of education is here to stay, we will continue to see how the teaching processes are adapted to its incorporation, facilitating the processes, my best regards!
Hi, @emimoron!
Very good article. Just to have a clarity, wanted to ask your opinion.
Regarding " Promotes Autonomy", there is a question, it is true that a support system is necessary for students, but why it has to be teachers only?
In today's digital world, they will be able to find their own support system in whosever they want and get connected to. Not limited to TEACHERS only.
Kids learn to speak native language just by observing others why can't they learn other things by observing ?
Why is there a requirement of teacher, who is teaching a subject which he/she is not even practicing it professionally or personally?
And with the pace at which change is happening, the diversity of subjects are increasing exponentially. Kids might choose to follow a person who is a subject matter expert in the particular topic and also practicing it rather choosing a conventional teacher.
The definition of teacher may be changed in future!
Since you write on education, it may help us to get a better understanding.
No doubt the role of the teacher will change in the future, and it would not even have to be a person, I have read that with advances in AI could even have virtual tutors. In some conventional curricula you can see a certain subject with the teacher of the student's choice, and connectivity would allow the teacher to be in another place. Now that, it will always be required to be a teacher because he is a professional with the pedagogical tools, something that an expert in a certain area may not, one thing is to know about the subject and another is to know how to teach about it, believe me that not always the expert knows about teaching methods. And if the expert in the subject dominates the teaching techniques, then he can be considered a teacher. Certainly with autonomy the student is expected to be responsible for his education, being able to look for his own support system, but it will always be necessary that someone guides him and evaluates if he has reached a goal, and that person must be trained for it.
Thanks for the reply. But things are certainly moving towards fundamental shifts.
Hello friend, very good publication and explanation in this regard, I agree on the number of advantages of this digital era, it has certainly helped us to improve the quality of life a little and thanks to it education did not have to be paralyzed last year. Like everything there are advantages and disadvantages, but it is important to see the positive side of the different situations. Thank you for sharing. Best regards!
That's right friend @franyeligonzalez, everything has its good and bad side, but the advantages have been considerable, including the possibility of not paralyzing the studies last year, let's hope that progress continues in this aspect and can reach more people. Thank you very much for your comment.