As we see, with a stroke of the Covid-19 pandemic, governments across the world announced We would observe a good jump in people seeking Degrees or Certifications via online mode instead of offline mode. More essentially, it celebrates its features by giving people a benefit to measure ROI on time and money when they choose to learn a new skill or get a new edge in their career. We know that, complete lockdowns, and also took it as a situational ultimatum to make a shift from their moving systems. And with such a rapid shift to digital platforms, tech adoption came as a by-product to all the consumers. 2021 is probably the year of change and evolution. The Edtech industry is booming at present with all small and big educational institutions adopting a hybrid approach to learning. To cope with the situations and move with the global trends, the adoption of tech-based education became the need of the hour. The economic repercussions of Covid-19 couldn’t still be measured exactly. It’s still not certain how long it would run, dragging its course. However, it’s tremendously affecting the employment market scales. It’s showing more significant effects on unemployment levels, which are incredibly increasing day by day. This in turn is giving a noticeable bend towards Career-oriented learning, upskilling and reskilling using online platforms. This even focussed the acceleration for the need to shift away from brick and mortar towards the digital platforms. No doubt this stage was initially difficult for all the stakeholders, but anyway it was markedly a drastic development in the education history of the world. Again consequently the rapid shift to digital learning, tech adoption came as the by-product to all the consumers. Withstanding the current challenging situations and adoption of advanced technologically equipped education was itself a remarkable deal for education networks. These new emerging patterns are leading to some innovations due to recent policy changes under the new National Education Policy 2020. Maybe this pushes us to pull out its maximum in building a better, advanced technology developed education environment in 2021 and far beyond.
Increased investments and adoption.
Although there is a significant extension in the digital world of education which is bringing a vast array of knowledge and scopes, still there remains a vastly unexplored sea in the tech-learning world. Thus many companies are initiating their efforts to find ways to innovate, invent and implement in the segment of e-learning. As we see the ed-tech industry continues to expand, the adoption of tech is facilitated even more further. We can very well assume that hybrid learning is the key to education in the coming future.
AR and VR will become the mainstream.
Augmented reality (AR) and Virtual reality (VR) are becoming popular and are moving fast within the Edtech market. With AR at their side, interactive learning platforms are empowering and enabling both students and teachers to enjoy their classroom experiences. Adding videos and graphics in the classroom via
AR and VR are undoubtedly making the classroom sessions more exciting and interactive for the aspirant students.
Whether bringing historical figures into the picture or bringing a business world into the learning spaces, it platters more possibilities to explore both for teachers and students.
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