The strong and emerging connection between education and technology has long been considered by many experts as a powerful tool that can potentially transform and empower the world's education systems. In fact, experts believed that education technology's (EdTech) pervasiveness and continuous emergence could pave the way for the eradication of learning barriers experienced by both educators and students.
Due to its transformative potential, education technology can also democratize education by personalizing teaching and learning. As instructions become more personal, individualized and data-driven, EdTech will boost and improve the learning process for students, Parent Herald previously noted.
With that said, it's not surprising to learn that Penn State has decided to explore the possibilities and opportunities education technology has to offer, noting the value of smart presence technologies in education. According to Penn State News, the latest technological innovation BeamPro Smart Presence System of Suitable Technologies allows students to be remotely present at any place by using a robot that can be driven around through a computer app.
Penn State Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) emerging technology and media manager Chris Stubbs explained they aimed to determine the usefulness of BeamPro robots in education. As for the future of education technology, global education experts believed that a new wave of education technologies and strategies have the potential to take student learning to the next level.
As a matter of fact, several education initiatives have integrated computer technology and software applications to enhance student productivity, improve instruction and bridge the achievement gap in K-12 education systems. Market Wired also revealed that district and school IT departments are also urged to engage more in education technology in order to support a comprehensive array of educational innovations such as customized learning, peer-to-peer teaching and flipped classrooms.
Meanwhile, investments in education technology is currently on the rise as many education and technology leaders believe in the power of EdTech to revolutionize education. With the explosion of EdTech, learning methods are rapidly changing thus the global EdTech market continuously grow every year.
Even though educators have endless options when it comes to education technology, EdTech investment player and Owl Ventures partner Tom Costin has some advice to share. Costin said the best EdTech platforms are those that can determine or demonstrate real efficacy on student outcomes, MeriTalk reported.
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