Technology taking Education beyond classrooms in India

The Indian education system has seen a major revamp, a paradigm shift in the last decade. In the past few years, India has emerged as the top destination for teaching, and it has set some excellent teaching standards for the world to follow.

The emergence of technology and mobile apps has revamped the manner in which students approached studies and educational content. The penetration of the Internet and Smartphones not only increase the quality of learning but also take teaching beyond classrooms and geographical boundaries.

The increased usage of technology has not only empowered the students but has also enabled the teachers in imparting their knowledge with better precision. At a time when the world is becoming a global village, the inclusion of technology in education has proved to be an asset for the Indian students. This inclusion is making them ready to face the outer world. Be it science, technology, arts, literature, etc. the students can now learn anything of their choice in the most advanced and compatible manner.

66% of the Indian population in India now owns a Smartphone, and students form a big part of it. Thus with mobile technology, the amount and the depth of knowledge that they can get is endless.

Let us see, how Technology is Making a new India for the Future.

Personalized Content

The inception of digital technology has created a plethora of new ways to modify the education system in India. Schools can now help the teachers to apply the teaching methods according to the potential, strength, weakness, and interest of every student. Precise and reliable mobile apps are also helping students to manage their time, tasks, and schedules.

The fundamental of 'one size fits all' is being replaced by adaptive learning, which has helped the students to expand their horizon of thinking and skills. In addition to this, schools and universities are now ensuring better access to laptops and computers for the students, making them well-equipped for the modern age work environment.

Technology has also helped the students to take unique, out of the box courses apart from the traditional ones. With technology at the helm, the teachers can impart a better quality of education to the students enabling them to learn multiple new aspects required for their all-round development.

Teaching beyond the blackboards

Technology has been the able catalyst in India to take the traditional blackboard teaching beyond the boundaries of classrooms or geographic locations. Teachers have started using multi-board, videos, and PowerPoint presentation to provide a more detailed understanding of the topics that they are teaching. Not only does this method make teaching interactive, but it also allows the teachers to include several different perspectives that were not possible with textbook teaching. They can give three-dimensional examples to the students and a detailed analysis of the topic which is going on. This style of teaching enables the students to get in-depth knowledge about the subject. 

Students from different states, communities, locations, etc. can now interact with the best teachers in India and the world. In a recent example, Delhi government has used the tutorials of the famous IIT-JEE teacher Anand Kumar (Of Super 30 fame) to impart IIT-JEE coaching to the students who were not able to afford the coaching fees. This step reaped fruitful results as some of the students actually made their way through to the prestigious engineering institutes of the country. The power of technology has undoubtedly made education more accessible in India.

Making Education affordable

Gone are the days where higher education was available only to the people who could afford to spend a hefty amount of money. For a growing economy like India, it is essential to impart education to a majority of the population, to make them worthy for better employment Byju, an education unicorn from India has taken e-learning to a different platform and is now one of the leading e-learning mobile apps in the world.

Also read: How much would it cost to develop an e-learning app like Byju?

Disruptive mobile technology and affordable data rates have also helped mobile apps like Byju to reach different corners of the country and provide interactive education.

The Indian government has also played its part in allowing the penetration of technology for a better future of the country. With cloud computing, the students can access the study materials and the video lectures by the teachers from anywhere, and at any time.

This features giving them the power to decide their own study time and be more responsible. The synchronization is managed optimally as everything on the cloud is stored properly.

No dearth of Study Material

Having proper reference books from renowned authors was certainly a struggle in old India without any e-learning apps or implementation of technology.

The technological revamp has made a huge difference for the students in rural areas, who now don’t have to travel for hours together to get access to good education. The Internet has made accessibility easy and also on their fingertips. Moreover, with mobile apps, the students now have all the subjects under one umbrella in detail with the state-of-art technology.

Artificial Intelligence will be future

From all the emerging mobile technology trends, Artificial Intelligence is the one that would affect the education sector the most in India. AI technology will spearhead the education revolution in the future.

The simulation of AI videos will make the education process interactive, and its superimposition on real-life elements will have a never seen before angle to the education system.

Technical education and medicines would be the most favored field of AI and VR (Virtual Reality) technologies, as the students would be able to learn things with real-life examples and perform tasks which they weren't able to in the labs or theory classes. It will also inculcate students to have a more practical approach towards education in India, which would be a welcome change as most of the system is based on theoretical knowledge.

Artificial Intelligence will also help in increasing the skill set of the students and make them market-ready. The teachers will also be able to upgrade their teaching skills, which will result in better teaching scenarios.

Also read: Mixed Reality in Education transforming the Teaching and Learning Experience

Signing off

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan famously said, 

'Teachers should be the best minds of the country'

This quote will stand true through time and tide, as teachers are the architects of any country's future. We at Prismetric understand the essence of e-learning and the emergence of usage of technology in the education sector and thus provide a wholesome package that can cater all your needs.

Education is vital for any country as it is a tool that paves the path for a better future. For a developing country such as India, education becomes a notch above priority, and with the inclusion of technology; it is certainly heading into the correct direction.