A look into the future: the digital revolution and the classroom

Maria Stefanecz The digital revolution is rapidly changing the world we live in; how will it affect the classroom? Image: Pearson, All Rights Reserved Digital technologies are fundamentally changing the way people live, work, learn and socialise today. [1] Increasingly sophisticated interactions between technologies and students and teachers, as well as the growing hype around their application in education, is delivering a promise of more “personalised” or “adaptive” learning (eg. ALEKS, Knewton, DreamBox). This addresses one of the main critiques of the current education model; namely, the lack of a personalised approach to students’ needs. [4,5] Technology can be, and is increasingly, used for student and teacher assessment and monitoring (ex.:No More Marking, Geekie), virtual mentoring and teaching of particular skills. (ex.:Mindspark, Siyavula Practice, Teach to One, Byju), It also helps to connect formal and informal learnin...