The future of education is
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As bandwidths increase, streaming media will change the web and how we study.
Remember when education started?
Education in 1880s.
European Education was introduced in the 1800s. Things were a lot tougher for our ancestors in the 1800s. During the Colonial years, Great Britain did not promote education. The schools were set up and operated by Christian Missionaries.
Students used slate instead of paper
Paper was expensive in the 1800s, so students wrote on thin slabs of slate.
They took notes with slate pencils made of clay. Paper was only used for penmanship lessons when kids dipped their quills in ink bottles and practiced their cursive. Textbooks were equally scarce. Students had to bring books from home, often borrowing used textbooks from older kids. Members of a class never had matching copies.
The rise of paper and pen writing.
For only a reasonable price, as paper and pen sets became more affordable and the quality of writing increased, paper and pen was destined to become the most powerful items with students writing series of note in school every day.
Traditional Classroom
In the traditional model the teacher stands between the students and the knowledge.
Students have no (or little) knowledge about the subject when they come to class. In class, they get taught all the knowledge, and it's often the basic knowledge about a subject. Students have to do the more comprehensive knowledge at home, it’s called homework. The process of thoughts is mostly viewed after doing a test. Learning space in which the teacher provides face-to-face instruction to students and communication between and among teacher and students is face to face.
These spaces are designed as an arrangement of similar desks placed in rows which are often difficult to rearrange and move about the room.
Learning space in which the teacher provides face-to-face instruction to students and communication between and among teacher and students is face to face.
A classroom which do not cater for innovation and creativity because its main resource is a teacher.
With lots of kids are crammed into a single room, it was important to maintain discipline. Punishments could be harsh. Misbehaving students were often publicly shamed. The teacher sat the naughty child at the front of the class. The practice was common in both the United States and Europe. Charles Dickens even mentioned it in a description of an English schoolroom in his novel The Old Curiosity Shop, published in 1841. Other punishments included making a child hold heavy books, stand against the wall for extended periods of time, or receive lashes with a whip.
The Rise of Online Learning
Since the earliest days of the Internet, people have been going online to learn new skills. However, in recent years, this capability has grown substantially, along with the public’s appreciation for its potential.
It’s become clear that online learning is become the preferred mode of education, eclipsing the longstanding classroom-based standard. According to Pew, this is already beginning to happen, 23% of college graduates have taken an online course with it rising to 46% amongst recent graduates - almost half of those surveyed.
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