Emerging trends in educational technology

1. Digital Learning

Digital learning with quality contents, animation, interactive charts are becoming popular in the students, Digital learning is becoming norm for many institutes mainly for Distance Education, Executive Education, Management Development Courses in the areas of Finance, Digital Marketing etc. Even in case of pre-schools it is becoming easier to teach some of the concepts of Science, Mathematics. Digital learning is also going to be enabler for niche courses like English Language Training, Foreign Language Training (German, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish Languages), Soft Skills training.

2. Android App/ Windows App

With most of the younger generation increasingly using Smart Phones, Android/ Windows App market is picking up, similar to US where iPhone Apps are very popular , Indian App market is opening up slowly for Android (Increasing Number of Android/Java Enabled phones). People had started downloading apps which were free related Games, News etc. In coming days usage of paid apps is going to increase and people would find it convenient to buy paid educational apps right from schooling to higher education.

3. ePad/ iPad Based Learning

 Cost of the tablet PC is coming down to as low as Rs 3500, so it is becoming affordable for individuals. Many companies have also come up with Tablet PC embedded with educational contents like Lecture Series, Tutorials , Assessments for the exam preparation. This market is mainly open for competitive examinations like IIT JEE, GMAT, GRE etc. Such innovative method reduces cost of education and makes it affordable for everyone including in the rural market.

4. Mobile Phone

 With more number of people are using internet form their mobile phones, most of the websites are providing mobile version of the site. With mobile site there is limitation in terms of user interface/ resolution, however it also brings additional opportunity for the organizations to reachout to new customer base. Education sector is still lagging behind in terms of mobile sites and need to be proactive for such initiatives.

5. Interactive Self Assessment

Some of the new products like Eklavvya has enhanced self learning process. In such case individual who is looking to practicing for objective questions based exams like NEET 2013, MPSC, UPSC, MHTCET etc can use Eklavvya CD based Solution to analyze individual performance. Technology also provides strong and weak areas of the student. So it helps student to focus on weaker areas to work on. Student can appear for N number of exams /Test Series to analyze individual performance over the period of time.Such assessment process is easiest way to understand own performance and benchmark it against selection criteria.