Top 5 Most Amazing Trends Reshaping the World of Smart Learning

Technology has disrupted almost every sphere of our lives, including education. Smart learning has made a paradigm shift in the arena of traditional education, drastically. Smart learning focuses on offering the students an all-inclusive method of education with the help of digital marvels and prepare them for their both personal and professional lives. This brand new approach of learning has made it possible for the students to adapt to the fast-changing way of the world.

With the advent of digital wonders such as Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, gamification, chatbots, and 3D printing and chatbots has redefined the ways of delivering and receiving knowledge. These brand new marvels of technology are being used throughout the globe to make learning more effective, flexible, and efficient.

Smart devices and technologies are the basic foundations of this type of learning and teaching. This is the wonderful method of education which makes learning more engaging and fruitful. Smart learning methods offer ease of remote learning making it convenient for learners of any age group, or any subject of learning.

1.    3D printing 

One of the emerging and popular trend of smart learning is 3D printing. With the help of 3D printing, learners can create a three dimensional prototype from a digitally stored file. The ability to create three-dimensional patterns stimulates the cognitive skills in the learners. 

As 3D printing projects increase the learners’ interest and make learning engaging for them, many academic institutes have adopted this technology. 

Moreover, 3D printing projects help developing most-needed personal and interpersonal skills such as critical thinking, creativity, problem-solving, decision-making, and perseverance.

2.    Multi-Sensory Classroom

Classrooms are being transformed into multi-sensory learning environments by using interactive whiteboards. Another smart way of digitized learning is the Interactive whiteboards. This tool makes learning interactive and engaging for the students and thus helping in developing better learning opportunities.

The use of Interactive whiteboards in classrooms stimulates the visual, auditory and kinesthetic skills in students which results in positive and constant learning outcomes. 

Multi-sensory classrooms with interactive whiteboards makes learning fun for students and teachers find it easier to teach about abstract or complex concepts to the students. 

3.    Augmented and Virtual Reality

There’s no doubt that Virtual Reality is going to be the next big thing in the realm of education. There’s nothing more engaging for young students than learning through a real object. With VR equipment, students get engrossed in the subject they are studying or learning and become able to learn better.

Another marvel of technology is Augmented Reality or AR opening up newer avenues for education sector. Augmented Reality have become popular among the educators across the globe as this technology does wonders when it comes to make a lesson more engaging and fun. 

Using VR and AR in classroom is proved to be beneficial as it improves analytical skills, problem-solving skills, and creativity.

4.    Block Chain Technology

Block Chain is another evolving technology disrupting the education system. Block-chain is providing greater efficiency in the examination management system, student credential verification or the verification process of certificates. 

Another amazing benefit of block chain is that we can also manage and store the educational records of a life time. 

Apart from this, block chain technology is redesigning the way of monitoring children’s behavior by learning analytics.

5.    Chatbots

Chatbot is one of the most wonderful innovation of technology which has disrupted almost all businesses. Chatbots are basically the interactive bots that pops up every time you visit a website and always ready to solve your queries. 

In the education sphere, chatbots are used during interactive learning sessions or online training workshops. 

These chatbots can guide the learners throughout their entire learning process. They can send you reminders regarding your timing or schedules, track your progress and performance in the assessment, and give you feedback.

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Princy A. J

Princy holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the prestigious Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. University at Chennai, India. After a successful academic record, she pursued her passion for writing. A thorough professional and enthusiastic writer, she enjoys writing on various categories and advancements in the global industries. She plays an instrumental role in writing about current updates, news, blogs, and trends.