Here’s a list of the top trends that started in 2019 and will continue changing the education industry in 2020.
#1 An increased use of digital tools in the classroom
In order for teachers to be able to deliver a 21st century education to young generations of digital natives, they need access to affordable digital tools. A survey found that 86% of teachers think it’s essential to use EdTech in the classroom, while 96% believe its use increases student engagement. Technology-driven education offers an enormous amount of value, delivering your students with the content and resources most relevant to their requirements in the most digestible ways possible. When it comes to equipping tomorrow’s workforce with the confidence, tools and mindset they need to succeed, employing the right EdTech tools is not only a flexible, interactive, relevant and sustainable approach; it’s the only way forward.
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#2 Increased demand for Personalized Learning
Personalized learning involves you providing targeted instruction to your students according to their learning styles. For instance, you can personalize your lessons by adding a video of yourself explaining a concept for the visual learners in your class. Similarly, you can add different activities or quizzes within the lesson plans that engage your students in the content. Another approach to personalized learning is encouraging students to set personal plans and goals that are aligned with their interests, talents and passions. Empower your students to set these goals, monitor their own progress towards these goals, and modify or set new goals as appropriate. This not only gives them a personalized learning experience, it also motivates them to take charge of their own learning
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#3 Teachers using a more Data-Driven approach
In a customer-centric world, data and big data are proving to be more critical to organizations across industries and using a data driven approach is fast becoming a necessity in the education sector. New ways are being introduced to help teachers gather data about their students progress, checking their level of understanding and analyzing that data for student success. By leveraging big data, you can easily identify areas that are lagging and provide valuable solutions to your student base. And through data-driven decisions, lessons can be tailored to meet the needs of students with different learning styles or abilities.
#4 Digital curriculum
According to a study, the second biggest priority for educators is the digitization of curriculum. How can this be achieved? With greater online access and greater use of computers and tablets in the classroom, educational materials are increasingly becoming available digitally, and are soon predicted to become the standard. Presently, Learning Management Systems are proving pivotal to encouraging educational digitization while offering notable long-term cost savings. More and more students are demanding increased freedom and flexibility from their learning, and interactive digitized curriculum will deliver exactly that through flexibility and access.
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#5 Collaboration among teachers
Schools and teachers benefit in a variety of ways when teachers work together. Working in teams is an opportunity to brainstorm creative ideas and learn more about yourselves. In the educational culture today, it’s extremely important to join professional learning communities and pursue professional learning opportunities to ensure ongoing growth for your students and for yourself. Shared planning time allows you to collaborate during the school day. With shared planning time, it is possible to make strides in planning rigorous and appropriate lessons for your students. Studies show that teacher collaboration also leads to a better learning experience for students and higher academic performances.
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These trends will continue on in 2020 and beyond. It is essential for both teachers and schools to adopt and implement these changes in the classroom to improve the student’s learning experience and to better enable teachers to do what they do best — teaching!
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