Returning to Education: The Right Technology = A Successful Learning Environment
This year has been one of the most challenging in recent memory; teacher and education institutions face unique hurdles in their goal to successfully educate the next generation of students.
In order to overcome these hurdles, teachers and other education staff need to adapt their learning environments, and offer methods of learning that provide the same high standard of teaching as before.
Technology is the foundation of how businesses in all areas are getting around the difficulties presented in recent months. Here’s how technology can help your school, academy, or university thrive this September and beyond, as students make the return to your classrooms and lecture halls.
In order to overcome these hurdles, teachers and other education staff need to adapt their learning environments, and offer methods of learning that provide the same high standard of teaching as before.
Technology is the foundation of how businesses in all areas are getting around the difficulties presented in recent months. Here’s how technology can help your school, academy, or university thrive this September and beyond, as students make the return to your classrooms and lecture halls.
The Challenges of Returning to Education in September
The challenges facing teaching staff in September are as follows:- Distance learning: Individuals will need to maintain distance from one another, making it difficult to approach students for 1-1 teaching.
- Quality of Education: With teachers having to adapt and change their teaching styles, quality may fluctuate as teachers find their feet.
- A Digital Learning Environment: More and more education is taking place digitally and online. Teachers who are used to handing out worksheets will no longer be able to do so, and will need to find ways to interact with students digitally, handing out homework and more.
- Teachers Are Travelling Classroom to Classroom, Not Students: Teachers are moving from classroom to classroom, not students, in order to avoid risks. This means teachers who are used to their own classroom environments and setups are left without their own familiar equipment and tools.
- Digital Inequality: With this monumental shift towards online education and the use of digital tools, underprivileged students are struggling to keep up and match peers who have access to technology and the internet at home.
Solving Problems: Putting the Right Technology in Student’s and Teacher’s Hands
Each of the five primary challenges mentioned above can be solved with technology and its considered application throughout education and beyond the walls of schools and universities. When it comes to distance learning and the new digital learning environment, technology naturally lends itself to maintaining safety between students and teachers. Worksheets and teaching assets such as books and guides can’t be shared around classrooms currently, so digital equivalents are a viable alternative. Digital learning already has its place within education, and has done so for years. It’s only now that educations establishments have strict requirements on distancing and restrictions on student-teacher interaction that digital learning becomes an increasingly valuable avenue for teaching. Laptops such as the ASUS W202, with its ruggedized design and education-focused features present the perfect companion to classroom learning (and beyond). Devices such as the W202 are also perfect companions for teachers moving from classroom to classroom; able to stand up to constant use and travel, and with plenty of I/O for plugging into projectors and other smart devices in the classroom, the W202 can replace permanent desktop fixtures with something powerful, modern, and perfect for teaching anywhere – even outside the classroom. When it comes to digital inequality, offering every student the chance to excel is vital to successful education. Education institutions can remove barriers by providing students with access to digital learning; Chromebooks and web-based ChromeOS devices offer schools and universities the ability to provide students with personal devices throughout the duration of their education, giving each student access to digital learning and a level playing field. These devices offer a web and cloud-based approach to learning, enabling students to tune into live lessons, follow along with teacher digitally and download and work from digital books and other materials. For teachers, it’s also worth considering the ASUS Hangouts Meet Kit, another Chrome-based solution for interacting digitally; with its high-resolution camera, touchscreen control panel, Speakermic, and included Chromebox 3, it’s the perfect all-in-one solution for presenting and managing digital classes. The world of learning is changing. In order to adapt and provide students with quality education, schools, universities, and academies must change with it. Let ASUS help you make the change today: ASUS.com/UK
