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5 virtual education trends for this year

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27 de October de 2021

The pandemic put some obstacles in the educational system for us during 2020. All schools and universities worked responsibly and intensively so that classes continue their course. In this way, a great change and technological advance could be observed in the teaching media, where students and teachers had to learn together and adapt to the new reality in which we live.

This reinforcement of the alternatives to continue educating at a distance had such an impact that by 2021 opportunities continue to appear so that the way educators teach, evaluate and communicate is practical, easy and generates better results.

What are these trends?

Personalization of teaching

The teacher-student relationship, in the classroom, tended to distance itself and establish itself as a rather general education for all students, using a single form and approach. Today, thanks to technology and the use of platforms, the personalization of teaching is becoming more and more important in education. This gives the possibility that the activities have greater relevance for the students of the schools and, so that the university students are more motivated and interested in their practices and carry them out on their own initiative.

How is technology helping this trend?

Provides flexibility in the way of learning and organizing material resources
Statistical reports are obtained on the use of learning platforms, with the aim of improving the experience of teachers and students.
Customize user experience feedback to fix bugs
Helps teachers to make planning, guiding and supporting students easy to do

Social learning

Although we talk about technology in daily use by students, we continue to be human beings who, necessarily, have to connect with people with our same interests in common. For this reason, artificial intelligence (AI) will be a great proposal for 2021 due to the use of educational technology platforms and the suggestions it can make for training and connection with people who have similar interests to ours.

This social learning encourages collaboration between different communities. Social networks, virtual classrooms, Whatsapp groups, Telegram and those private channels of the platforms, will be significant in that interaction of the students and the connection with people who share said interests, goals or desires. In the case of university students, this trend gives them the opportunity to interact with professionals from any desired area and located anywhere in the world, to answer their questions, learn and do internships.

M-Learning

Mobile learning or m-learning is the educational strategy that takes advantage of internet content on different mobile devices such as tablets or cell phones. This occurs through mobile applications, social interactions, games and educational hubs, which allow students to access materials anytime, anywhere.

The use of these devices in the world is increasing, so this method will be growing. This trend has the purpose of facilitating the development of knowledge and promoting self-learning in students. In addition to allowing those students of tertiary levels, inserted in the work environment, to organize their study moments and optimize learning.

Today, educators must turn to platforms that allow them to fully adapt their content to mobile phones and use applications that are easy and massive to use.

Microlearning

Students increasingly prefer more concrete content, which they can easily remember, apply and use in their lives. Microlearning is a suitable methodology for continuous and immediate learning, which consists of fragmenting the didactic content. This system is established in small steps, which when joined with each other, create a more complete and deep knowledge.

Video or audio content will be the best option for this trend, which is recommended not to exceed 5 minutes. These pieces can be found both on educational platforms, as well as shared on social networks. The important thing is that they are concrete and strong with interesting, interactive and useful content for students.

Gamification

This trend is a learning technique that transfers the dynamics of games to the educational-professional field, with the aim of achieving better results in the acquisition of knowledge or improving some skill, among many others.

Since this methodology proposes a playful way in education, based on a game model,