2. Cloud Computing
Now schools are looking to outsource significant
parts of their infrastructure, such as email and
backups, to cloud providers.
Together, these developments have contributed
considerably to the adoption of cloud
computing approaches at K-12 schools across
the globe.
3. Mobiles
Mobiles, especially Smartphone and tablets,
enable ubiquitous access to information, social
networks tools for learning and productivity,
and hundreds of thousands of software tools
that make use of their
* Accelerometers
* Compasses
* Cameras
* Microphones
* GPS
* and other sensors
4. Game-based learning
Games for education span the range from
single-player or small-group card and board
games all the way to massively multiplayer
online games and alternate reality games.
Those at the first end of the spectrum are easy
to integrate into the curriculum, and have long
been an option in many schools
5. Open content
Is the current form of a movement that began a
decade ago, when universities such as MIT
began to make their course content freely
available.
Ten years later, school have also begun to share
a significant amount of curricula, resources and
learning materials.
The open content movement is increasingly a
response to the rising costs of education, to
provide access to learning in areas where such
access is difficult
6. Learning analytics
Analytic techniques to study students
engagement, performance, and progress in
practice, with the goal of using what is learned
to revise curricula, teaching and assessment in
real time.
Building on the kinds of information generated
by Google Analytics and other similar tools
7. Personal Learning Environments
Refer to student-designed learning approaches
that encompass different types of content –
videos, applications, games, social media tools
and more. Chosen by students to match his or
her personal learning style and pace.
The goal is for students to have more control
over how they learn and for teachers to set
expectations that their students will be more
engaged in understanding and applying their
learning strategies
9. Abundance of Resource
The abundance of resources and
relationships made easily
accessible via the Internet is
increasingly challenging us to
revisit our roles as educators
12. Gap between Demand &
Technology upgradation
The demand for personalized
learning is not adequately
supported by current technology
or practices
13. Learners have increasing
opportunities to take their
education into theirown hands,
and options like informal
education, online education, and
home-based learning are attracting
students away from traditional
educational settings