Instructional Technologies on the Horizon

Envisioning the Future of Educational Technology

• Gamification
  ​Billed as an evolution in grading mechanisms, gamification brings instant feedback to acquired knowledge through achievements and points systems.
  • ​Self-Paced Learning
  • Achievements and Badges
• Opening of Information
  Dissemination of information outside the physical silos of schools and classrooms, offering feedback and assessment to students anywhere.
  • Open Courseware
• Digitized Classrooms
  Rather than considering IT a standalone tool or skill, digitization tends to disperse throughout every facet of the classroom.
  • Attention Tracking
  • Classroom Performance Dashboards 
• Disintermediation
  Undoing the traditional teacher-student model, these technologies offer a scenario where AI handles personalization while teachers focus on teaching. Classrooms tend to be replaced by studios and virtual teaching modes. 
  • ​Assessment Algorithms
  • Telepresence
• Tangible Computing
  Embedding computation to the physical via intelligent objects, the internet of things, and connectivity with a profound impact on learning mechanisms.
  • ​3D Printers
  • Reactive Furniture
• ​Virtual/Physical Studios
  Bridging the online-offline gap, these future technologies offer a potential future where embodiment is secondary to information access. 
  • ​Holography
  • Immersive Virtual Reality​