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Importance of Technology in Education
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3. The importance of technology for
education
In a globalised economy with a
high degree of competition
among countries, the success of a
nation depends on the
educational level of its
workforce.
This is true not only for those just
entering or already integrated
into the labour market but also
for the unemployed, who may
lack the qualifications required
by the growing demands of a
knowledge economy.
Governments should work to
ensure that all citizens receive
the technological training and
experience necessary to
participate in the global
4. Education reform is essential to provide
learners with what are commonly called
21st century skills — those competencies
and values needed to become responsible
citizens in a learning society and sustain
employability throughout life in a
knowledge economy.
At the administrative level, technology
can make education systems more
efficient by helping teachers and
administrators streamline routine tasks
and improve assessment and data
collection. In the classroom, technology
can be a powerful catalyst for
pedagogical change, as students use
technology to take a more active role in
personalising their own education, and
teachers take on new roles as facilitators
of knowledge rather than knowledge
transmitters.
5. Technology also has the potential to transform education by extending the learning
space beyond the four walls of a classroom. Although brick-and-mortar schools will
continue to play a leading role in education over the coming decades, technology
offers a variety of learning opportunities beyond the physical limits of school. With the
current accelerated growth in mobile devices, we are already witnessing the
emergence of flexible, open learning environments that enable contextual, real-time,
interactive and personalised learning.
New technology and communication tools, enabled by a participatory and
collaborative web (web 2.0), have gradually blurred the boundaries between formal
and non-formal education, with much learning now taking place outside traditional
classrooms.