Tomorrow’s world of education: students learn online in Covid-19 lockdown, but what edtech advances can we expect?
- Lockdown closures of schools and universities in at least 194 counties sees more than 90 per cent of world’s students continue classes online
- Hong Kong well placed to promote rising number of new edtech ventures as education sector looks to embrace digital innovation
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The Covid-19 pandemic caused schools in at least 194 countries to close at the start of April, which – at that time – had an impact on more than 90 per cent of the students around the globe, Unesco, the UN’s heritage body, reported.
For many months, housebound students worldwide relied on online communication tools to continue school and university classes, and the experience has inspired people around the world to reflect on the growing role technology can play in reforming education.
The development of education technology, or edtech, can provide innovative tools and media to help develop, communicate and exchange knowledge in a more engaging, inclusive and personalised way.
Education for the future
The dramatic e-learning changes away from classrooms – with teaching carried out remotely and on digital platforms – are likely to be here to stay, and have sparked keen debate about the need for education to be reimagined to meet the demands of the digital age and the effect it will have on studying worldwide.
