By shifting the paradigm from resisting the tides to moving with them, and through the lens of embracing future trends and opportunities, the door opens on new thinking and new possibilities, according to Carey Baptist Grammar School.
The shift towards personalised learning models and the rapid integration of technology within the teaching and learning sphere could be viewed as tides. However, the speed at which Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies like ChatGPT are developing and the rise of virtual reality are creating the feeling that we are, in fact, smashing against a wave.
As Marc Whitten, CEO of Manticore Games and technology executive who has worked in various companies such as Microsoft, Amazon and Sonos said, “The metaverse will be the biggest ever platform revolution, bigger than the impact of mobile devices or the web.”
Whitten has written about his vision for the metaverse. He said that it has the potential to transform various industries such as education, entertainment and business through new forms of collaboration and social interaction experiences which will become key to our digital lives.
Meanwhile, Michael McQueen, a well-known Australian futurist, speaker and author has said that education can leverage from this and there is an opportunity to emphasise “the experience of learning through the virtual world.”
At Carey Baptist Grammar School, the role of educators is to help students build capacity and equip them with skills to embrace the world.
The team at Carey Baptist Grammar School believe that it is important for educators to see AI and the new wave of technology not as a hindrance to learning, but as a real part of the world students are walking into.
Students need to be prepared and equipped to live in a world where these technologies will be an everyday reality, which means integrating them into the classroom.
As educators look toward the future, these trends will have a significant impact on how schools teach and students learn, and teachers can better prepare students for the future by acknowledging and embracing the tides and waves on the horizon.
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