INTRODUCTION
The education system has played an essential role in the development of the world we are living in today. The continued evolution of educations has enabled the world to come up with sophisticated advancement of technology that is now making work more comfortable and straightforward to undertake. With the intervention of the internet and google, the world has undergone drastic changes on a daily bases. Learning, innovations, and inventions are nowadays carried indoors due to the flourishment of google access and other digital platforms. Evolutions have continued to gain more demand in every sector as every company is striving to acquire the up to date system that can smoothly execute the objectives of the business. For the classroom learners, the modern system has simplified the techniques of learning compared to the ancient method where education was analog.
Modern education has eroded the space limitations that prohibited the traditional system. Such of these are things like online learning. One can now get formal schools while sited in the house through a platform called E-learning. It has also decongested the learning institutions. Traditional educations systems were not able to cater to most of the learners’ demands, and thereby the learners experienced difficulties, especially in the content. There are a large number of learned people with a degree, masters, doctorate of philosophy, and professors compared to the old days. Mushrooming of the schools is today at every village to enable the increasing population to acquire modern educations. Different governing nations have also ensured that learning is part of the rights, and every child is entitled. Traditional approaches have been eliminated from the system to pave the way for the modern curriculum systems.
DISCUSSIONS
In traditional educations systems, conventional learning approaches got incorporated to enable the teacher to impart knowledge to the pupils and students. Its strategies included the use of the blackboards for writing on, chalks books, and also pens. The method was very tedious, and also the environment was too dusty due to the chalk dust. Traditional methods required the availability of the teacher in the class to teach the students. The generations time were not in a capacity to research on their own, teacher were there to give every guideline on what it is supposed to get done. There was daily attendance of classes because education got found in schools. There were a limited number of schools, and therefore many learners were forced to walk longer distances two way that is morning and evening.
Although traditional education portrayed a lot of demerits, to some extent, it was beneficial compared to the modern type. There was proper guidance to the learners. Since the teachers were available on a daily bases in classes, the students were therefore privileged to get appropriate advice and counseling. Continued intermingling with the teachers helped them to get instants solutions to every hard question that they came across. Social exposure was also paramount in the traditional setups. One was able to get exposed to different students from different places. There was a sharing idea amongst themselves, and students played together, thereby enhancing physical exercises. Learning could be academic or group work learning. Classroom learning enables the learners to extrapolate their education to the fullest because the teachers were readily available to guide.
The modern education system is now we are learning in today’s world. It is easily simplified and does not need to travel for longer distances because the services are available all over. Learning now uses websites and also use the internet and thereby outdoing the traditional approach that did not apply the platforms. The knowledge here is imparted more effectively through online platforms has attracted a large number of students and teachers in the participation of technology-driven learning. The system does not limit the amount of the students, and thereby it can accommodate an unlimited number. The quality of educations here is very high because the choice of learning depends on the individual, and there is the availability of resources to help in learning. Movements have also got shortened because learning institutions are all over, and also one can adopt the online platform.
Digital learning was more flexible. It also included those who are working because classes were not limited to categories, but one could get an education while at home. It evolved part-time learning that enabled those who are under a tight schedule to join the online classes during their free time. The system eliminated other costs like admission fees, tuition fees, and other crucial amenities. The student was interested in taking learning at distant places; they did not necessarily need to travel there but to select an online platform and continue learning online. There is a diversity of the option in the online platform. One can choose the available courses and start studies immediately. Learners can shift from one class to another, depending on their capabilities.
Methods of teachings
Lecturing method has continued to dominate colleges and universities. Due to the large numbers of the populations in higher learning, this approach is the most effective. Lectures administer content through either reading while the students keep on writing. He/she can also opt to discuss the topics while the student is taking a summary of the same. This method has dominated the university teaching style for an extended period.
Collaborative discussion is another approach where the students enter into conversations with one another. This method can also be used by the teacher to evaluate the leadership skills of the students. Such a study helps to drive fear and make students better leaders for tomorrow.
Classroom discussions are another method here; the students get the chance to come forward and discuss a topic with their classmates. Here the student assumes the role of the teacher. The teacher is then at standby for corrections where the need arises. This discussion helps the student to feel like part of the system, thereby boosting the performance.
Classroom action research applies the knowledge of the classwork to challenge an idea and develop another purpose in another approach. It helps the learners to widen up their thinking and reasoning capacity.
Comparisons between modern and traditional education systems
- The modern education system enables learners to learn in flexible timings. At the same time, traditionally, there was a fixed timing like that coming to school in the morning time and leaving in the evening.
- In online learning, the learners are heterogeneous; that is, they are from a different nationality, ages, sex, and also different professionals while in traditional education, the learners are homogenous that is the ore of the same age groups and to some extent similar sex.
- Modern learning has unlimited sources of knowledge, while traditional education, there is limited learning sources.
- The advanced system used automated evaluation after the end of every topic, while in conventional training, the assessment got done at the end term or semester.
- Learners in a modern system can learn courses from different universities at the same time, while in the traditional sector, this is not applicable. The learner has to concentrate on the given line.
- The modern system is not costly because the system is supporting an online approach where one has never subjected tuition fees and admissions fees. In traditional set up such costs are factored in the admission letter because the system is not supporting the online approach.
- In modern education, the learner has to learn various techniques to adapt to the system, but in traditional learning, there are no such limits.
- Modern education systems get accompanied by more experience from intense research. At the same time, the traditional one doesn’t give significant field experience that can help the learners at least to be competitive in the job market after completing the school.
- The learners from modern learning setups are more marketable in the job market because mostly they have acquired computer skills that is vital in the job market
Technological influence on education
Technology plays a complete role in shinning the current educations system. Technology and education are directly proportional; that is, as one advances, the other also improves. It has influence learning from different angles. Many education sectors today have shifted to the modern method of learning. It has forced other traditional learning centers to completely close their institutions because the learners are turning to more advanced institutions that are technology-oriented.
Discussion and debating forums have been made possible by the advancement of technology. For the student, especially in higher learning, uses online groups to discuss questions and other class affairs. Sometimes the lecturers can use the online group platform to send notes or even problems to the class for discussion. The technology eliminates the burden of going to the class to attend unplanned lectures and also speed up the means of communication between the students. These platforms can also act as a channel to ask an academic question or also share educational ideologies.
Simulation and modeling technologies have helped to bring theoretical work into reality. What was not possible that days back is now possible through advanced technological evolutions. Through this software, one can monitor different facts that were ideal the days again. There is room to apply the idea learned in the class and apply the same in a model format and also simulates the results.
The use of real-world technologies has spearheaded the modern educations system. Use of internets has brought things into reality by making the learners and other researchers to confirm the ambiguities. For additional area, video conferencing has also enabled the teaching to be effective in the regions that are prone to catastrophic disasters and other insecurity problems.
Active engagement with the learning materials has brought the academic system into an enjoyable pattern. Students can now confirm this in natural approaches rather than the theoretical approach that got applied during the traditional age of educations. For example, the learner can use the google map to locate some of the rivers and oceans that were learned theoretically from the class.
In a real sense, modern learning outdoes traditional education by all the considerations. For example, the continued increase in the industrializations has welcomed innovative brains in dealing with the automation of the machines. Most of the products of the traditional system may face a challenge when subjected to such occupations that require computer knowledge and applications. Therefore the continued advancement in technology has eliminated some of the bright individuals from the traditional mentor. Modern learning is positively impacting the society nearby and the world at large because there is the continuous growth of the technology, and many evolutions are undertaking day after the other. The use of the internet has also created a comprehensive view of research where now every willing person can deep into research. Education currently is not limited to the classroom since online research is readily available to any ready user. The costs of the learning have then lowers compared to the previous, thereby each person not limited. The institutions have got built everywhere including in the remote areas thereby making the learning less discriminative.
The expansion of the modern learning to the local community has been accompanied by several benefits to the societies. 50years ago most part of the world was not under stable economic developments. The evolution of the google, laptops and mobile phones triggered the governments to start expansion of the electricity supply to every corner of the land in order to enable the delocalization of essential internet services. This motives were among the few of government approaches that helped the nation to realize the modern education system in rural areas. Since the system is electrical dependent, the dark era was able to get light and many other activities began to arise.
Scientific evolution resurrected after the advancements of the education research. Many of those managed to acquire modern educations are more advanced and therefore started major projects of research. If the evolution of things like ac current, internets and laptops and mobile are not in place today, the world could still be lagging behind. Those inventions have really simplified the way of doing this from the complex tiresome approach to the programmable and robotics approaches in the current world we are today. It a mile ahead compared to the days when technology not known.
Despite much important of the technology, it has also led to other problems like cybercrimes. Some of the learners in the higher learning after acquiring the programming skills, they are becoming a threat to the industrial sector and banking sector. Huge cybercrimes are being reported every day. Hacking of the systems has continued to pose threat to the financial sectors. It is forced the affected sectors to incur more money in preventions of the issue by employed more experienced teams to monitor the databases. Therefore technological advancement not only bring advantages but also it brings other complications to other domains.
Some places are located in very remote area where networks and other google services cannot thrive well, therefore the learning from such areas may continue to adopt the traditional approach until the need comes. Other areas are located at insure places that cannot be able to get introduce to the modern educations. Such areas may not be privileged to get modern learning technology thereby end up dominating in the traditional approach whose markets have seized. Apart from the remoteness and insecurity, some area have poor terrain like ruggedness and very hilly landscapes that make it hard to get development for the modern technology that supports the E-learning. Therefore such areas may end up depending on the traditional learning. Though online learning is important, it is also costs effectictive because to assemble all the necessities it is really costly and it may also fail if the areas are poorly networked.
The world is being steered toward the digital realm. All the operations are now being customized to meet the rapidly growing technology. In the education sector, classroom learning is being eroded with time and a time is coming when everything will be done through the online. Learning sectors are also under intense research that are aiming to improve the available knowledge to a more complex knowledge that will solve most of the barriers. For example if each and person can afford to buy a good laptop, the whole learning process can be shifted to online where video lectures can be directed.
CONCLUSIONS
The standard of the current world is no doubt that the rigorous radical technological advancement has played its part. Transformation of the education system from traditional to digital has therefore simplified the life to an extent of what you can see, smell and hear. Evolution of modern programming languages had helped in customization of the programs have continued to be used in the education sector to simplify the learning process. The current education is more practical than the ancients’ one. Today a small kid 8years can be able to operate mobile phones and others laptop.