How Students Have Benefited From Technological Advancement

Major players in the education sector are students and they have highly benefited from technological advancement. Modern-day students have a wide reach of resources as compared to students who had no technology in their time. Computers and the internet have made resources like the library easily accessible to students, unlike the time when it was only accessible to a certain number of students at a particular time. The essay discusses evidence of how students have benefited from technological advancement. Technology is the root cause of various effects which have been beneficial to both the student and the economy at large. YouTube is another platform from Google which offers immense support to students doing research. Some professors have recorded their class lessons and posted them there. It becomes easy for students doing research to refer to those lessons whenever they are unable to reach the professor.

Technology has also made it easy for students to do Surveys online. Surveys were done manually before the advancement of technology and usually took a lot of time. Everything is done online from admission application, lecturers to doing exams. Distance education has been born from of this innovation. Students are now able to do part-time jobs to finance their education, which helps them pay bills while doing their studies. Web Seminars Some schools have limited resources to finance for students’ field trips in their related fields. Without this exposure, it makes it difficult for students to know what the other side of theoretical class work holds. Students can also evaluate their process without consultation of teachers. Online tests and quizzes provide students with a ground to improve their skills further. Increased Motivation and Self-esteem Technology has increased level of motivation in students all over the world.

The old school method of teaching was not productive since it used to have a lot of analog practices. Digitalization of educational process makes it attractive for the students. The behavioral models calculated using the software imparts a lot of knowledge to the students. There are various software designed to teach and rate students in mathematics. It presents a whole new level of teaching and makes students who are not good in the subjected feel appreciated unlike the old-school method of teaching where there was a lot of bias against them by teachers. A good example of such a software is the Khan Academy, (Teo, and Zhou 18). Education Access by the Disabled Disability is no longer an obstacle in accessing education. The main aim was to increase connection among students, but it ended up becoming a global affair.

The world has been reduced to a village by this innovation. In conclusion, evidence of the effects of technology in the education sector shows a firm connection. Indirect evidence of technology in the education sector is evident all over the world. Illiteracy levels have reduced all over the world thanks to easy access to education by everyone around the globe. pp. Wiley, doi:10. pits. Accessed 18 Nov 2018. Marshall, Stephen. Technology, Pedagogy And Education, vol 20, no. pp. Informa UK Limited, doi:10. x. Accessed 18 Nov 2018. pp. Springer Nature, doi:10. s12528-014-9080-3. Thomas, Kevin M. et al.