Governments
across the globe have been increasing investments in education due to
its effectiveness in reducing inequality and poverty and thereby
making a country prosperous. Further, education encourages
creativity, imagination and knowledge among students, which helps
them to gain better opportunities and help in becoming better members
in the society. Thus, inculcating technology in education can provide
better understanding of concepts to students and help tutor to
provide quality education. A
smart classroom uses all interactive modules such as audio, video
and presentations in order to provide visually attractive conceptual
knowledge, which are more appealing to the students. A smart
classroom can be created in any school through creation of a
knowledge center. The center provides necessary content in form of
videos and animation as per the lesson plan through internet. The
main advantage of a smart classroom is its adaptability according to
all kinds of students irrespective of their learning capability.
Thus, a tutor is able to focus on a particular student if he or she
is lagging behind in a particular subject.
Moreover,
today’s education can also be delivered to households through the
use of internet. Most of the households are connected through
internet and a large number of students can gain access to education
through use of internet based e-learning. Thus, the role of
educational technology (Ed Tech) becomes prominent in providing
interactive educational content in and out of classroom to students.
Ed Tech and smart classrooms helps in improving the e-learning system
by combining learning and performance evaluation methods through
creating the technological resources and processes in a suitable
fashion.
Ed
Tech and smart classroom consists of audio and video tools such as
speakers, projectors and microphones, mobile devices and personal
computers, internet based devices, social networks system, digital
boards and performance evaluation software. Thus, the Ed Tech and
smart classroom market can be categorized on the basis of educational
hardware and educational software. Further, according to educational
system, the market can be categorized as Learning Management Systems
(LMS), Classroom Management Systems, Classroom Content Management
Systems (LCMS), Student Response and Assessment Systems (SRS),
Content Creation Systems and Enterprise Resource Planning software.
Ed Tech and smart classroom is expected to find more application in
preschool, K-12, higher education and special school for disabled
children.
Some
of the major factors driving Ed Tech and smart classroom market
include ease of use in teaching, and increased technological
awareness and internet connectivity among population. Further, many
countries are adopting digital or e-learning education in order to
enhance literacy rate among population. However, the high initial
cost required to setup the smart classroom and the adaptability of
e-learning among existing educational system is a challenge for this
market. The adoption of Ed Tech and smart classroom has been highest
in North America and Europe. During the coming years, emerging
regions such as Asia Pacific and Latin America are expected to
experience increasing demand of Ed Tech and smart classroom market.
Some
of the key players in the Ed Tech and smart classroom market are
Apple Inc., Knewton, Inc., Blackboard Inc., Dell Inc., Cisco Systems
Inc., Discovery Communications, Inc., IBM corp., Dynavox Systems LLC,
NIIT Technologies Ltd., Lenovo Group Ltd., Microsoft Corporation,
Saba Software, Inc. and Panasonic Corporation.
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