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.
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