Emerging Technologies for Implementation of Education System for the Citizens of Smart Societies
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: The Future of humanityis evolving rapidly with the introduction of new innovative technologies in ourlives. Although, primarily thesetechnologies were developed to enhance our efficiency and ease our routinetasks, conversely, they have disrupted our lives and became essentialnecessities for us. In this era of Internet of Things (IoT), the everincreasing demand of competitiveness and quest for perfection has raised thebars for competence level required in all walks of life. The citizens of SmartSocieties of the future will have to enhance their knowledge, skills andexpertise in newer dimensions of cognition which were never consideredmandatory in the recent past. We are witnessing the dawn of a technologicalrevolution in which robots will replace the ordinary workers (Industry 4.0),unimaginably fast mobile communication (5G) will connect billions of autonomousdevices, and Quantum Super Computers that will perform 100 million times fasterthan our standard laptops. This is essentially a paradigm shift that requiresnon trivial forms of teaching and learning methods for preparing the millennialstudents of today and future-proof workers of tomorrow to succeed in theincreasingly complex and digitally driven AI based Smart Societies.(in the increasinglycomplex and digitally driven Smart Societies). We discuss in this paper the challenges posedand their possible solutions by positively introducing these new technologiesin pedagogy, curriculum design, ICT skills and outcome based education.
Authors: Shahbaz Pervez, Nasser Abosaq
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2906093962