The Fashion of Digitized Education

As usual with any trend that springs up in the west, digitization of education material has also caught up like wild fire in our culture. Educational software is basically a computer software that deals with teaching or aid learning of a certain subject. It is not restricted to any certain age group and caters to different people based on need. Educational software can vary from teaching simple rhymes, alphabets to softwares that help solving intricate logic and problem statements.

The softwares can be classified as children’s learning and home learning, Courseware, Classroom aids, Assessment software, Edutainment, Reference software, Educational software, Computer games with learning value, Corporate training and tertiary education.

The simplest form of educational software is the famous google search engine. One stop for all queries and doubts. There are many brands in India that offer a certain subject. Learning can be offline or can also use the help of the internet.  

Like fashion, a sudden peak in growth of such softwares in the 21^st century can be observed. Educational Softwares represent the intellectual growth in Indian Society, the acceptance towards change and embracing it for a common growth. They add a new taste to educational and symbolize India’s acceptance towards change. Visual representation and animations, helps children or adults learn and understand the engraved concept of the subject. It lets them probe deeper and answers questions that might perplex teachers. Such softwares are a result of a combined effort of teachers, intuitionalists, software engineers and animators. This allows a healthy mix of expertise and adds a completely different view to teaching concepts that classes might miss.

There are also long distance learning facilities that enable the teacher to be placed in some place away from the student who on the other hand may be located in a rural area. Also, conferencing between different students may help share their differences and help them understand different aspects of people around the world.

Such trends also allow for increase in number of such softwares that only aims to sell its produce rather than actual promote its real intent. Owing to the increase in market and the greater demand for such softwares, several small scale companies have established themselves.

Nothing can ever substitute the classic teacher student bond. Classroom teaching was designed so that the student can actually form a relation with a complete stranger; learn proper form and manner as along with intellect. Such attributes clearly are absent while using a software.

Every individual has a different level of intellect. Their level of grasping varies. A good teacher can understand the absorbance of a student and can allow attending to them aptly. This is also absent in a software which being an inanimate set of codes serve only one method of approach.

Even though the negatives may suggest a strong anti impression for the motion, the presence of such softwares explains a positive presence in the educational system. Motions to include such software along with normal teaching will surely ensure a brighter mind and can inculcate better opportunities for students to explore the world around them.