By Mindy Stinson
The term "technology in education" has been around for many years. This once applied to audiovisuals and the school intranet system. The currently applies to many forms of electronics to improve student learning and classroom accessibility. Technology is important to our businesses and students as they prepare to become future business leaders.
Our community college has been without any notable technology improvements for several years. A technology needs assessment has recently been completed last year. This year the design phase has given teachers, administrators, technology consultants Smith Systems Consulting and McBride Financial Services a chance to collaborate on the most efficient use of technology plans for school bonds issued in two series that will start this year and the second series in 2017.
The educational experience will be significantly improved as a result of online and virtual classrooms. The standard classroom experience lacks the opportunities for our working students and island commuters. Information is offered in various ways that focus on the student and problem solving approaches. This differs from the traditional experience in which the student memorizes material in a passive learning experience that is often forgotten after the exam has been given. The student is challenged through interaction with a variety of materials, engagement with groups and individual study. Students are challenged with a higher quality of work with more information available and quicker response times.
More important to academics, these improvements will boost student retention by soliciting continual feedback, centralized assignment management tools, resource availability, and a flexible communication system.
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