The education technology industry is booming as information technology is transforming the way teaching and learning is imparted – to ease students’ learning experience across regions. The advent of technologies such as social learning software, mobile, and cloud-based learning platform encourages meaningful interaction and collaborative learning environment. Recently, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) concept has fortified mobile learning, with colleges asking students to bring their own computing devices to campus rather than providing them with laptops and tablets. BYOD is expected to grow at a higher rate in the coming years; however, as compared to K-12, higher education institutions will continue to have a faster adoption rate.
Talking about corporate, government, and academic institutions, digital education spending is taking off – owing to the huge influx of government funding, funds by private foundations, and surge in demand for more competitive education environment from students in emerging economies.
Both K-12 and higher education sectors are leveraging the emerging learning technologies for improvement of teaching and learning quality. Higher education institutions are early adopters of interactive whiteboards and online courses; moreover, the use of learning management systems and game-based learning by K-12 schools has also increased. Corporate users are also deploying learning solutions to efficiently and effectively resolve the unique challenges such as workforce learning, sales team learning, customer learning, and channel learning.
Evolution of start-ups with more innovative education solutions and services such as online courses, learning analytics, mobile learning, and game-based learning is driving the growth across all education sectors.
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