Digital Transformation is changing the mode of the core business process of a company/ organization/institute from manual to digital by leveraging technology and data. In the education sector, it can be defined as changing the mode of learning and teaching from physical mode to online mode. Yet the physical model of education is used as the primary source of education but the advancement in technology has increased and revolutionized the world’s education system.

The whole world has been affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic. It has a tragic effect on every sector of life. Economies were collapsed. It has affected the education department both in developing and underdeveloped countries. The educational institutes were closed worldwide due to lockdown. Although some of the educational institutions were using technology solutions but it wasn’t a common practice. After the outbreak of the pandemic, the importance and necessity of technology in the educational industry came into the view.

The digital transformation has affected the common classrooms and also the way how teachers reach the students. The use of online learning has only the way that digital transformation has impacted students and classrooms trends. Let’s discuss the impact of digital transformation in education industry.

Improved accessibility and access

The greatest impact of digital transformation in education is improved access and accessibility to schools, colleges, universities, lessons, and even degree programs for students of all ages. Accessibility and access also continue to grow from a geographic perspective. Online learning opportunities allow students to access degree programs and schools that are remote to them. This removes the limitation within the geographic areas. This trend has a great impact on the education system as it is improving the flexibility for some courses, or even programs, in higher education.

Personalized learning approaches

Personalized learning approaches have also been one of the reasons that impacted the revolution in the digital transformation in education. This approach provides a number of benefits to students and institutions.  In this approach, the students are allowed to learn in a way that fits their own learning approaches, so that students can absorb and retain critical information. This approach empowers them to move forward in their education.

Virtual Reality

In the world of education, virtual reality can provide a chance to experience the material they learn before they actually move into real-world applications. This can help students feel better and prepared for their careers and to complete their education.

Cloud-based learning opportunities

The cloud offers students and teachers to connect virtually from anywhere. When the pandemic hit all over the world, this accelerated the potential use of these types of applications. The teacher began using a variety of different platforms to conduct the class and post the material regarding the class, i.e., class notes, etc. This platform provided a lot of opportunities, they enable the streaming of lectures, and students can submit their applications through many applications and keep track of their syllabus. This trend after the pandemic has left a huge impact on digital transformation in the education world.

Tracking of Student results

One impact of digital transformation in education is that it provides a reality-based way to monitor the student’s progress. Technology plays an important role to let the teacher and parents track the progress of the student.

Improved results with data analytics

Schools may use analytics to monitor and enhance the results. Using analytics it will help to clearly understand how a student missed a term. Technology will help us to diagnose these shortcomings much more easily than a teacher might do in 30+ classrooms.

Cooperative Learning

Collaboration is forced by digital learning. Teachers can divide the students into groups and handle the groups through the learning platforms.

Time-Saving

Digitalization is a great saver in the world today where time is money. Digital training is a rescue for students from even the farthest parts of the country in this scenario.

Final Words

By digitalizing the experience of learning, both students and teachers may improve their skills in order to create an active educational process. Digital transformation in education can be applied in many respects, from online learning to intelligent schooling, student assessments, customized learning experiences, and online examinations.

Rimsha Urooj – is a software engineer at Pioneer Logics.