5 trends poised to rock education

Changing technology trends will have an near-immediate impact on teaching and learning

Five technologies are reaching maximum impact and are about to transform education, changing just about everything, according to educational futurist Jason Ohler.

Speaking during the International Society for Technology in Education’s virtual conference on Feb. 13, Ohler noted that five trends–big data, augmented reality, the semantic web, extreme bring-your-own-device (BYOD), and transmedia storytelling–will change teaching and learning in the very near future.

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