Research paper on technology in education

1. Alanna Russ
Edmund Boilard
Debra Lovelace

2. Training…inthefuture
By researching current training
capabilities, we determined where it
could reasonably progress in the
future.
This is our vision of where things
could be…
Military
Education
Business

4. Military
Navigational Simulators
•Train Officers in ship handling
without the cost of getting a ship
underway.
•Utilize life-like scenarios to train
bridge teams.
•Practice rescue missions.
•Simulate environmental conditions
that Captains hope to never
encounter.

5. Military
Flight Simulators
•Train pilots in a classroom to
ensure understanding of
instruments, gauges, and
equipment prior to actual flight
missions.
• Replicate an actual flight
experience.
• Be able to inject equipment
casualties that a pilot might
encounter

6. Military
Driving Simulators
• Able to create a virtual training
environment for any military vehicle
or terrain, such as Iraq or
Afghanistan.
•Train first responders in
negotiating crowded intersections,
risk management, and situational
awareness.
•Train military personnel on the
effects of impaired driving i.e. DUI,
texting while driving, etc.

8. Education
Virtual FieldTrips
• Navigate around historical areas
like a video game.
• “Look” at signs to learn about the
area that you are in
• Sounds and voices add to the
reality of the experience
• Give a feeling of being there in
person

9. Education
Distance Learning
•Students will not have to leave the
comfort of their own homes.
•Classes will be available 24/7.
•Learners from all over the globe will
be able to interact.
•Costs for the school will be cut;
classroom decorations, materials,
electricity, face-to-face instructors
and paraprofessionals.

10. Education
Excitement!
•Less boring paper, pencil, and
textbook activities for the students.
•More exciting hands-on activities.
•Colorful graphics excite young
minds.
•Interactive sites draw attention.
•Projection systems and Interwrite
usage will captivate the learners.

11. Education
Past
•Classrooms full of students,
instructors, and textbooks.
Present
•More technology replacing
textbooks and instructors.
•Less students in face-to-face
classes.
Future
•Empty classrooms and full distance
learning classes.
•Complete learning experiences
through technology.

12. Education
Predictions
•2017 –Wall-sized touch-screen LCD
display unit that can make your
classroom into any environment you
choose.
•2020 – Individual Student
Automated Desks are introduced.
•2024 – Most learning will take place
in the home.
•2030 – Computers will completely
replace textbooks.
•2050- Keyboards are now obsolete.
•2084 – Children are taught by
robots.
•2112 –Virtual Reality Fieldtrips are
introduced into schools.
•2199 - Using tissue from the brain
and taking advantage of the speed
of neuron firing, computers are now
capable of thinking.
•2203 – HolographicTeachingAids
are introduced into the classroom.

14. Business
Secondary Education
•Virtual Classrooms
• Web Cam shows all students online
for the class as well as the presenter
for collaboration times
• Guest presenters can participate with
ease
• Possible classroom graphic allowing
each student to have a seat and allow
for student interaction with specific
students in separate window from
class discussion
• Additional options based on needs of
students for visual/hearing impaired ,
etc. to reduce obstacles

15. Business
Professional Development
• Flexible training for certifications,
continuing education credits, soft
skills, etc.
• Dynamic interpretation of
responses with a pre-test developing
the curriculum in the training based
on weaknesses
•Visuals and sounds to imitate reality
without being too dramatic and
comical, thus lessening distractions.

16. Business
On-demand help desk
24/7 Customer Support
Optional face-to-face discussions
using web-cam
Intuitive assistance based on
information entered
Application sharing to demonstrate
resolution to the “caller”

17. Business
Virtual training on career-specific skills
Lawyers
 Sample cases validated virtually
 Research matched against
research that should have been
done
 Arguments compared to ones
expected
 Statements evaluated for visual or
internal signs that could impact
the statement, such as facial
expressions, voice tone, fidgeting,
heart-rate, etc.
Engineers
 Evaluation of virtual construction
 Test against codes, weaknesses,
flow, efficiencies, etc.
The list is endless…

19. Imagine…
The quick progression of
technology in the past
has proven that the only
limits ...
…are the ones we put on
our own imagination.