Will education return to "business as usual" after COVID? Or will it change...for the better? Educational technology innovations will make the difference.

1. Emerging Technological Trends in
Education Post Lockdown
GD Goenka University/Sept. 19, 2020

2. Introduction
• David W. Deeds, currently Technology
Specialist for American International
School of Egypt in Cairo
• Almost 20 years in education, K to
college, wide variety of edtech roles
• Briefly, my COVID saga: Teacher again!

3. Crossroads
• Honestly? Most educators just want a
return to “business as usual.”
• Even if COVID 19 vanished tomorrow,
I’m not sure this is desirable/possible.
• Benefits of online teaching/learning
now obvious (despite issues/denial).

4. Crossroads
• Mechanics first, not methodologies:
The Digital
Divide --
Internet
access,
hard/software,
etc.

5. Tangibles
• Some type of Learning Management
System (LMS) will be an integral
component of teaching/learning.

6. Tangibles
• Some students won’t/can’t go back to
F2F, at
least not
completely.
Online is
better for
various
reasons.

7. Intangibles
• Some say edtech can cover every
aspect except the human connection,
but this isn’t necessarily true…

8. Intangibles
• Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) is the
most important factor that will be
facilitated via educational technology.

9. Virtual Future
• I’ve been promoting virtual worlds for
14 years, now people finally get it! ;)

10. Virtual Future
• Virtual reality for personal interaction,
field trips, simulations, everything!

11. Virtual Future
• Teachers will NOT become obsolete,
but their roles will
continue to
evolve, along
with with those of
their students!
students’!

12. Thank you!/!‫شكرا‬
Questions/Comments?
ddeeds@aiswest.com
davidwdeeds@gmail.com