The digital age, education and work: details of a transformation
the workplace and education have not been exempt from having technological influences. The digital age, education and work: details of
Today, technological advances have influenced practically all levels of our daily lives. The technological revolution is evident in our daily lives to the point that not a day goes by without us being in contact with a technological device. Thus, the workplace and education have not been exempt from having technological influences. The digital age, education and work: details of a transformation.
In this article we will tell you how the digital age is transforming education and work in the world.
Foundations of the digital age
The digital age, or Fourth Industrial Revolution, is considered to have started in the 1980s. In this way, we evolved from analog electronic and mechanical devices to current digital technologies. This progress is characterized by advances such as miniaturization, nanotechnology, quantum computing, and telecommunications.
Digital technologies today exhibit transformative advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, massive data processing, robotics, and biotechnology.
Some analysts claim that we are already on the brink of a artical-digital era. In it, technology creates a world of deeply personalized and instantaneous experiences. There, organizations must be able to take advantage of these opportunities in people's day-to-day lives. Additionally, they need to be ready to effectively address critical issues such as privacy, security, and ethics for their users.
How the digital age has changed education
It is no secret to anyone that education has undergone an enormous transformation from the implementation of technological tools. Before, when we talked about education, we immediately thought of the physical classroom. However, today when talking about education it is inevitable to think about the Internet and digital media.
As early as 2015, the European Parliament signed that digital age education is more about the creation of knowledge, and less about its mere acquisition. Today, online training and its various applications, such as eLearning platforms and communication software, promote the existence of learning communities outside the limits of physical classrooms, educational institutions, countries and generational groups.
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Technology in education and its transformative power in the European Union is made visible in three ways:
- Internet and telecommunications. It manifests itself in Open Educational Resources (OER) such as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) and other forms of eLearning.
- One-to-one and multimedia tools, such as electronic devices and digital educational materials.
- Technologies that improve the knowledge of teachers in the individual and group performance of their students.
Technology for educational innovation
Personalized, with the use of artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT, its acronym in English) and data analytics. Educators can better understand what students know and need. Thus, training becomes more effective and efficient.
Immersion. Extended reality tools (virtual, augmented, and mixed) create opportunities to learn by doing.
Accessible. More people can be instructed through eLearning because of its low cost. Furthermore, thanks to the autonomy of this remote training, students can create their own study plan, adapting to their needs.
How the digital age has changed work
The rise of teleworking in the world highlights the transformation that the digital age has brought about at work, the main changes are:
- New technologies that reform jobs. On the one hand, millions of jobs are at risk from automation. While, on the other hand, technology creates new types of work and modifies what people do in their jobs and how they do it.
- Soft and digital skills are more necessary. Vacancies that demand them tend to be better paid. Furthermore, the fastest growing occupations, require above-average ICT skills and involve social interaction.
- Technology drives new forms of employment, allowing remote work and creating job opportunities, such as outsourcing platforms. However, it can also promote the de-standardization of labor relations.
Educate to achieve job profiles that combine specific vocational skills with transversal skills such as literacy, the use of mathematics in daily life, adaptability and problem solving.
Develop generic ICT skills (use of technology in daily work) and specific (programming, development and administration).
Recognize the risks and opportunities of automation. While employment in certain sectors will decline (such as manufacturing), it will increase in others (such as IT and education). Human labor will be needed more in non-routine and creative tasks.
In conclusion, the digital age has immensely transformed the development of work and educational processes. Technology advances by leaps and bounds and with it all areas of human life. Therefore, it is necessary to be constantly updated to keep up with the great changes in the world and its development.
