Today, the potential of online education is much greater than just the ability to listen to lectures online. The Internet has made learning accessible and popular, and experts are now trying to find more and more successful, effective and comfortable approaches to the learning process.
AMONG THEM ARE:
APPLICATIONS AND CHATBOTS. Those who want to acquire new knowledge often use a smartphone for this purpose, because it is always in their hand. The use of apps helps to structure the learning process and diversify it by changing formats. The market for learning apps grew by 36.3% from 2015 to 2020, and these figures are expected to continue to grow.
VR/AR FORMATS: The transfer of experience and images through virtual and augmented reality significantly increases student engagement. So far, this tool has not become widespread, but developers are already creating programs for the active implementation of such formats in the educational process.
HAMIFICATION OF THE LEARNING PROCESS: This tool is borrowed from psychology and is now actively used in various fields. The subconscious desire to complete a conditional level of the game, earning points and competing with others, is highly motivating. Moreover, learning does not seem difficult and boring during the game.
MICROLEARNING. This is a technique that involves breaking down a complex topic into small parts. The tool is especially effective for learning complex, voluminous topics and in long-term training programs. The principles of microlearning can (and should) be applied on a daily basis to achieve the best results. Listening to a 20-minute lecture, learning just 3 new foreign words or a single formula is not that difficult, but it is effective – if you do it every day.
PERSONALIZATION AND ADAPTIVE LEARNING: This is a model of automated learning in which the system adapts to the abilities, knowledge, and skills of each student. First, adaptive technologies collect information about individual student behavior. Depending on how the learner interacts with the material and how they answer, what they see on the screen changes – hints, questions, the sequence of tasks and topics.