Are computers replacing teachers?
Soon they day would come, when you can sit at the comfort of your home and attend classes. Change is inevitable and so is technology. Online schooling is already being introduced by universities and colleges where you can earn as much as a postgraduate degree. Classes are taught through various web application and apps to help develop learning. for example animated or recorded videos are uploaded on YouTube channel to illustrate some kind of math problem. Although there are pros and cons to computers, soon enough software and/or web applications will be programmed to mimic teaching and illustrate some sort of teaching to students..jpg)
From a futuristic stand point, shouldn't university and schools be skeptical about expanding campuses for facilitating in class teaching ; because of the development with new technology and the World Wide Web? Although teachers have that extra nurture to teaching that a computer can not offer there are schools that successfully facilitate teaching through computers. For example Sandvika High School in Norway packed away exercise books, textbooks and stationery and made laptops, blogging and social media the center of learning. In conclusion, how soon will teachers become obsolete or less dependent upon to facilitate learning?
Reference:
"Could computers replace teachers in the classroom?." BBC News. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2014. <http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26722092>.
"THE Journal." Teacher vs. Computer. Where Educators Stand in the Technology Revolution --. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2014. <http://thejournal.com/articles/2002/08/01/teacher-vs-computer-where-educators-stand-in-the-technology-revolution.aspx>.
i think that teachers are more at a risk of becoming obsolete at tertiary levels of education than they are at the lower levels simply because of the emotional and moral support needed, at those levels teachers do more than just impart knowledge. At the higher levels however it is a convenient and reliable option for those who are unable to physically attend classes
ReplyDeleteAt the rate in which things are progressing I would not say it is a farfetched idea, however I must agree with Cardel’s comment that teachers at tertiary levels of are more at risk, but I don’t foresee this happening anytime soon maybe in the next few generations to come.
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