"Always keep your eyes open; keep watching, because whatever you see can inspire you"
Grace Coddington
My good old days at the university were also demanding. Both the academic staff and the students claimed for changes to improve education and, like today, there was a feeling of insatisfaction: libraries did not have enough books; the laboratories lacked enough supplies and/or technicians; the classrooms were not as clean as they should be; the materials to work with were expensive; the study programme missed significant subjects; ... Yet, on graduation, we were all proud of the formation received and satisfied for all the accomplishments reached in those good old days.
Time seems to stand still and, although progress has solved many of the problems of the past decades, new demands arise that require major solutions. One issue that usually comes up is the study programme that seems to be always behind the times. Technology provides the tools that make things easier today ...
A few decades ago, the internet was an interesting tool with plausible applications in the future; today, we cannot afford living without the internet with all its benefits and risks...; robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly becoming common issues in everyday life.
Education has also benefited from technology, mainly the internet, which has turned into an important source of information, training, entertaining...Thus, new areas of knowledge and new subjects have been created to fulfill the needs of current times and your career has also been touched by this era of changes: clinical pharmacy, gene therapy, biotechnology, genetically modified foods, nanotechnology, ... are just a few of the many new fields created in the last decades that have been included, to a certain degree, in your study programme.
As we speak, robotics is widely used in industrial processes and projects, smart buildings and smart homes are still the privileges of some, yet the time will come when they will be commonplace. Some domestic robots, such as robot vacuum cleaners, are slowly gaining space in household activities, and they will in time be cheaper. Robotics, AI, and androids will surely be essential in our lives in the coming years…
Imagine your life in about ten years’ time. In this scenario, education will definitely play a significant role in human well-being, adapting itself faster to new situations and challenges; AI will probably be leading the way to improve the standards in various areas…
In my good old days at the university, my classmates and I also thought that the study programme should have had significant changes to improve our education... What about you?
A few decades ago, the internet was an interesting tool with plausible applications in the future; today, we cannot afford living without the internet with all its benefits and risks...; robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly becoming common issues in everyday life.Education has also benefited from technology, mainly the internet, which has turned into an important source of information, training, entertaining...Thus, new areas of knowledge and new subjects have been created to fulfill the needs of current times and your career has also been touched by this era of changes: clinical pharmacy, gene therapy, biotechnology, genetically modified foods, nanotechnology, ... are just a few of the many new fields created in the last decades that have been included, to a certain degree, in your study programme.
As we speak, robotics is widely used in industrial processes and projects, smart buildings and smart homes are still the privileges of some, yet the time will come when they will be commonplace. Some domestic robots, such as robot vacuum cleaners, are slowly gaining space in household activities, and they will in time be cheaper. Robotics, AI, and androids will surely be essential in our lives in the coming years…
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In my good old days at the university, my classmates and I also thought that the study programme should have had significant changes to improve our education... What about you?
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Write about some changes that could be made to your study programme (career)
Among others, think about:
- The curriculum (the subjects you have to study)
- Workload and length of studies
- Faculty facilities (buildings and infrastructure)
- Use of technology
- Teaching methods
- Word Count: 250
- Leave comments on 3 of your classmates’ and the teacher's posts.
I'm agree with the opinion of that technology can change a lot of things, and I think that has its benefits as well as its disadvantages.
ReplyDeleteHi Diego,
DeleteThe two sides of a coin... Right you are...
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For the new generation, internet is very important. they don't imagine a life without it and I think that in a near future they won't share in the real life... the are a benefits and disadvantages
ReplyDeleteHi Ma. Paz,
DeleteIt's hard to think our life in a different way...Yet there was a time when computers and tv did not exist... a time when telephones were rare and expensive... a time of houses without bathrooms within the house itself and so on and on...
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The technology has always have one impact in all areas!!
ReplyDeleteHi Katherine,
DeleteShort and precise...
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ReplyDeleteI think it's very important to respond to demands of the students and for that they should invest in science!!
Hi Francisca,
DeleteGood research comes from people devoted to doing investigation in the first place...
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the top managers of the universities should take more advantage of these new technologies to give a better education to their students!
ReplyDeleteHi Tamara,
Delete... and students should be willing and ready to do their best effort to learn and take advantage of all the opportunities they certainly have in classrooms, seminars, labs. Technology is a means...
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students will always claimed for changes,but sometimes is something good because thanks to this there are improvements.
ReplyDeleteHi Paula,
DeleteI agree with you...
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It is important to keep up with technologies, they can make our life a lot easier
ReplyDeleteHi Benjamin,
DeleteThat's right...technological advances have changed life in so many ways in the last decades...
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the change in some way will always be present, it is up to us to finally update ourselves with these new technologies or stay in the past
ReplyDeleteHi David,
DeleteAnd today, keeping up-to-date is easier than ever.
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in this way, technology has given us a challenge... the only thing that we can do is adapt to it
ReplyDeleteHi Pablo,
DeleteAnd we have always been adapting ourselves to changes...
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I so agree with you, many people say that technology is one of the most important changes we have seen in the last years. It can be used to improve teaching methods and make the education better.
ReplyDeleteHi Pablo,
DeleteTechnology is, and certainly will continue to be, useful in everyday life...and in educational activities too.
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The technology changes everything and that can be very significant for the student
ReplyDeleteHi Carla,
DeleteTechnology is quite important for today's student: if you need information, you surf the web and get it; if you need to write a report, there are programs that make your life easier; and so on and on...
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The education has benefited with technology, but there is still a lot to change, specially to those professors who still refuse the technology jajaj
ReplyDeleteHi Fernanda,
DeleteToo many changes in such a short period of time may be very stressing and demanding to some...Yet, you have to keep in mind that technology is a means to an end, it is not an end in itself...
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I think that technoly is very helpful to improve the education and the teaching method.
ReplyDeleteHi Catalina,
DeleteWe all have the tools for learning right now...we must use them accurately and devote ourselves to do our best effort.
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In fact, technology has become the route to reach improvements in science, so we have to learn how to use it properly.
ReplyDeleteHi Catalina,
DeleteI hope we are wise enough to do the right thing.
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I´m agree with you, I think that technology could helps us a lot, especially in the sciences, it can be very helpful!
ReplyDeleteHi Haidee,
DeleteYet, keep in mind that learning occurs within you, that you are the processor of the information,...
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