Barriers to Technological Innovation

This assignment explores the factors that hinder technological innovation, including lack of personalized education, increasing use of technology, and barriers to recognition. It also discusses strategies to overcome these challenges, such as adopting innovative practices and using technology to engage more learners worldwide. The study highlights the relationship between creativity and environment, emphasizing the importance of education systems in adopting new technologies to enhance learning quality.

Creativity and Organization

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Education is an institution which impart knowledge, skills, values and beliefs to the
individual which will enhance their thinking capability and develop problem solving skills. It
builds confidence and personality of an individual to achieve their goals and heights in life.
Education is a key for our economy to evolve creative thinkers and mind which will help meet
challenges in the globalized world (Tarman, 2016).
This study highlights how technology has transformed education system in a better way
by developing more creative minds and keeping individuals engaged and exited which help them
build new and unique ideas. It also highlights the relationship of such technological creativity on
education system.
The study also includes the benefit of implementing modern technology like social media
platforms, e-learning, distance learning programs, digital textbooks, flipped learning, virtual
reality in classroom, artificial intelligence, gamified learning, videoconferencing technology in
economy and the barriers to such creativity on education system and measures to overcome such
barriers.
MAIN BODY
Technological creativity or innovation in education field
Education means imparting knowledge, values, skills and beliefs which will help
individual grasp and learn new things and build problem solving skills. Education is a process
through which individual will develop different perspective and opinion toward various things.
Education help individual grow one's thinking capability, confidence and personality. Individual
develops a sense of positive attitude and set goals to achieve success in life.
Technology plays a very important part in structuring and developing education system
by improving teaching and learning capability of economy(Bergek and et.al., 2015). Technology
helps build creative and innovative thinkers. There is a vast change in technology where range of
educators like teachers, professors, experts, tutors can upload videos on social media platforms
like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, twitter to impart knowledge on the larger scale all over the
world. The biggest advantage of social media platform is to build a platform where professors
and individuals can connect and communicate with each other effectively and efficiently.
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In this modern era, implementation of various e-learning website through which educator
can share various educational videos, pdf and word documents, slideshare with help of this
website. Learning management system or E-learning system has a benefit of sharing various
videos online where individual can gain knowledge in the most affordable manner and increase
its productivity by using such applications on mobile, tablets and laptops. It has become a major
platform to impart knowledge on a large geographical range in the most cost and time efficient
manner. The most common online learning apps are Mindflash, WordPress, Skill Pill, Moodle,
lynda.com, Udemy, Byju's, Blackboard collaborate mobile, E-learning age. There are large
variety of courses available online where individual can be trained to develop their skills and
knowledge in a particular field. E-learning also gives a benefit of online webinars where live
classes are conducted by educators and communication via chats and messages. This is an era of
modern learning where individuals and learners can educate themselves in their own time and
place in the most cost efficient manner(Coccia, 2015).
Furthermore, improvement in technology has changed the traditional system of education
which was more expensive and time consuming. Transformation in education system has
brought vast change in the economy where individual can opt for distance learning programmes.
There are various institutions and universities who offer full time degree through distance
learning programme. This programme helps individual to gain knowledge from the universities
through online study material or videos at their own space and time. Distance learning
programme is cheap and affordable and can study from anytime and anywhere across the world.
Implementation of modern technology in classroom like computer, laptops, smartphones,
tablets, social media platforms, software application, internet, flipped learning, electronic
whiteboards, projectors, videoconferencing technologies, 3D printing, virtual field trip facilitate
improved teaching techniques and help students grasp and learn new things effectively.
Educators can use such tools for better interaction and understanding of students. Flipped
learning is a modern technology where students can watch learning material from school servers
it helps enhance their productivity. Educators also aim at using virtual field trips which facilitate
students to virtually travel the locations around the world(Johnson and et.al., 2016). Integrating
technology helps build creativity, skills, knowledge of the individuals and help educator to
impart their knowledge and skills at a larger scale worldwide.
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Relationship between creativity and environment
Implementation of modern technology to improve education system in the economy has
enhanced learning and quality of education. Transformation change in technology has made
learning more fun and interactive by adopting better simulation and models. If no such
improvement is made in technology then learning will become very boring and will only be
limited to classrooms. Individuals will not be able to develop new ideas and creativity which will
have adverse effect on education system. Educators adapt to various digital platform, sites,
application and software to impart education on a larger scale all over the world. Adapting to
improved advance technology helps individual to gain more personalized knowledge which
eventually enhance productivity and help build new ideas and skills.
Implementation of creative technology in education system enhances innovation.
Integration of application software like learning management system which has a benefit of
imparting knowledge online by sharing videos, word or pdf documents, sideshows and training
and development courses. Educators upload their videos using such application which are free of
cost or charges affordable amount from individuals. This benefit individual to enhance their skill
and learn new things(Freel, 2016). E-learning app like Udemy, Byju's, Moodle, WordPress, Skill
Pill, Mindflash, E-learning age enhance thinking and learning capability of individual. Without
e-learning educators will be able to impart knowledge just to limited learners and this will
hamper learning of others to build new skills and gain knowledge from experts from around the
world. There are wide range of online lectures, webinars and courses which are available from
wide range of experts, professors and teachers from all over the world which will eventually
develop skills and help learn them new things at their own pace and time. Adaption to these
technologies improves skills and encouraging new ideas, growth, innovation and creativity of
individual.
Educators also impart knowledge through social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter,
YouTube, Instagram by writing blogs or article and also by uploading videos. Theses social and
digital platforms help structure education system of economy by making them more intellectual
and knowledgeable which helps them build confidence and grasp more opportunities by building
new skills. Implementation of modern technology in classroom like computer, laptops,
smartphones, mobiles, tablets, internet, application software helps students to be more creative
and innovative by using such devices and technology.
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Digital textbook or e-book has major benefit on environment which optimally save the
resources of environment by not using paper. These books are in digital form which can be
downloaded on tablet or other devices with the help of internet. E-books are more cost efficient
and also uses audio and video in e-books to make learning more interesting. Adaption of various
technology like electronic whiteboards help educator to make learning more productive by using
graphs and images for better understanding of students.
Through flipped learning teachers can interact with students more effectively on one-to-
one basis to enhance their learning capability. Students can watch lectures and videos from
school servers outside the classroom. Virtual field trip is an augmented reality and virtual reality
modern technology which benefit students to virtually travel through web to different locations
around the world and gives an opportunity to experience new things.
Distance learning program is another technological which reformed the education system
of the economy. Traditional education system is more expensive and is not possible for everyone
to go to such colleges so distance learning program helps education system to improve and
impart knowledge on larger scale at its own pace and time. The way of imparting knowledge has
changed on a large scale. There are various institutions and universities which are offering full
time degree in various courses. These distance learning programmes gives benefit to individuals
to gain knowledge through any university from anywhere around the world. These programs are
less costly and also help them gain knowledge from online study material and online lectures at
their own pace and time. Change in educational technology and their impact on educational
system are completely interrelated on each other as it brings more creativity and enhances
innovation(Roth, Schneckenberg and Tsai, 2015).
Factors helped or hindered creativity
There are so many factors that create issues or difficulty for the educational institutes to
adopt technological creativity. Apart from this most of thing help the system in adopting such
kinds of innovative practices in business. One of the major factor that is drawback of using
internet and other social sites. Young people use these sites for passing their time more than
getting some useful information. Transformation and reforms in education system by
implementing modern technologies have various benefit but on the other hand it has also
impacted the way our education system work. Increase in use of technology like computer,
laptops, tablets, smartphones, mobiles, artificial intelligence, augmented technology, use of
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virtual reality, videoconferencing and flipped learning in classroom have adversely affected the
education system. Excessive use of technology hinders the performance of individuals as it
distracts students to focus on core activity and diverts their mind on unnecessary things which
decreases their productivity and lowers their thinking capability.
Another major factor that hinders implementation of technological creativity in educational
system is lack of skills of educators and teachers. A consequence of implementing new
technology is that there are thousands of teachers and professors who do not know how to use
these technologies. It is important for educators to train themselves to understand and use this
technology so that it can be effectively implemented(Navimipour and Soltani, 2016). This is very
time consuming process and there are educators who still want to stick to the old method of
teaching which will decrease the productivity and lower the capability of creative thinking and
will not be able to cope up with rapid change in globalization which will automatically affect
economy.
Furthermore, adapting to new technology has increased the risk of cyberbullying trap and
access to inappropriate content which hampers their privacy and makes them feel more
distressed. Such reform in education technology hampers the basic skill of individual as they
completely rely on technology and can be easily used as a base for cheating which will hamper
the creativity of an individual. That is the reason that most of the Universities are still not using
such technologies to give education to their students.
Poor interaction with students sometimes give negative results thus, most of the schools
and universities in UK do not prefer to use such technology for proving education to their
students. The biggest disadvantage for the use of technology in education is that educators like
teachers, professor, tutors and experts have been replaced by implementing modern technology
and software which hampers direct face to face communication and also there is no personalized
interaction between the teacher and student which disconnect them from reality and reduces their
learning capability(Wang and et.al., 2016).
Reformation in education technology is also disadvantageous for few students who do not
have effective resources to use these tools for increasing their efficiency. People has also shift
their focus from physical books to digital textbooks which is not accessible on all devices and
can be easily be hacked and cause lot of eye strain. Increase in technology builds a sense of
disconnection as people get more attached and used to technology which disconnects them from
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social life which builds social anxieties and conflicts at the time of personal interaction. People
lack confidence and avoid face to face interaction which hinders their social life and
opportunities to grow.
Apart from this, there are so many factors that help the system in implementing
technological changes. One of the major components is interest of learners. Now a days most of
the students have good knowledge of internet an uses of advance technologies. Thus, this interest
has helped education system in applying these methods for offering high class education to the
students(Williams and et.al., 2017). Furthermore, technology has connected various countries,
now people need not to go out of station for their further studies. Thus, people are encouraging
use of technology in education system so that they can get advance knowledge through these
sites and distanced courses.
Implementation of education technology is very complex as not every individual can
resist to this change. This diminishes value of personalized experience of knowledge and inters
personal interaction which helps them build new ideas and learning.
Barriers to recognition of creativity
Adaption to technology in education system is time consuming as it takes time to
understand and use this technology effectively. Lack of time is a barrier to efficiently implement
education technology in education system which hampers productivity. Standardized testing of
technology every year is a time consuming process which will eliminate opportunities to success
and hamper learning process. Assessment and testing learning skills of students is very time
consuming. There is a lack of time to plan and integrate practical strategies according to the
curriculum.
Lack of professional development is barrier for implementing modern educational
technology(Selwyn, 2016). Reformation and transformation in technology creativity is a barrier
for educators who do not have adequate skills and knowledge to implement such technology and
will not be able to use the tools in classroom which will affect the productivity and creativity of
learning. There are educators who cannot resist change and want to follow old traditional
methods of learning which is not relevant and effective in this changing global environment
where there is a need of creative mind and thinkers who can effectively bring change in economy
by implementing new unique ideas.
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Implementing new educational technologies can be quiet frustrating as sometimes system
might not work effectively and lack of technical support and integration is also a barrier to
recognition of creativity. Educators like teacher and professor are unsure of how to use
technology according to the particular curriculum of school which hampers students to
effectively implement their ideas and build new learning capability.
Lack of resources like expertise and support team for training and development,
accessibility to new technology and maintenance and repair cost associated with technology is
another barrier to implement educational technology in education system. It increases cost of
maintenance and lack of training to effectively integrate technology in classroom.
There are many students who do not have access to technology like computer, laptop,
tablets, smartphones, mobiles, hardware, software and internet which hamper their productivity
in learning and also affect them to grasp new opportunities which they could achieve by building
new skills(Sultan, 2015).
Implementing new technology in education for recognition of creativity lacks
personalized learning where students are more into e-learning and lacks face to face interaction
between educator and individuals. This barrier disconnect learners from reality and reduces their
learning capability and confidence which adversely affect them to achieve success and also
increases social anxiety among individuals when it comes to personal interaction.
Strategy to overcome barriers
There are so many barriers that create issue for the educational institutes in order to
implement technological creativity. It is very important to find proper solutions through which
authorities can deal with these barriers and can resolve it properly.
One of the major barriers in system is lack of support and resources. In order over come
this problems government needs to provide support to educational system. They have to make it
compulsory to use advance technologies in classrooms. So that students those who are unable to
join classes can get knowledge and can complete their education from distance as well.
Authorities have to provide financial support to the education system so that universities and
schools have adequate budget for this innovation. This is the best way through which issues can
be resolved and educational business will be able to meet their target.
Authorities need to conduct training session for educator so that they can understand the
way of handling these technologies. If teachers are getting sufficient training for the same then
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they will be able to manage it well. This will help in successfully implementation of this
creativity at educational institutes. Apart for this, one of the major issue face by universities is
lack of attention of young people and students(Hurdling The Barriers To Technological
Innovation, 1990). Whenever they are given internet then they misuse it more by operating social
sites and chatting with friends. This destructs them thus, it is essential for educators to use some
attractive presentations, pictures while educating them. This will help the teachers in catching
their eye and people will not get distracted any more. If teachers use proper language and make
them connect with real videos then this will help in increasing their focus and students will take
more interest in getting knowledge through these technologies. For example, if someone is
completing any course through distance learning with the help of E-learning programs. Then
educator has to upload some attractive pictures and presentations that may help in raising interest
of learner. This will boost their energy and people will gain high knowledge through this
application. Furthermore, educational institutes have to organise online tests for the students
those who are completing their education through technology. This will help in analysing their
skills and measuring their learning capabilities. This will help learners as well in taking
necessary actions to improve their marks.
CONCLUSION
From the above study it has been summarized that implementation of technological
creativity in education system benefits individual by making learning more fun by adopting new
modern technologies like computer, laptops, tablets, smartphones, mobiles, software,
applications, distance learning programs, social media platforms, augmented technology, flipped
learning and virtual reality technology in classroom, use of videoconferencing and projectors to
make learning more interesting and keep students engaged in learning process to build creative
mind who can enhance innovation.
This study also highlights relationship between creativity and environment.
Implementation of technology and education system are interrelated which enhance quality of
learning by engaging more learners from all over the world by uploading new videos or ideas
with the help of technology.
The study concludes factors which help or hinder the technological creativity.
Transformation and reforms in technology has benefit education system in adopting more
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innovative practices while on the other hand increasing use of technology also hampers their
productivity as there is lack of personalized education.
Furthermore, it also includes the barriers to recognition and strategy to overcome them.
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