New Technologies in Education and Training

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Education in Digital
Age
New technologies in education and
training
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5/21/2019

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Contents
New Technologies in Education and Training...........................................................................2
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Mobile phone uses in secondary education................................................................................3
Benefits of using internet based MOOCs technologies for education.......................................4
Three issues related to new technology in education.................................................................4
Learners’ willingness to pay a small fee................................................................................5
Inability to provide high level academic learning..................................................................5
Expensive development for educational institutions..............................................................6
Discussion of complexity of three issues...................................................................................7
Reflection on own experience....................................................................................................8
Conclusion and recommendations...........................................................................................10
References................................................................................................................................11

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New Technologies in Education and Training
Introduction
This discussion is based on new technologies in education in training in this digital age. To
discuss technology based education and training process in secondary education certifications
this paper is going to utilise internet and online MOOC (referred as Massive Open Online
Course) certification technology. In other words, MOOCs are the creative ways of providing
free quality education for massive number of people with the help of internet technologies.
MOOCs offer interactive courses with the help of user forums for supporting community
interactions amid professors, students as well as teaching assistants. In general, MOOCs are
the modern as well as broadly researched invention within distance education and introduced
in the year 2006 (Fieland, 2019). Later then, in the year 2012 MOOCs have been emerged
being a popular mode of learning and education. Moreover, MOOCs are getting popular in
the field of secondary as well as higher education as it is useful technique of teaching and
learning for those who cannot afford a formal education due to their personal reasons
(Beetham & Sharpe, 2013).
In this context, this discussion will cover several aspects of digital age education in the
context of MOOC online certifications and internet teaching as well as learning. In this way,
the paper will first explain the concept of mobile phone uses within secondary education from
the perspective of internet and online MOOC certifications. Furthermore, a discussion about
the complexities involved in three identified issues in the context of implementing the
MOOC technologies for the learning in secondary education will take place (Breslow et al.,
2013). In addition, a reflective practice will be demonstrated while accessing my own
experiences in the context of online learning and teaching in secondary education level. In
this way, a systematic procedure will be being utilised to narrate the importance of MOOC
and internet learning while highlighting the complex issues related to this teaching
technology for the readers of this paper (Farhadi et al., 2012). Finally, after analysis,
evaluation and detailed research this discussion will summarize the main findings while also
providing the future recommendations in order to minimize the complexities attached to the
application of chosen modern technologies in education and training.

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Mobile phone uses in secondary education
This paragraph is going to cover why the chosen topic is important in this modern era. This
portion of the discussion will contain academic literature about needs as well as contexts of
contemporary learners (Forschungs-Gemeinschaft, 2011). In this way, for understanding the
MOOC concept better the meaning behind its acronym should be revealed as:
 Massive: the massive word in its name suggests that thousands of the learners can
attend the same course simultaneously. For an instance, more than 150,000 learners
have signed up for the course ‘Introduction to Artificial Intelligence’ by Dr Sebastian
Thrun in 2012 (Pappano, 2012).
 Open: these MOOCs are open for every learner regardless of any academic
achievement and hence each and every learner from the whole world can join these
online certification courses. In addition, these courses are free or we can say
extremely low-budget that makes them beneficial for all.
 Online: here, online stands for the reason that while using MOOCs for learning
learners can interact as well as collaborate with other learners from the whole world
only with the help of a strong internet connection.
 Courses: these are not only videos or recordings but MOOCs are especially designed
to be effective for online learning. Besides, the new technology that is being used is
continuously evolving as well as improving the teaching methods for improvement in
education and training outcomes (Udell et al., 2015).
In this contemporary era, MOOCs are important being an attractive technology in the times
of distance learning. However, some important features of MOOCs set them apart from all of
the other distance learning alternatives (Donche, 2013). In this way, academic literature on
new technologies for education and training suggests that MOOCs are the best way to
effectively teach with internet for secondary education over those of other distance learning
options (OpenCourseWare OCW). The reasons why this technological concept of teaching is
very much important for contemporary times are as follows:
 Structure: OCWs are having proper structures due to strict deadlines and homework
assignments, whereas MOOCs have very few needs and small structure. On the other
hand, MOOCs allow the learners to learn as per their own schedule (Broadbent &
Poon, 2015).