Education Industry: Technology Innovations Positively Impacting the Education Industry.
Letter of Transmittal
Report topic: Technology Innovations Positively Impacting the Education Industry.
Purpose: To investigate technology innovations in the present day and compare them alongside my company to determine whether the company is staying current with innovative technology.
Authorized by: This report was authorized by my the manager of the company, Susan Christie-Bell
Description: The report focused on five technology innovations, these include; being able to have facts on the fingertips of employees through having a specialized room fitted with computers and fast speed internet. The second aspect was video conferencing. The third was fitting education products and services with games and simulations. Fourth, is the use of distance learning through fitting digital learning portals and finally, the use of web seminars to listen and engage in meetings and conferences.
Appreciation and acknowledgment: I appreciate my family for providing a conducive environment to work on the assignment.
Conclusion: The company should focus on technology innovations that tend to cut down on costs of operation and management.
Executive Summary:
The report focused on five technology innovations, these include; being able to have facts on the fingertips of employees through having a specialized room fitted with computers and fast speed internet. The second aspect was video conferencing. The third was fitting education products and services with games and simulations. Fourth, is the use of distance learning through fitting digital learning portals and finally, the use of web seminars to listen and engage in meetings and conferences. Through the innovations, the positive impacts on society and the company, in particular, were mentioned. In addition to this, the negative aspects of some technology innovations were highlighted and various measures and recommendations were proposed so as to deal with the consequences. For example, it was proposed that the company should not replace a lot of people with technology as this will cripple the growth of society and eventually the company as a whole.
Conclusion and Recommendation 8
Introduction
Education and technology have been known to support each other in this modern era. As such, working in the education industry and more specifically at [company name] which has been proclaimed as a company that has managed to be keeping up with the Millenials and thus with the digital era, more positive outcomes have been seen. Therefore, the purpose of this report is to be able to dive deep into the technology innovations that have come up over the years, and how our company has managed to harness them so as to provide a positive impact within the company and the whole education industry as a whole. To begin with, the company has been in existence from the time when technology was more of a myth than reality. In those times, the company made head-ways to become one of the best companies within the education industry through ensuring that its products and services are of good quality, and as such the customers are highly satisfied. Evidently, these two key attributes are some of the factors that have managed to allow the company to survive through the storms and the bumpy rides along the road. Enough with the past, with the burst of the bubble and the rise and shake of the dot com era, the technology innovations in every industry have been seen to be immense, some providing positive impacts while others causing more harm than good. In line with this, therefore, we are going to focus on various technology innovations that have surfaced and which the company has been able to use in order to maintain a smooth flow of services and products to its customers and thus rather powerful management and operational framework.
Firstly, we have the ability to make sure that our staff is able to have their research done in a speedy manner. This means that they have access to facts as quickly as possible. To make this happen therefore, the company has employed a room that is primarily fitted with state of the art Apple computers with a speedy internet connection. By having this setup, the company staff is able to conduct their research in various fields without any hustle. To add to this, the room is a form of the library as the computers are connected to a variety of digital libraries and various encyclopedias that are costly for an average person. Through having these connections, the company staff can be assured that the information that they are using in their day to day activities and tasks is credible and therefore of quality. The downside with this innovation is the high consumption of power but this can be effectively managed (Mitchell-Jackson, 2003).
Secondly, the company has been able to harness the technology innovation surrounding video conferencing. Through this technology, the company has been able to do a number of things. One, it has been able to reach a global population while being at their headquarters. This is to mean that the company staff has been able to engage more effectively with customers who are not locally based. Through this, the company has received international recognition as its products and services have been able to help the masses. Two, the company has been able to save on resources. This is through the airplane trips that it could be booking for its staff each year in matters dealing with marketing, conferences, and other meetings that require a face to face conversation whereby a phone call is not sufficient. Three, the company has been able to leverage the funding from international investors through the use of video conferencing technology. Due to the fact that an investor has a number of duties to perform, the technology surrounding video conferencing has been able to allow international investors to feel safe and comfortable to partake in buying the company’s stock and equity as they can easily engage with the company board of stakeholders whenever there is a meeting taking place and they are not able to do the journey (Agius & Angelides, 1997).
Thirdly, being that the company is highly involved with education products and services, it has been able to employ the use of educational games and simulations into its products so as to make them more fun and easy to comprehend. According to common knowledge, most kids have a knack for games and technology innovations have come up with ways in which normal and somehow boring education can be transformed into games through the use of various programming and coding. Through this, the students who partake in the products produced by the company such as educational games and other educational simulations, are able to have a good time in their learning which according to statistics tends to increase the hours students spend on learning when compared to before the introduction of technology into the education industry. In addition, the students are also seen to be able to learn complex concepts much more easily when technology is employed in the learning process than before (Gredler, 2004).
Fourth, with technology innovations, there has been something known as distance learning. In such a case, the company has been involved with a number of universities in setting up learning portals that will make lecturers and students be able to communicate during the learning process. Before this innovation, students were expected to attend classes so as they can receive notes and deliver assignments but with this innovation, students who are thousands of miles away are able to take part in education from a prestigious university or college of their dreams without the need to even attend a single class physically (Porter, 1997). With the nature of the trend in the digital world, the company has been receiving a number of orders and requests for the installation of digital learning platforms across the world. And being that this installation can easily be done remotely, the company has been able to acquire various institutions and organizations as new clients.
Finally, we have the use of web seminars which the company has been able to use in order to save on resources for travel and booking in hotels in order to attend various conferences across the world. Therefore, this technological innovation has been able to allow the company staff to not miss out on the most important gatherings taking place in their industry across the world (Albers et al., 2013).
Conclusion and Recommendation
In conclusion, it is evident that the company has managed to employ some of the most important technological innovations in its industry. However, enough is never enough and as such, it should make haste and figure out more technology innovations that are capable of improving its operations and management while cutting down on the costs. Through this, the company will be assured of more profits and revenue in its dealings. Also, the company should make sure that it does not rely too much on technology to the point that it starts to demote people from their positions. This will prove damaging to the livelihoods of people and hence while it will be promoting a positive impact on the company, the environment of the people in the locality will be suffering and living from hand to mouth as there will be a high rate of unemployment.
References
Albers, P., Pace, C., & Brown Jr, D. W. (2013). Critical participation in literacy research through new and emerging technologies: A study of web seminars and global engagement. Journal of Literacy and Technology, 14(2), 79.
Agius, H. W., & Angelides, M. C. (1997). Desktop video conferencing in the organization. Information & management, 31(6), 291-302.
Gredler, M. E. (2004). Games and simulations and their relationships to learning. Handbook of research on educational communications and technology, 2, 571-581.
Mitchell-Jackson, J., Koomey, J. G., Nordman, B., & Blazek, M. (2003). Datacenter power requirements: measurements from Silicon Valley. Energy, 28(8), 837-850.
Porter, L. R. (1997). Creating the virtual classroom: Distance learning with the Internet. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.