Digital economy and digital education: Quotes and sketch note

Digital economy and digital education: Quotes and sketch note
~Lalit Kishore

 Some points made on digital education at https://www.unicef.org/innocenti/top-10-reasons-digital-learning-succeeds-or-fails, are as follows 

• Teachers are and remain central to the education process. Digital learning is only a tool, and like any tool teachers will use it only when they see value in it or if it helps their students achieve their learning goals. Research across multiple countries has shown that it takes time, practice, and hands-on training for teachers to learn and integrate a new tool into their day-to-day teaching.
• Artificial intelligence (AI), including generative AI, will power more accurate systems for personalized learning and enable a content revolution that will make production, translation and accessibility cheaper and faster. But, as with other transformative tools, if left only to market forces, we may see the benefits of AI in education focused in the Global North, threatening to widen inequalities.
• Education and learning are intrinsically social and human endeavors. No technology will replace the warmth and affection of school friends and supportive teachers and parents....Schools are where children learn social skills, interact with their friends, receive nutrition and a host of other benefits. We must not forget that digital learning is just one tool in a toolbox of solutions to support children. It is not, and should not be thought of, as a replacement for the important place that teachers and schools have in the lives and development of children 
• Digital learning practitioners must think about devices, but also electricity, wall sockets, generators, internet connections, routers, wireless signal strength and protocols for device storage, security, use and charging in schools or learning centers. While logistically challenging, digital learning can reach those not yet reached by the electrical grid and be a gamechanger in providing learning opportunities for those children on the move, in conflict or otherwise unable to travel to a formal school

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