MANAGING FUTURE EDUCATION WITH TECHNOLOGIES

Abstract

With the rapid emergence of so many technologies certain things are becoming irrelevant and obsolete and as such different strategies of management are required to deal with the situation. Satellite communication is accelerating the process of globalizing education and it is also entering that phase of education where not only the education will have the common curriculum but also the technologies to realize the objectives. The future education will have entirely different courses with more flexibility and modularity. Bill Gates in his book The Road Ahead has rightly remarked, ‘We are all beginning another great journey. We are not sure where this one will lead us either.’

A combination of computer mediated education and on-line education provides a unique domain which through the aid of computer conferencing allows more open structured curricula. Technological tools would help the specific needs of the individual making learning not only active but interactive in the field of continuing education and short duration educational needs of the future. As technologies can make information available to anyone, anywhere, anytime, this will create such a situation where different management has to be in place. Virtual reality access to the Internet and voice activated environment controls are just a few of the features offered by the latest technological tools. The principles of management which found their application in business have in the recent time virtually pervaded all fields where human, professional and material resources have to be effectively coordinated. Technologies are breaking the barriers of time and space. Science and technologies have however immense potential for improving the quality of life through education.