Globalization
accelerates the change of technology. Technology is now the forefront of the
modern world creating new jobs, innovations, and networking sites to allow
individuals to connect globally. The timeline below shows the rapid
transformation of how technology has accelerated within the last 20 years to
2012.
· 18 years ago: Internet
commercialized
· 17 years ago: first
mobile phone with Internet connectivity
· 15 years ago: Google
named the search engine of choice by PC magazine
· 12 years ago: Blackberry
launched
· 9 years ago: Facebook
launched
· 7 years ago: Twitter
launched
· 6 years ago: iPhone,
the first of the smart phones, introduced
· 5 years ago: Groupon
introduced
· 2 years ago: 17
million smart tablets sold — estimated that 100 + million by 2014
· 1 year ago: Google Glass announced
· Every 60 seconds (so
it seems): new apps, tailored to users’ specific needs created (York, 2015)
The use of IT to deliver lessons or training from instructors
in one location to students in another is frequently called “distance
learning.” Distance learning has been around for a long time. Over the past
decade, computers and Internet connections have been widely deployed in
classrooms, from pre-K through the university level. Lessons delivered through
computers can be interactive, which gives students real-time feedback on their
work and enables them to work at their own pace (York, Issues In Depth - Technology - Education, 2015) .
In summary, technology has advanced the ways that people can
pursue the furthering of their education and educational resources. It has
impacted the ways people now research and develop new ideas based on others who
have researched across the world. As before the technological leaps, there was
no ability to share research data and results worldwide like it is now. I see
technology being able to bridge us together more and more in the future.
References
The Levin Institute - The State University of New York (2015). Issues In Depth -
Technology. Retrieved from Globalization 101:
http://www.globalization101.org/category/issues-in-depth/technology/
The Levin Institute - The State University of New York (2015). Issues In Depth -
Technology - Education. Retrieved from Globalization 101:
http://www.globalization101.org/education/
