Technology is an excellent resource and it is especially useful from an educative point of view. Thanks to technology, we have access to resources unlike ever before. Technology speeds up the “process” – in every sense of the word. As a result of technological advances, students no longer have to go to libraries to look for the books that have the most suitable knowledge for their research. Being able to go online and use the tools available to conduct research allows students to focus on their learning rather than waste time looking for the appropriate resources. Furthermore, technology increases the accessibility of education, which became pretty clear during the past few years!

Two of our Ed-Tech classes this September were conducted over Zoom – a program which enables virtual learning with the use of a technological device such as a computer, a tablet, or a mobile phone. Zoom is a wonderful educative resource as it includes audio and visual functions to allow a group of people who are not physically in the same space to connect and learn together. This is especially useful when, due to any potential circumstances, people cannot physically be together to learn.

The pandemic, which has had an exceptional influence over the educative strategies and methods of delivery for the past few years, has forced us to learn virtually in situations where we cannot safely meet in person in a group setting without the risk of viral spread. Programs like Zoom, which are still widely being used, are incredibly helpful in such instances, and make learning with other people possible. It would be much more difficult to be a student in an era in which technology was not nearly as advanced as it is now trying to navigate self-taught learning as a result of a life altering circumstance such as a global pandemic. For this reason, I’m incredibly grateful to be able to use and benefit from the advances in technology. Not only does technology provide us with several resources to learn, it increases the number of ways in which people can continue to learn when things don’t go to plan. It allows us to be adaptable, which we need to be to learn!