High quality education is essential to make sure that future generation of engineers, scientists and scholars are well trained and ready to work together for the betterment of mankind.
Without a doubt, high quality education is essential to make sure that future generation of engineers, scientists and scholars are well trained and ready to work together for the benefits of their own countries but to the benefits of the mankind as well. The globalization and technology trends contribute to a better quality of higher education in the following manner:
1- Rapid access to new technology innovations.
2- Provide access to new technology innovations.
3- Facilitate the exchange of views and knowledge on different technological innovations.
4- Facilitate the work of different groups of professionals in the implementation of new technological innovations and in the analysis of the main outcomes as a result of this implementation.
5- Facilitate the join production of any necessary equipment by different different to ensure the implementation of the main technological innovations.
Globalization has harnessed the idea of flow of better expertise, skill set, knowledge base and man power from developed nations to developing and least developed nations promoting the better global standard of higher education everywhere. On the other hand, technology has democratised the information giving access even to the most backward sections of the society. Thus, both of them have contributed thoroughly, if not more.
For the last couple of decades, technology-enhanced learning is something that received recent attention, especially in the area of educational research.
In recent times, it has become increasingly important for educators all over the world to explore the role that information technologies (e.g. social media, social networking sites) play in the educational context.
However, despite the tremendous potential these new technologies could play in higher education settings, I believe that the majority of educators still don't acknowledge their full potential and often are not inclined to explore it inside the classroom.
Furthermore, I think that educators and lecturers are still using ICTs strictly as a tool for supporting the personal guidance provided by a face-to-face teacher.
Some of the technological advances in combination with open source and open access initiatives have contributed towards wider sharing of knowledge across the globe and improved higher education outcomes. However, there is a limit on what one can do with some of this knowledge if there is no access to the sophisticated tools and equipment to implement it some of the acquired skills.