The Secret to a High-Quality Curriculum
The Ideal Curriculum
A high-quality curriculum allows time for educators to focus on teaching, rather than spending hours developing their own classroom materials.
The ideal curriculum does much more than just provide lessons. It;
- Reflects internal culture and identity
Institutions can demonstrate their core values and commitments through a well-designed curriculum. Strong lesson plans and the availability of proper learning tools demonstrate a commitment to staying competitive and providing the highest quality education.
- Keeps up with a constantly developing world
Modernized curriculums help institutions remain relevant, competitive and produce well-informed students.
- Makes content consistent and accessible for students within all 4 learning styles
As institutions continue to accommodate learners of all kinds, understanding the 4 main learning styles, and developing a curriculum that is effective for everyone, is of the upmost importance.
- Opens the doors for teamwork, collaboration, and community development
A high-quality curriculum helps develop essential skills including working well within teams, remaining open-minded and inviting collaboration, and understanding the importance of a strong community.
- Saves time and money
The Secret
The key to a modern, high-quality curriculum that reaches all the above criteria, and much more, is technology.
Technology in the classroom;
- Makes content engaging and easy to digest while being delivered in a familiar format for the modern student
Did you know? The current average attention span is 8.25 seconds, and getting shorter with each generation. The modern student is highly familiar with technology and interacts with virtual games, social media platforms, and online communication tools on a regular basis. To improve attention, engagement and information retention, the modern curriculum must incorporate technology that students feel comfortable with. Customized applications, engaging videos and immersive reality (VR, AR, MR) experiences, are just a few examples in a world of options for integrating tech.
- Connects students to a global community, inviting collaboration and developing tolerance
- Fosters skills including high digital literacy, responsible technology use, and task management
Skills developed in the classroom stick with a student for life. Equipping learners with the tools they need to be prepared for the modern workplace can help produce higher performing, well-adjusted new workers, enhancing your reputation as educators in the process.
- Adds FUN!
Check out some cool examples of technology-integrated learning by our partners at GigXR here!
The Proof
We asked 400 of today’s students from across the globe how they felt about technology within their own education. See how their experiences prove the importance of a technology-integrated curriculum.
Some bullet points;
- 97% of students felt that the use of technology enhanced their engagement with course content, 93% of teachers agreed.
- 96% of students felt they were able to retain a higher amount of information and got more from their course.
- 96% of students felt more prepared for real-life scenarios.
The best part of this blog is that you’re now connected with the experts to integrate high-quality curriculums within your institution.
Book a short consultation with a member of our development team here .