8 Ways Technology Can Improve Education

As technology grows, so do the options for gathering and sharing information. Because while finding cat gifs or funny memes on the internet is fun, there are also scholarly dissertations on a variety of subjects, public domain novels and classics, and up-to-date scientific information. This, in combination with advances in personal computing in both applications and general hardware, means that there are a host of new tools and methods that can be used to improve student learning outcomes. The open source movement is a technology in itself. The trend has already started with open-source education options available from high-profile universities and the Khan Academy.