It is almost certain that in the future, blackboards will be
replaced by big screens and textbooks will be in the student’s pockets that
they can plug into any gadget with a monitor.
What I didn’t imagine is that students can stay home on a
mass scale from nationwide to worldwide.
DepEd has a plan that is known to work at a smaller scale but if it succeeds even at level 6 out of a scale of 10, it will set a precedence that has far more implication for the future. Parents may continue to opt for distance learning even after the pandemic. Not only that it is safer for their children, it is also cheaper minus the 'baon,' uniforms, fare etc.
DepEd has a plan that is known to work at a smaller scale but if it succeeds even at level 6 out of a scale of 10, it will set a precedence that has far more implication for the future. Parents may continue to opt for distance learning even after the pandemic. Not only that it is safer for their children, it is also cheaper minus the 'baon,' uniforms, fare etc.
The shutting down of ABS-CBN could be a blessing in disguise
because now, they broadcast in the best of medium that technology can offer. If
in the past, not long ago (LOL!) – the network broadcast only TV Patrol in HD, lately
if you have noticed, they seem to broadcast all the network’s programs in High
Definition.
I wonder if there is anymore need for ABS-CBN to be in a
hurry for a franchise. It can broaden its base by simply building cable
television where there is none and broadcast via local cable networks. Sky
cable which ABS-CBN also owns can be its flagship network. It can also invest
heavily in internet broadcasting and if Space X interlink succeeds, there
is no place on earth that internet cannot reach. Telephone companies will be dead. Traditional air broadcast
could vanish into oblivion.
Media networks could be the future of education where
pupils/students can record their online teachers’ lectures. With the
technological perfection of animation, there is no need for hands on classroom
experimentation meaning face-to-face learning is moot but there is a catch –
the end of the teaching profession.
Imagine this: ABS-CBN (or other companies/Google/FB/Amazon)
with its massive resources builds a futuristic university – for each country or
one university for the entire planet. Poor kids and the rich can receive the
same education coming from one source and free paid for by advertising. Space X have started deploying thousands of interlink satellites that will ring the
planet and bring internet access to every corner of the globe.
ONE EDUCATION, ONE SOURCE, ONE UNIVERSITY FOR THE HUMAN RACE
HUMANKIND IS FINALLY TRANSITING FROM CIVILIZATION “0” TO “1”
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