Academic Technological Dependence

               Today’s way of receiving education has changed significantly as technology began to advance over the years. What is the connection between education and technology you ask? Well, there are a few causes of this dependency. One of the main causes that colleges and universities began to depend on the use of technology was to get more enrollment. Most colleges are now offering online courses that people can take anytime and anywhere. Because of this more adults are now beginning to enroll at online colleges or just take online courses at a normal campus. Adult students can take their courses and still be able to work full-time at their jobs. The reliance on technology has actually benefited both sides in regards to universities and its students. Colleges are able to enroll twice as many students, and bring in more tuition money with the help of their online servers. Students can take classes anytime they want and work around their own schedule.

            

           Another cause of the dependency is that it is a lot more efficient to use technology rather than do everything in person. Before technology played a significant role in education teachers graded by hand, and had to have a lecture prepared every class. However, now that they use technology students take their tests on a Scantron sheet making grading a lot easier on the professor. Also, this use of technology bred hybrid classes where students would go to class once a week, and then have discussions online about various topics. Using technology really is a lot more efficient because students and professors can work around there own schedule.

             

          Even Drexel has become dependent on technology as we have hybrid classes and multiple choice tests are given on scantron sheets. The hybrid classes definetly helps with time management when it comes to scheduling other classes. The reasoning for this is because most of the class deals with online work. Also when it comes to homework assignments most courses have an online website with assignments, such as wiley, owl, webassign, and etc. The dependence on technology in the sense of education is necessarily not a bad thing to have it benefits both sides. 

Works Cited

Smeaton, George. A Collection of Articles on Hybrid Course Delivery. Google Scholar. Web. 9 Mar. 
 2011.

 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/collegeinc/view/?utm_campaign=homepage&     utm_medium=proglist&utm_source=proglist