Concepts like <\/span>Virtual Classrooms, Artificial Intelligence<\/b> and <\/span>Augmented Reality<\/b>– which seemed like distant dreams just yesterday started getting adopted as part of the curriculum and general learning strategies. In short, it would not be wrong to say that Covid-19 jump started the digital revolution of the education sector which followed in 2021. Here are a few e-learning stats from 2021-<\/span> Having said that, let\u2019s see what are the hottest edtech trends from the bygone year?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And what is around the corner?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Read on below.<\/span><\/p>\n One of the biggest and the most notable edtech trends that saw a noticeable rise in 2021 is the rise of the <\/span>Immersive learning<\/b> and <\/span>Extended Reality (XR)<\/b> which is an umbrella term for <\/span>Augmented Reality (AR)<\/b>, <\/span>Virtual Reality (VR) <\/b>and the combination of related technology.<\/span> Another example of immersive learning is <\/span>Google Expeditions<\/b> that let\u2019s students take field trips and the like. In addition to that, an unrelated type is \u2018<\/span>Makerspaces<\/b>\u2019 which are physical spaces in schools, community centres or public spaces which let pupils come together and build things by hand.<\/span> Between 2017 and 2021, daily searches for homeschooling in the US have increased by 25%<\/strong>. So much so, that currently <\/span>3.4%<\/span><\/a> of all America’s school going children are being homeschooled. The practice especially boomed after the pandemic when offline learning became a challenge and more and more parents started resorting to homeschooling for their children. <\/span> All this data led to the way of edtech startups which stepped up to fill in the gap between the educators and the educatees. One of the best examples of these startups is <\/span>Prisma<\/b>– that grew leaps and bounds in the last year. Prisma offers a combination of in-person and live tutoring online learning experience, aside from other features. <\/span> This brings us to the biggest and the hottest edtech trend of 2021, which is E-Learning. While elearning trend started in 2020, it\u2019s full potential was unleashed in 2021 when a plethora of advantages and benefits started surfacing over time-<\/p>\n As a result of this, several tools came into being to facilitate e-learning which include Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and more. Additionally, many institutions and universities came up with different and newer online courses which students could partake in. Not just this, elearning startups like Coursera and Udemy stepped in which partnered with esteemed universities to make a host of courses available to students worldwide. Now that this practice has been received with open arms and has been adopted efficiently globally, researchers predict that most of these institutions will stick to online methods of teaching post pandemic as well.<\/p>\n Coursera’s search volume has increased by nearly 35% over the last 5 years.\u00a0(<\/span>Source<\/a>)<\/span>According to a survey of IT leaders in the U.S. educational system, <\/span>only 7% expect their school districts<\/span><\/a> to return to pre-pandemic onsite teaching this fall. Having stated that, it wouldn\u2019t come as a surprise when we tell you that this industry is expected to exceed <\/span>$1 trillion by 2027<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Other leading players in this space are CourseHero, Chegg, Thinkific, Teachable, Lessonly<\/strong> etc.<\/span> Edtech Venture Capitals which stood at $500M at the beginning of 2010<\/strong> experienced a massive growth which was 14x times higher and reached $7B in 2019<\/strong>. With that rate of accelerated investments, it was further predicted<\/strong> that the industry is going to reach $87B over the next 10 year<\/strong> beginning 2020. However, that forecast seems easily defyable when $26B<\/strong> of Venture Capital was already deployed before the end of 2021<\/strong>. With momentum that intense, it will be safe to say that we will exhaust the remaining VC predictions and could easily cross over $150B this decade. Here are a few stats-\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To infer, we would only like to point out that with an acceleration that high, there is no looking back. The rise in the EdTech funding will eventually lead to an upsurge and boom of the corporate e-learning companies, homeschools and will also demand a modification in the learning strategies of traditional school and institutions. Not just this, under the light of this revelation, it will be safe to say that there will be a monstrous rise in academic content requirements- at all levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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Tech Enabled Immersive Learning<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\n<\/span>These technologies play a pivotal role in edtech because they enhance the visual learning process. AR helps in depicting 3D forms of animals, objects, lab experiments and more. Interactive VR technology can be used in laboratories for an immersive experience, especially by STEM students.<\/span>
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\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\nK12 Homeschooling Startups<\/b><\/h4>\n
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\n<\/span>As per the <\/span>Homeschooling Capstone Report EdChoice<\/span><\/a>, 70% of the respondents for the homeschooling survey confirmed that they had either begun or considered to start homeschooling during the pandemic. 47% of these respondent plan to continue homeschooling even after schools return to full in-person learning by the end of 2021-2022.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Another interesting example of the same could be <\/span>Outschool<\/b>, which matches students and teachers in small coordinated groups for live teaching. Yet another brilliant example is <\/span>Primer<\/b> which\u00a0 works in a slightly different fashion- it helps parents homeschool their kids by providing the essential tools, content and curated educational resources.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\nMassive Transition to E-Learning<\/b><\/b><\/b><\/h4>\n
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\n<\/span><\/p>\nTransformation in EdTech Funding- How is It Paving Way for Remodelling the Industry?<\/b><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nAre You Ready for the Next Steps?\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n