Do automated industries actually destroy jobs, or does automation create new jobs in new sectors. Auto workers' unions in Michigan once worked very hard to stop robots from replacing their "jobs," but how many more jobs were created to build, maintain, and service robots?
In the same way, does a "flipped" classroom actually negate the need for a human teacher to answer questions and assist students having difficulty? How many more jobs for educators might be created in software curriculum development, servicing students who need more one on one help from a human teacher, etc.?
One thing is certain: industries and services change over time, and those who adapt to meet the new needs and wants of others are those who often capitalize from such opportunities. Change does not need to be one's enemy, but can be a great opportunity for those who can adapt and think outside of the box.
In the same way, does a "flipped" classroom actually negate the need for a human teacher to answer questions and assist students having difficulty? How many more jobs for educators might be created in software curriculum development, servicing students who need more one on one help from a human teacher, etc.?
One thing is certain: industries and services change over time, and those who adapt to meet the new needs and wants of others are those who often capitalize from such opportunities. Change does not need to be one's enemy, but can be a great opportunity for those who can adapt and think outside of the box.
"The technology's already beginning to arrive," he said. "It's already there on the west coast of the US and it's already beginning to transform schools.
"I'm expecting this to happen in the next 10 years.
"The great danger is that it takes jobs away, and for humans beings much of our fulfilment in life comes from the satisfaction of work.
"If we get the technology wrong it will end up doing everything for us in the same way that satnavs mean we no longer know how to read maps."
Experts predict that automated teaching of maths and science will form the vanguard of machine-led learning, but that sophisticated algorithms would soon be devised to teach the humanities.