EDITOR’S QUESTION
IS THE EDUCATION
SECTOR UTILISING
TECHNOLOGY TO ITS
FULL POTENTIAL?
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T
he impact of technology can be
seen in every sector and education is
no exception. It is easy to question
whether educational institutions are utilising
technology to their full potential, or whether
they could be doing more to make the most
of the technology being offered to them.
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WITH PREDICTIVE
ANALYTICS AND
VISUALISATION
OF DATA,
TEACHERS
ARE ABLE TO
LEAD SMARTER
AND PROVIDE
PARENTS WITH
MORE THAN A
TEST RESULT ON A
PIECE OF PAPER.
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INTELLIGENTCIO
Finland has held the unofficial title as the
country with the world’s best education
system, since 2000. The repeated success
in rankings by The Global Education
Report which uses data that comes from
six international educational monitoring
organisations confirms this title, with the
small Nordic country ranked number one
again in 2017.
With the £6.18 billion that global investors
staked in EdTech companies in the first 10
months of 2017, the future for education
is looking bright. For Dmitri Adov, Technical
Director at Arcadia SoftwareCountry –
who works extensively with Fortune 500
companies designing and building custom
software – the message is clear.
“We started working with EdTech customers
12 years ago and the trend of growth of
digitalisation in this area is very clearly
visible. I think the key factor of the growth
is that computers are not rare animals
in schools anymore and what is even
more important, tablets and handsets are
powerful, useful, cheap and widely available.
e-Learning and e-Assessment are the biggest
and fastest growing sectors for us (21% YoY
growth), not only in terms of revenue but
also innovation.”
The tech innovation that Finland is known
for, is now becoming the next big reason
and a game-changer. School Day, a Finnish
EdTech company that recently struck a
collaboration with Arcadia SoftwareCountry,
has captured the need for streamlined
analytics in its Smart School Administration
platform. With predictive analytics and
visualisation of data, teachers are able to
lead smarter and provide parents with more
than a test result on a piece of paper.
“Digital solutions and new learning
methods are the keys in a renewing
school environment. The best learning
outcomes are made possible by creating
a strong communion between a student,
teachers, school and parents. Wellbeing
and knowledge are key factors in
understanding and creating better learning
outcomes,” said Kari Kasanen, Chairman
of the Board at School Day and a serial
training entrepreneur.
The School Day Wellbeing App enables
positive interaction that will help everybody
in the school community feel motivated
and realise their full potential via wellbeing
surveys, feedback and class chats in hopes of
fading social exclusion, marginalisation and
alienation from society. Technology meets
humanity . . . that’s topnotch.
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