3 technologies that are making education more accessible

3 technologies that are making education more accessible

Educational technology has become increasingly important after the COVID-19 pandemic closed classrooms across the world.

AR, VR and AI technologies are improving accessibility for pupils with learning difficulties or disabilities.

'Edtech' also makes learning less location-dependent, while offline services can help learners with no access to the internet.



Educational technology - or "edtech" - entered public consciousness over the past year as the COVID-19 pandemic moved learners young and old out of the classroom and into the virtual world of remote education.

One of its key benefits is improved accessibility to education - both in terms of helping pupils with learning difficulties or disabilities and in making learning less location-dependent.

Here are three technologies that are changing the way we learn.

1. Augmented and virtual reality

The key benefits of AR and VR technologies to education are making learning interactive and thereby more engaging - they can even add gaming elements to textbook material.

Curiscope's Virtuali-tee is a t-shirt and app that enables users to learn about the human body. One person puts on the t-shirt while the other uses an AR app on a smartphone to virtually reveal - and explore - the various layers inside the body.

The technology can also