The Futuristic Classroom

Some of the ways in which web 3.0 shapes future education are:

1.  Visit different places of world virtually and get more information about those places in a safe and economical way.
2. Increase student collaborative activities by scheduling meeting of them virtually through social networking sites and forums.
3. Assess student activities and learning through online projects and online learning courses
4. Create 3D based scenarios and simulations with the help of High quality graphics 3D internet applications imparted by web3.0.

                                    Source:TechBytes.com

Web 3.0 is more than a group of new technologies and services. Web 3.0 technologies provide a collection of services to create a true online classroom. Here are some of the Web 3.0 tools and services which are helpful in the education and research:

1. Learning with 3D-Wikis / Virtual 3D Encyclopaedia:

Wiki is used mainly to maintain and construct a repository of information and material. Students and researchers are able to work collaboratively and post big items. User-friendliness of the wiki software creates easy handling of the matter for an editor for deleting, reverting and modifying the information. With the development of 3D web, researchers & technocrats have been creating and modifying new projects to give a new aspect to the world of Wikis & encyclopedia.

2. Learning with 3D - Virtual Worlds & Avatars, Virtual Labs etc:

3D Virtual worlds & Avatars has a great role in e-learning, through role playing, 3-D models, simulations and engaging students through stimulating creativity. 3D rich graphic based user interfaces provide a more powerful platform for students for participating and performing collaborative actions and to receive & exchange information.

3. Intelligent Search Engines/ Collaborative Intelligent Filtering:

These search engines offer the effective source of information by offering the useful information on the click of a button. Now, one can even search with the help of images, audio and videos, in addition to text. Imagine having your phone camera pointing to a building and your phone will automatically filter similar buildings and will give you all the relevant information. 

I believe that the future of education in web 3.0 will lay in the hands of the teachers whose role will change from teaching to orchestrating and filtering the tools avaliable to them to allow students to reach their potential, sky will become the limit.... Imagine a techer walking into class and having her students relive parts of the civil war through virtual 3-D? or learn more about the marine life by having a virtual class underwater?