Experts in "Top 1 billion followers": The traditional educational system needs to keep pace more with technical changes

Dubai, 9 January / WAM / Experts and owners of digital educational initiatives have confirmed that the traditional educational system has become “broken” as a result of its slow pace in keeping pace with technical changes, pointing out that education has become a fundamental issue in the digital age, and is available through non-traditional tools and means, which provides content makers with an opportunity to invest in these capabilities to provide innovative and effective educational content.

This came during a session entitled “Education is broken… and this is the way to fix it” within the activities of the fourth edition of the One Billion Followers Summit, the largest global summit in the content industry economy, which is organized by the UAE Government Media Office, and hosted by the United Arab Emirates over a period of 3 days and concludes its work on January 11, in the Emirates Towers, the Dubai International Financial Center, and the Museum of the Future, in Dubai, under the slogan “Purposeful Content.”

Participating in the session were Julie Walsh Smith, CEO of the American company “Complexi” who is interested in digital education, Arman Khodlararian, CEO and co-founder of “Maharat” company, Achina Mia, a content creator and founder of a virtual school in India that uses artificial intelligence, and Justin Song, a teacher, doctor, and owner of several educational initiatives.

Julie Walsh Smith confirmed that their experience as an institution specializing in digital education has shown that people of all ages have a passion and constant desire to learn, noting that they are constantly striving to meet these aspirations.

She said that the traditional educational system does not keep pace with technical changes, which has allowed content makers to present innovative visions for contemporary education, taking into account its special conditions and tools. She explained that successful digital education must be interactive, short, and simplified, as short educational clips today receive great follow-up and interest by learners and knowledge seekers.

Arman Khodlarian pointed out that technical and applied skills constitute a basic need in the current era, stressing that their platform works to produce educational content that brings these skills closer to learners. He said that the demand for learning is great, but learners need reliable guides and teachers, especially in light of the spread of false information on social media.

Achina Mia reviewed her experience in running a school based on artificial intelligence in India, and providing diverse educational content through her YouTube channel. She said that this model puts the traditional educational system in direct confrontation with the “self-learning” revolution led by educational content makers, noting that this revolution fills the gaps and shortcomings that exist in traditional education, and keeps pace with the needs of the labor market for the required skills.

Justin Song stated that it helps students explore the history of education, and enables them to reach their personal goals and develop their internal motivations, which constitute the basic driver of every educational process. He stressed that combining fun with information represents the essence of the educational process, pointing out that the challenge does not lie in the difficulty of the scientific material, but in the method of presenting it.

He said that content creators have succeeded in attracting millions of learners to learn languages, programming, and history, by transforming lessons into fun visual stories, capable of breaking the barrier of boredom that students face in traditional classes.

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