The Impact of Educational Apps in Everyday Academics

Technology plays a significant role in our daily life. Our dependency on electronic devices (smartphones, tablets, and computers) is growing day by day. In the present scenario, we can anticipate that schools will remain closed due to the pandemic. Covid-19 has changed the entire scene of our modern lifestyle. We are obliged to stay in seclusion at our homes to reduce the risk of contracting infections. Our hospitals are pressurised due to several cases that are still growing at a rampant rate. In the strictest situation, technology is our mate that resolves the issue of children’s’ education. 

The influence of technology has brought a positive impact on the education system. Now, students can read and learn anytime, anywhere when they have electronic gadgets. Finding good education for our children is no longer a hassle. An average family can afford a cheaper phone in which applications can be downloaded. 

At the app store, there are many learning apps available for installation on smart devices. Students have an excellent opportunity to thrive on their skills and choose the right direction. Due to high demands, developers are taking painstaking efforts to make things easier for children to understand. Students have no burden to carry a horde of books as colourful interactive interfaces, and vibrant animations can make learning fun to the core.

According to various related surveys, over the 62,000 educational-apps are available on the different app stores that enhance the academic system. 62% of students believe that technology helps them advance in their studies as well as prepare sufficiently for upcoming examinations. In comparison, 48% of students say that technology helps them save time that would otherwise be exhausted on legwork. For improving their grades, more than 77% of students use educational apps. 

Let’s take a look at some of the trending types of educational apps.

1. Online tuition apps
2. Attendance management related apps
3. Puzzle-solving & Quiz related apps with answers
4. Storytelling for kids apps
5. Worksheet & managing workbook

Benefits of using mobile applications in the education sector

1. How to make learning a fun experience?: Many a time, students face the problem of tackling difficult topics. Gamification is a great way to help students more interested in academics. When your teacher presents difficult subjects in the form of a game, it is easier to learn. The primary purpose of gamification is to combine your learning with curiosity and engagement. 

Why gamification for educational activities?

The idea of employing gamification in education encourages students to take new challenges and develop thousands of ways to solve problems, puzzles and brain teasers. Gamification

•  Helps to achieve the target
• Develop learning skills
• Encourages goal setting
• Favours rewards and recognition system
• Improves productivity

Overall, gamification apps will make easy the arduous and tedious ordeal of learning and imbibing what is learnt. 

2. Focus on individual: In a class of 50-60 students, it is hard to focus on all students equally. Mobile apps help in the present scenario to keep an eye on every student activity. When the teacher delivers the topic to students, the app only has to monitor one user per device.

3. Online study and ebooks facility: Covid-19 is not a significant factor that has propelled students to rely on ebooks and e-learning suddenly. Popular opinion shows that students are generally very interested in online studying. Book search apps and library apps come into the picture at this juncture which deliver the topic in accessible formats in high-quality resolution. It does not matter where you are. You can access your collection on your device anytime.

4. Bridge the communication gap between parents and teachers: If a student is facing any issue, parent-teacher communication is necessary to sort out the problem. A smooth communication channel is an effervescent platform which most educational apps offer where parents and teachers can interact and exchanges thoughts, suggestions and feedback so that the students get active and conducive learning atmosphere both at school premises at the domestic avenue.

6. 24/7 Availability: When students attend the class, they follow the rigid class schedule. Mobiles applications are available round the clock. You don’t need to pay attention to timelines, and the digital classroom can be anywhere. Whenever you feel it is time to learn, you can immediately jump into the learning mode.

7. Video-Oriented learning: In modern time, videos are the substitutes of books. Most students relish watching videos rather than reading text words. When you watch a movie in a theatre, the story leaves an impact for a long time; similar is the impact when you learn through videos- it enables you to grasp new ideas quickly. 

8. Makes persuasive communication channel between teacher and students: Assignments, homework and assessments are readily shared and accessed via online portals where detailed scores and records of each students’ performance as maintained under app database. Educational apps differ from traditional classrooms in the way that they offer freedom for the students to choose subjects and topics of preference to learn or device.

9. Download tutorials: Many apps allow you to download tutorials of your preference. If you miss any topic, you can make up for it by relying on the recorded session. These tutorials can be available in videos, PDF document formats which can be download anytime and anywhere to watch or read offline. 

10. Apps are available in various categories: Students have an excellent opportunity to choose apps based on subjects like electronics, engineering, mathematics, music, language, and many more.

The educational system has now adapted the latest technology to emulate an ambience that resembles a real-world classroom. With the involvement of AI and interactive features most of the online classes have escalated to an experience unlike ever before. Educational apps serve as a one-stop solution to most of the challenges before a typical student.