Abstract
![CDATA[Invited Keynote Speech: We live in a constantly changing environment where technology has become an integral component of our day to day life. This poses question: what the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education of the future should be like? Once upon a time university students heavily relied on the transcribed lecture data and library resources. These days, students rely on the electronic tools and 24/7 access to retrieve class activities, lecture podcasts, and search the interconnected networks of book, journal and paper libraries. It can also be noted that in the recent times, young generations are well connected. They look for up to date data via YouTube, they post and interact via Facebook and Instagram and they scan for potential employees via LinkedIn. In turn the social media has opened new avenues for global exchanges and collaborations. But does it prepare students for the global work and life? This also raises questions as to what the future of STEM graduates will require. If we are to just imagine our not so distant future where self drivable cars will become a norm and smart gadgets necessities, we may need to place more emphasis on the interdisciplinary engagements as the smooth operations of smart cars, for example, will require the knowledge about the cars’ and their parts, car and road sensors, road monitoring technologies, graphical user interfaces, movement detection systems as well as day to day operations, legal rules and regulations and processes that will control a wide array of scenarios.]]
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | ICES 2016: 18th International Conference on Education Systems, Sydney, Australia, December 15-16, 2016 |
Publisher | WASET |
Number of pages | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | International Conference on Education Systems - Duration: 1 Jan 2016 → … |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Education Systems |
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Period | 1/01/16 → … |
Keywords
- science
- technology
- engineering
- mathematics
- study and teaching