Changes In the New Era

 The twenty-first century has come. This new century has brought changes to every aspect of our daily life, especially in communication, transportation, and education.

One of the greatest inventions in the twenty-first century is the Internet. The Internet completely changes the way we communicate; it makes the geographic distance meaningless and accelerates the pace that people connect compared with when people did before the Internet era. Back in the day, it took lots of time and cost to be able to make calls from this side of the globe to the other. Now, we can contact whomever we wish almost instantly at a much lesser cost. Undoubtedly, the Internet has created an unprecedented leap in the evolution of humankind.

The technological advances have boosted automaking, shipping, and aircraft manufacturing to a whole new level. Firstly, the automobile manufacturing industry makes faster and stronger engines enabling us to save time and cost by shortening the driving distance. Secondly, the Shipping industry will be able to build greater-size ships that can load and transport thousands of tons of cargo. Lastly, the technological improvements in the aircraft industry will not only save us time and effort in long-distance journeys but also open new possibilities and potential in space travel. Consequently, these changes in transportation will play a significant role in the world’s economic boom since the last one created by the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century.

This new century will also change the ways we teach and learn. In the pre-Internet era, traditional education relied on the cooperation between teachers/instructors and students/learners. To acquire new knowledge, students have got go to school and meet up with teachers routinely. Nowadays, in the Internet-dominant epoch, online learning has gained more attention due to its benefits: it can save us moving time and erase the geographic distance, especially for learners having physical challenges. Additionally, both learners and instructors will be able to access an astronomical load of data stored online in the Internet world, which effectively and extensively assists their studying and teaching. Besides, educational transformations are not only because of technological advances but also because of the shifting of social awareness. People often view education as the you-learn-what-I-teach model, but today, it will be I-learn-and-ask-what-you teach model. This new model means that students will be no longer passive and authority-deprived learners but the ones who will proactively and critically absorb the knowledge that teachers/instructors deliver. Therefore, I believe this new model will be a trend in the twenty-first century.

In summary, communication, transportation, and education will be three of the various domains that transform in the twenty-first century. The inevitable changes raise a question: what will we do to prepare for them?