Over the next five years, one of the more useful and important trends in online education might be the creation of web-based platforms that can be used easily on multiple devices. As students gain more access to a larger variety of electronics, creating platforms that can be used on both large (i.e. traditional desk-tops and lap-tops) to the very small (i.e. smart phones, etc) and even in-between (i.e. video gaming systems, cable television, etc) seems to be one of the more essential components of reaching a larger audience of students. I think that it is safe to say that more students will gain some type of technology connection, so creating versatile platforms that can be used on almost any device should be the goals of any online educator.
I have had students tell me that some of my past web pages didn't really work well on their smart-phones and that such and such type of platform works better. Also cumbersome platforms that require a lot of memory and data usage to load are also going to be abandoned in favor of more concise and streamlined, easy to use platforms.
Essentially, the learning platforms of the next five years should be designed to be user friendly in as many technology platforms as possible.
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