The Impact of Educational Technology on Distance Learning in The Era of Post-Covid-19

Abstract

E-learning is a type of electronic educational technology that enables online or distance learning to become the norm even before the COVID-19 era. It is a depiction of convergent products, services, and activities that have emerged in the digital media space and are thought to be more efficient at delivering learning and content, resulting in time and cost savings, and having a smaller negative impact on the environment. Based on existing research, the problem area of this study is to understand how technological convergence provides opportunities to promote the convenience of distance learning and its effect on society, as well as the barriers to the idea remaining implemented post-COVID-19. This paper collects data through a semi-systematic literature review based on similar themes which are educational technology, distance learning, and education during and post COVID-19. The primary objectives of this article are to analyse and discuss the impact of educational technology, as well as to discuss the implications of distance learning, particularly after the world was compelled to embrace it during the COVID-19 lockdown. In summary, it appears that educational technology is growing more interactive, mobile, immersive, and ubiquitous in the second decade of this twenty-first century. The development of digital platforms and tools, the availability of digital content to adult professionals, and self-paced continuous learning appear to be the key components of the learning of the future. Although numerous challenges such as infrastructure and internet must be addressed, distance learning has a bright future, and e-learning is the most effective tool for achieving it. More research is needed to shed light on educational technology as a product of technological convergence, which is not only about unification and commonality but also about divergence in various aspects and opportunities.