Those who don’t use Internet have no advantage over people who can’t use Internet .

Forgive me for paraphrasing Mark Twain who said “ Those who don’t read books have no advantage over people who can’t read books “ . He said this almost a century ago , now same can be said of online world too.

Don’t talk about the future of online education ,the future has already arrived .

Sometime back my son’s school was closed due to bad weather ( pollution at alarming levels in Delhi NCR) , however he didn’t miss the classes – thanks to video-based classes on zoom .There were assignments given which they were supposed to email and upload and so on .

In our days no school meant no classes and we were all out playing .

From finding out the recipes of making pizza to a daughter reading news on YouTube for a mother with no TV to a stock market aspirant fishing out strategies on Internet , it’s already happened .

There are working people doing certification courses on Digital marketing to enhance their career prospects , a girl wanting to learn about Rock music goes to  Coursera and takes a course and so on ..

If you want to get into a trend early look at the kids …. when 12-year-old kids in school start to talk about YouTube channel , subscribers , copyright , monetization and so  on and so forth – then you know  that web has now become lifestyle .

Interestingly , I spoke to few kids who had undergone a course on Cyber security were having nightmares  of the computers being hacked and everything going awry including the satellites to banks getting swindled  … welcome to the brave new world .

So here are some behavioral trends as a result of ever-increasing emphasis on  online education and the consequent impact:

1. Online learning will not only be confined to 25 + years old but will cut across all ages – from kids to grandmothers – a parabolic rise .
2. People’s concentration levels will drop further, and their distraction levels will increase .
3. Reading and writing skills will deteriorate – people are so used to writing businesslike emails , texting messages and kids are finding it difficult to complete a short story , forget about a long novel.

So look at the kids and the grandmothers to know where the massive trend change is occurring and then propel your business accordingly.

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