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Digitally
Educated
Students utilize digital solutions to boost the learning experience.
Trend
What is the Digitally Educated trend?
Digitally Educated: While students are well versed in using technology, new innovations that are specifically targeted toward those who crave self-improvement help to push the boundaries for how learning takes place. Ranging from solutions that increase physical health to homework-helping apps, children and teens are actively becoming a demographic for digital self help, but also one that's open to trying new, modern solutions for improvement.
Trend themes
Themes within the Digitally Educated trend
Three behaviours holding the trend togetherDigital self-improvement
The rise of digital solutions that cater to self-improvement and education needs of children and teens, creating a new demographic for educational technology solutions.
Crowdsourced learning and assistance
Crowdsourcing has become a major trend as seen in homework help and creative writing apps, where individuals can aid or seek assistance from the community for their learning needs and writing process.
Visual search engines
New visual search engines are leveraging human experience and expertise through social networks to provide personalized and more intuitive answers to questions.
Industry implications
What the Digitally Educated trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookEdtech
The edtech industry can take advantage of the trend toward digital self-improvement to create new educational technology solutions for students of all ages.
Crowdsourcing services
Businesses can develop crowdsourcing services and platforms that cater to various needs, including homework help, creative writing, and many more.
Visual search and AI
The trend toward visual search engines highlights the need for better AI-powered search technology that can deliver more personalized and relevant results to users.
Trend signals
Trend signals for Digitally Educated
Trend score 3.3 out of 10, from popularity 56%, activity 36%, freshness 8%.
- Gen Alpha
- Gen Z
- Millennial (not a primary audience)
- Gen X (not a primary audience)
- Boomer (not a primary audience)
Evidence
Examples of the Digitally Educated trend
5 featured examples from Oct 13, 2013 to Jan 26, 2014Crowdsourced Homework Help Apps
Slader Makes Doing Homework Easier With a Little Help From Friends
EdTech companies can explore the potential of developing crowdsourced learning platforms and AI-assisted homework assistants.
Visual Social Search Engines
The Jelly Visual Search Engine Has Heart
The trend of human-centric search presents disruptive innovation opportunities for search engine companies to enhance their algorithms by incorporating the human experience and ex…
Inutitive Childrens Learning Tablets
The New Kurio 4G Kids Tablet Was Revealed at 2014 CES
Learning tablets for kids are a growing niche in the education technology sector, offering opportunities for hardware, software and content providers.
Crowdsourced Writing Apps
The Coda for iPhone App Gets Rid of Writer’s Block By Asking Other
Coda for iPhone can disrupt the writing assistance industry by offering a more collaborative, crowdsourced approach to writing aid.
Shot-Analyzing Court Gear
The Vibrado Sleeve Helps Refine Your Three-Point Shot
There is an opportunity for sports gear manufacturers to develop smart wearables that provide more advanced tracking and analysis capabilities.