Lenovo has quite recently overtaken the personal technology industry, now number 286 on the fortune 500 list, Lenovo is one of the world’s largest PC vendors and the fourth largest smartphone company.

Today, institutions around the world are transforming from educational destinations into educational hubs. Teachers, students, and parents now depend hugely on innovative technology such as the Lenovo Miix 320 2-in-1 with a detachable display, the IdeaPad range, IYoga 520, and software like the Lenovo LanSchool and LanSchool Air, designed to help teachers easily manage classroom technology.

Just a few statistics

The student journey has changed massively.

• 37 billion students worldwide were studying from home in March 2020.
• In April, Microsoft reports that school districts and universities around the world move into remote learning environments, with Microsoft Teams being used in 175 countries by 183,000 educational

Learning from home comes with some substantial impacts.

• Online learning requires 40-60% less time to learn than in traditional classroom environments. Students can learn at their own pace, focusing on the elements that they know need more attention.
• 20% of educational systems report a focus on optimising operations through cost reduction. The technology of today enables schools to remain responsive midst the ever-changing learning environment, but their budgets must remain intact to support remote learning and teaching.
• The support and training of teachers is more important than ever before. A survey of teachers from around 60 different countries found that 60% of those were not prepared for online learning.
• Educational systems have realised the value in proper security to protect both students and staff members. Since COVID-19, the FBI has seen a 300% increase in cybercrime.

The development of smarter digital technology is allowing greater levels of engagement and participation enabling learners of all ages, abilities, and financial means to fulfil their potential, regardless of their starting point. Powered by AI, VR, IoT, software-defined infrastructure, and big data analytics platforms, Lenovo systems create pathways between students and educators enabling long distance and immersive learning.

Lenovo has established itself as the leading provider of technology for educational development and is driving the transformation from static educational systems into those that can be adapted for the use in flexible and more dynamic environments. The end-to-end solutions that have been developed by Lenovo, are extremely robust and can help schools, colleges, and universities plan, configure, and refresh their systems, increasing efficiency and minimizing downtime.

Having a smart infrastructure will remove the constraints of time, space & location with Lenovo’s distance learning toolkit and virtualised desktop providing a safe, secure, and engaging experience for students and teachers alike, wherever they may be.

As mentioned previously, the cutting edge Lanschool software, is a cloud-based classroom management system for both in-class and remote learning. The software enables teachers to maintain control over students, for example, limiting web access to only approved websites or disabling internet access during tests and quizzes. However, also includes features such as ‘raise hand’ and one-to-one chat ability, in an effort to mimic classroom environment as much as possible.

Because of the research and development work that Lenovo have undertaken they are now in a position, all over the world, where their devices are helping to alleviate the barriers that keep underprivileged and disadvantaged children out of the game.

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References

https://educationblog.microsoft.com/en-us/2020/05/disrupting-the-education-paradigm/

https://educationblog.microsoft.com/en-us/2020/04/celebrating-the-heroes-of-remote-learning/#_ftn1

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/coronavirus-education-global-covid19-online-digital-learning/

https://philonedtech.com/results-from-top-hats-covid-19-student-survey-about-online-learning/