Students graduating high school and heading to college are a part of the millennial generation. They grew up with evolving technology. It is often viewed as necessity over privilege. In years past, college students went to the school library to wait their turn at the typewriter. Then it was the desktop that took forever loading each page with DSL. Now, it is no rare instance for a college student to arrive on campus with a laptop, cell phone, tablet, MP3 player, and gaming system. Woah! Colleges know and expect this. Instead of fighting this revolution (harken back to the days of “no cell phone in class”), they embrace it head on. We’ve rounded up some of the ways education, specifically college, are embracing the technological era.

Online Learning

This has been one of the most revolutionary points in merging education and technology. It would have been hard to imagine long ago that you could take a class where you weren’t even in the same city, state, or country it was being hosted. Thanks to the all mighty internet, that is a very real and prevalent option. This is often referred to as “distant learning” and millions of students take advantage of this learning avenue. The National Center for Education Statistics estimated that in Fall 2013, there were 5,522,194 students enrolled in distance learning courses at degree-granting postsecondary institutions. There are a variety of ways these classes are delivered. Some post their pre-recorded lectures, materials, assignments, and tests online and everything can be