Futurism and Digitalism in the World of Education

Abstract

Futurism is an understanding or sect that favors the future, not the past. In the world of education, futurism is a learning approach that understands its strengths and weaknesses as learning progress. Through the futuristic model, the assumption is formed that the future is different from the past because students are needed to be ready to face future challenges. The future is often associated with social reconstruction curricula, which emphasizes the process of developing relationships between curricula. The implementation that can be done in the world of education regarding the futuristic flow is that students can make changes and respond intelligently to changes that occur to move forward in education, in this case, students can compete in the era of globalization and a free economy that will occur in the future. Digitalism or digitization is a form of change that comes from mechanical technology to digital technology. Digital is a form of modernization or renewal of the use of technology which is often associated with the emergence of the internet and computers. In the world of education, the implementation of digitalization of education is Blended Learning and Distance Education (PJJ).