Generation Alpha, as described by Mark McCrindle (1), includes all children born from 2010 to 2025, and by the time they are all born (2025), they will amount to nearly 2 billion people - the largest generation in the history of the world. They will no longer know an analog world as I remember it and they are already changing our world, as the most tech-savvy generation yet - and probably the most educated. And Generation Alpha is changing learning for good.
Alphas will gain unbridled access to education, and the need for lifelong learning is something they will internalize. Given that the education system has changed little in nearly 150 years, the current rigid curricula of standardized tests will shift to more interactive, personalized, and creative learning. Young people will be prepared to feel responsible for their further education even after school/university.
Today, modern learning platforms already take into account the integration of learning communities, which intensifies the deepening of the content, so that one can learn at any time in an international community and with their support. This is already exemplarily applied by platforms such as Mindvalley (2). The fact that independent learning is possible and can lead to extraordinary results is also shown, for example, by Jim Kwik (3), who himself suffered from learning difficulties as a boy and is now the brain coach of Elon Musk, Will Smith and many international CEOs and stars.
Generation Alpha is changing learning; Jim Kwik is making a lasting mark on this new world.
Independent learning will play an increasingly important role. Many today fear losing their jobs to AI. Yet technological development also offers the opportunity to further realize one's human potential and take on creative, emphatic, and strategic work for which AI will long be unsuited. New learning offers entirely new opportunities for people. What does this mean for how knowledge is handled once it becomes easily and cheaply accessible to all?
Generation Alpha is changing learning. This future sounds promising!
1 https://mccrindle.com.au/insights/blog/gen-alpha-defined/
3 https://www.kwiklearningonline.com
