Hearables are wireless smart micro-computers with artificial intelligence that incorporate both speakers and microphones.
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Intelligent hearables could even determine the context and choose the right time and place to deliver the best content.
Another important feature for education is the ability totranslate between languages.
Music and language students could access relevant content from anywhere and practise their lessons.
Learners could use hearables almost anywhere with internet connectivity to communicate with teachers and other students.
Smart technology can be applied in classroom options to enrich the learning experience.
Outside formal education or the workplace, hearables can also help learners take control of their own learning.
Hearables could become one of the principal ways learners of any age interact in learning.
Challenges, limitations
There are, however, significant challenges in using hearable devices.
The most important to date are technical limitations.
Battery longevity and high bandwidth connections are essential to support natural language communications, particularly in language translation.
Fortunately, it is now incorporated in the latest operating systems and could soon become ubiquitous.
Some hearable companiesare focusing on stylishnesswhile others promote them as wearable tech for your ears.
Perhaps hearables could be the earrings of the future?
Rise of ubiquitous devices?
Smart mobile devices are now ubiquitous among students.
Hearables will soon be here to stay both in wider society and the educational community.
