As a professor once said, each form of pedagogy is new in its own time. Just as everyone learns in a lifelong manner, the way a person learns changes as well.

We can take into consideration how humans' attention span significantly decreased in just 15 years. That is, from 12 seconds in the year 2000, it became 8.5 seconds in 2015 which is even shorter than that of a goldfish (The Human Attention Span, Adam Hayes). While we have this fact on hand, we are also aware of how technology has been constantly developing for advancement in aid of the fast-changing society. This is greatly manifested in education. 

As students before, we lived to see how books, journals, and magazines are mainly utilized and highly sought for using card catalogs in libraries. Lectures are used to be presented using chalk and chalkboard. Those schools that appear to be more capable use whiteboards and markers as instructional materials. Creatively, teachers also used special colored papers as visual aids to make learning more interesting for students. Years later, students line up and gather in a room with a television just to watch an educational show. Fast forward to the time when all these were already considered traditional as the use of projectors and laptops came into the picture. In a modern-day classroom setting, a projection screen and an instructor's laptop are essential for the teaching-learning process.

Now that a pandemic broke, online learning has become utilized more than it has ever been. People of all ages adapt to the technology that has been served for the continuity of education and learning. 

Simply put, the educational system adapts with time and so as to how people learn. Going back to the previous example, research shows that humans' attention span is greatly correlated to the use of technology. In turn, educators should also learn how to utilize technology in a way that students would learn despite their short attention spans.

With the continuous change of all aspects, we adapt as educators. We always make the most of what is available. Above all, we look back and even though a lot has evolved, the pedagogies that were previously applied to us by our former teachers can still be applicable now. The ball keeps rolling and even though we may be generations apart from our learners, we can meet them halfway and impart learning in the most efficient way possible.