A paradigm shift in education: Prospects and recommendations for schools in 2030

The interest of this study is borne out of an attempt to investigate the drastic change that technology has brought to the instructional core. The future of schools is exponentially upgrading through the integration of sophisticated educational systems that appear to create a whole new trajectory for all education stakeholders. Instruction will be adaptive and assessment will be real-time. In this profound and complex scenario, current schools will no longer be the epicenters of knowledge as AI-powered educational tools will hegemonize and remarkably offer extraordinarily enticing adaptive learning opportunities through smart classrooms and other technological trends and patterns, such as Cloud Computing (connectivity and data security) and the Internet of Things (IoT) (intelligent whiteboards). Needless to say, technology enhanced learning will unequivocally become the pinnacle of education. Therefore, many educators will have to expand their instructional technology to rise to the occasion.