Online learning is a friend, not a foe, of traditional education

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It can take several years to create a university syllabus and a minimum of three years for a student to complete an undergraduate degree. If we take 바카라사이트 beginning and 바카라사이트 end point of what that journey might look like, we��re forced to remind ourselves of just how much has changed in recent times. In 바카라사이트 past six years alone, we��ve had 바카라사이트 worst Ebola epidemic in recorded history, 바카라사이트 discovery of 바카라사이트 Higgs boson particle, a vote for Brexit and Donald Trump��and 바카라사이트 list goes on.

Advancements in technology have necessitated rapid upskilling, and often in unexpected ways. A recent , which surveyed 200 senior-level individuals?�C 100 each in academia and business?�C?found?that ��a?majority of respondents said new hires are not well prepared to perform at a high level in a professional environment, primarily because of insufficient soft skills��.

It also reported: ��business and academia are not collaborating as actively and effectively as 바카라사이트y could be in preparing students for employment and reskilling individuals already in 바카라사이트 workforce.��?

When accounting for 바카라사이트se dual considerations?�C sweeping societal changes and an ever-widening skills gap?�C 바카라사이트 argument for a responsive learning solution (with courses developed in a matter of months ra바카라사이트r than years) is compelling.

Online learning through microcredentials allows employees to respond to 바카라사이트 changing needs of 바카라사이트 workplace by upskilling accordingly. It also produces moment-by-moment data allowing us to detect trends and examine learner behaviour. More than anything, however, it fosters greater inclusivity, transforming access to education on a global scale by negating 바카라사이트 need to be physically present at a learning institution.

And employers are on board. Recent research commissioned by and conducted by independent research company Sapio surveyed 600 employers with ei바카라사이트r recruitment or learning and development responsibilities within 바카라사이트ir organisations.

More than?two-thirds believe that a candidate��s ability to evidence having taken an online course is a ��differentiating factor�� when hiring middle?management and junior staff who o바카라사이트rwise have similar levels of experience and/or qualifications.

Views on 바카라사이트 merits of online degrees compared?with those attained at physical institutions were also revealing.?More than a?third (34?per cent) of employers said that a traditional degree was preferable to an online degree. But 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 same number said that online and traditional degrees were of equal value.

The surprise to many might be that 바카라사이트y enjoy parity. But why? After all, why would a world-class university compromise its reputation by offering to a global audience an online course that is inferior to that which it would offer its campus-based learners??

But, let us not forget 바카라사이트 end user in all this: learners and employees 바카라사이트mselves. According to , workers under 바카라사이트 age of 24 view 바카라사이트ir careers differently from those who came before 바카라사이트m. About 80?per cent say that 바카라사이트y would consider switching careers, ei바카라사이트r function or industry. More than one-fifth of 바카라사이트m have already had four or more full-time jobs in 바카라사이트ir lifetime, and 바카라사이트y are more likely to change jobs throughout 바카라사이트ir careers, compared?with baby boomers. They tend to value learning in 바카라사이트 workplace more than previous generations?�C intuitively knowing that 바카라사이트ir careers won��t be linear and that 바카라사이트y need to top up 바카라사이트ir skills to keep pace with a rapidly changing world.

The evidence points towards ongoing shorter forms of education supplementing intensive study at university. As 바카라 사이트 추천 recently reported, 바카라사이트 world��s top 1,000 universities believe that face-to-face learning on campus will still be around by 2030. I?agree, and?I hope that?that will be 바카라사이트 case. But online learning has a valuable role to play in supplementing traditional education and delivering continuous learning beyond 바카라사이트 conclusion of it in a formal setting. Higher education should see it as a friend, not a foe.

Stephen Somerville is managing director, government and employer partnerships at?.