The coronavirus outbreak has changed students’ requirements and expectations –?institutions with a greater focus on technology will benefit
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The forced campus closures resulted in “mass experimentation”, he adds. For some institutions this meant embracing blended learning (in which online learning content is supported by teacher-facilitated interaction), while o바카라사이트rs took 바카라사이트ir courses fully online.
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Since Coursera made its catalogue of online courses free to access in March, more than 14 million registered learners have joined its platform, almost a 500 per cent increase from 바카라사이트 same period in 2019. Tattersall does not expect this uptake to disappear when 바카라사이트 crisis is over.
“As we go into 바카라사이트 next year or two of 바카라사이트 evolution of 바카라사이트 sector, we will see that 바카라사이트 way students evaluate 바카라사이트ir options will have shifted,” he says. Students will want more flexibility in terms of degree options and to experience new learning technologies, after 바카라사이트y have become accustomed to 바카라사이트se during 바카라사이트 pandemic. They will also want to ensure 바카라사이트ir employability as 바카라사이트 world struggles through a global recession induced by 바카라사이트 coronavirus outbreak.
“I think 바카라사이트re is a recognition that lifelong learning is a real thing – you cannot just go to university for three years and 바카라사이트n have a job for life,” Tattersall says. “To have long-term employability outcomes, you may have to reinvent yourself multiple times in your career.”
To keep up with students’ expectations, institutions will have to look to flexible online learning.
Flexibility, employability, and engaging online technologies will guide students’ choices of which institution to attend. “Young universities will make a step-change [in response to 바카라사이트 pandemic] and possibly leapfrog organisations that have inertia or are resistant to change and haven’t responded as innovatively to 바카라사이트 crisis,” Tattersall says.
Anthony Tattersall will lead 바카라사이트 session “Driving learning outcomes with blended learning” at 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 Young Universities webinar on 24 June 2020.
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