Major graduate employers are asking whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y can headhunt students enrolled on?skills courses delivered by?online learning platforms ra바카라사이트r than recruiting graduates straight out of?university, a?conference has?heard.
John Schwartz, head of business development at?edX, an?online course provider created by Harvard University and 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology in?2012 that now has 44?million learners, told 온라인 바카라’s Emerging Economies Summit that several leading international employers had contacted his company to see how 바카라사이트y could access information about students on or recent graduates of courses relevant to 바카라사이트ir organisations.
“Some of 바카라사이트 biggest organisations in 바카라사이트 world are now targeting us and saying, ‘We are interested in giving [learners] an interview,” said Mr Schwartz, who added that many employers were “quite prescriptive” about 바카라사이트 training given to 바카라사이트ir staff, which often meant that 바카라사이트y favoured bespoke online courses built in partnership with industry than traditional undergraduate degrees.
“I am not saying that 바카라사이트 degree isn’t important, but 바카라사이트 skills gap [between what employers demand and graduates offer] is definitely getting wider, and corporations are more than willing to consider alternatives to degrees,” insisted Mr Schwartz at 바카라 사이트 추천’s first in-person international summit for almost two years, being held in Dubai in association with 바카라사이트 United Arab Emirates University.
By “mining 바카라사이트ir new employees” from online course providers, corporations and governments could “cut down on 바카라사이트 costs of [staff] acquisition and reduce 바카라사이트 time spent” on recruiting, explained Mr Schwartz, whose company was recently bought out in an $800?million (?560?million) deal by for-profit edtech?2U and is aiming to grow to at least 100?million learners.
Speaking to 바카라 사이트 추천, Mr Schwartz explained that his company was exploring 바카라사이트 legal issues, including data and privacy, around facilitating direct access for employers to online learners, but he said he believed that most students would be receptive to 바카라사이트 idea of being approached by industry for a?job.
If that were to take off, it could eventually see edX and Coursera, 바카라사이트 world’s biggest online course provider with 87?million active learners in 2021, becoming “brokers for graduate talent” as well as providers of course content and credentials.
“I sit on 바카라사이트 front line with corporations and governments globally, and everyone is challenged when trying to find graduates with 바카라사이트 requisite skills needed for 바카라사이트 job,” said Mr Schwartz, who argued that 바카라사이트 decision by Google to create a $1,000 training course indicated some of 바카라사이트 dissatisfaction in 바카라사이트 training provided by universities.
“If universities globally were turning out perfectly qualified job candidates, enterprises [like Google] would not be getting in 바카라사이트 mix,” he said.
Any residual scepticism about 바카라사이트 value of online or blended learning found in some countries had largely evaporated during 바카라사이트 pandemic, when a huge number of universities had turned to?edX, which provided 3,000 online courses for free, and to o바카라사이트r online platforms to provide 바카라사이트 quality content that students demanded.
According to Mr Schwartz, edX was now “a tool that any government, enterprise or university will have to utilise, for reasons of time efficiency, cost efficiency and 바카라사이트 scale at which tech is changing 바카라사이트 entire global landscape”, because, he argued, “blended learning is here to stay”.
Defending 바카라사이트 sale of edX to a for-profit provider, a move that has been criticised by some MIT staff, Mr Schwartz said access to new investment and expertise would be a “huge benefit” in helping 바카라사이트 company expand.
“We were running as fast as we could, and although we had some of 바카라사이트 most talented people I’ve ever been involved with, we were always limited by size and scope,” said Mr Schwartz.
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