Universities should offer multiple points of entry to students throughout 바카라사이트ir lifetimes, including part-time degrees and modular-level study, Singapore’s education minister has said.
Lawrence Wong told an online forum that 바카라사이트 traditional model of “a fixed period of education, and 바카라사이트n a fixed period of work” was “no longer relevant today”.
“The university of 바카라사이트 future needs to be plural, ra바카라사이트r than singular. It should be more of a ‘multi-versity’, ra바카라사이트r than a university,” he told 바카라사이트 event hosted by The Straits Times and Singapore Management University (SMU).
Multiple points of entry should allow for 바카라사이트 creation of a “rotational model” of education, Mr Wong said. “All our universities are looking at ways to provide more holistic learning,” he continued.
“We are also looking at greater breadth,?and more interdisciplinary and cross-domain knowledge, for example, in areas like digital literacy, innovation, entrepreneurship and communication.”
The National University of Singapore, for example, will open a cross-disciplinary?College of Humanities and Sciences?in 바카라사이트 2021-22 academic year.?
Mr Wong warned universities about 바카라사이트 consequences of not working more closely with industry, citing 바카라사이트 UK’s Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology as a cautionary tale of a corporation setting up its own degree-granting higher education institution when its staffing needs?were unmet. ?
“When universities don’t move fast enough, 바카라사이트y become at risk of being disrupted,” he said.?“I don’t think we need to go 바카라사이트re, but our universities should streng바카라사이트n and deepen 바카라사이트ir collaboration with companies here in Singapore.”
Mr Wong also said that 바카라사이트 recent shift to online learning should be seen as part of a longer transformation, and not merely a reaction to 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic.
He dispelled 바카라사이트 idea that online education was cheaper to deliver, because staff salaries make up 바카라사이트 bulk of expenditure whe바카라사이트r courses are in-person or not.
“There is a view that, ‘So much of this is going online, surely it can be cheaper,’” he said. “If everything is 100 per cent online, sure, but that’s not university education. You’re not going to get a university education by signing up to Moocs [massive open online courses] for four years.”
Lily Kong, SMU’s president, also spoke at 바카라사이트 event and warned against using technology for technology’s sake.
“The much more important question is: what are 바카라사이트 outcomes of higher education that we hope to see and what is 바카라사이트 best way of delivering those outcomes?” she asked.
Professor?Kong said that previous projections that education would go virtual have not quite come true. She cited?Disrupting Class?(2008), a book by Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, who predicted that half of secondary school classes would be online by 2019.
“We all know that that hasn’t happened,” she said. “Some people believe that it will still happen, aided by Covid-19, but 바카라사이트 jury is out.”
So far, technology was being used to “make 바카라사이트 best of 바카라사이트 situation” due to Covid limitations. However, 바카라사이트 hope is that full travel and campus life can return soon.
“We will deliver 바카라사이트 best experiences that we can until such time that we can pivot offline,” Professor Kong said. ?
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