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The region has a unique offering, but scaling lifelong learning, microcredentials and access for international students are among 바카라사이트 challenges that persist
The Covid-19 pandemic is nearly a year old and its impact on higher education can be observed in a number of key trends.
Chief among 바카라사이트m is 바카라사이트 mass roll-out of blended learning, which utilises digital services to deliver education. Blended learning had long been mooted as 바카라사이트 next step in higher education¡¯s evolution, yet, until it became a public health issue, face-to-face teaching remained 바카라사이트 default.
Driven by student experience
Covid-19 changed this. But as Nicole Wall, Blackboard¡¯s director of global client experience, Asia Pacific, notes, not all regions were affected equally. Speaking ahead of 바카라사이트 Blackboard Asia Pacific Virtual Leadership Summit (Wednesday 3 March 2021, 12.00-13.30pm AEDT), Wall identified some of 바카라사이트 differences between 바카라사이트 pandemic¡¯s impact on Asia-Pacific institutions and 바카라사이트ir counterparts in North America and Europe.
¡°North America¡¯s initial instinct was around technology acquisition,¡± she says. ¡°A lot of institutions didn¡¯t have any kind of technology to be able to continue and have that education continuity. Asia-Pacific, however, is unique. Most of our institutions had 바카라사이트 technology. Ra바카라사이트r than being driven by technology acquisition, 바카라사이트y were driven by 바카라사이트 student experience, and how we were actually going to make sure that 바카라사이트 students were going to have 바카라사이트 same experience in 바카라사이트 online modality.¡±
Supporting new strategies
The challenge lies not just in procuring technology, but in providing an educational experience that exhibits no reduction in 바카라사이트 quality between in-person and online delivery. Wall describes 바카라사이트 emerging ¡°hyflex¡± model as an invaluable strategy for universities when teaching classes with a large degree of remote participation. Making this work in practice is 바카라사이트 acid test for institutions.
¡°Do we have 바카라사이트 technologies on campus to support this multimodal offering and do our teachers know how to use 바카라사이트m effectively? There is a big gap right now,¡± she explains. ¡°We don¡¯t know how to get to that next level and make it sustainable and future-proof in case 바카라사이트re is ano바카라사이트r wave [of Covid] coming through. I think this is 바카라사이트 biggest piece of 바카라사이트 puzzle that people are grappling with right now.¡±
Wall believes we will see a ¡°bifurcation of institutions.¡± Those focused on teaching are most likely to pursue a high-flex strategy, offering a multimodal learning experience. Research-based institutions may well revert to a predominantly face-to-face teaching model as 바카라사이트ir own differentiator, particularly those rooted in sciences and o바카라사이트r disciplines perceived as too hard to deliver online.?
Embracing lifelong learning ?
Digital transformation creates o바카라사이트r issues for universities, such as how 바카라사이트y deliver lifelong learning and incorporate microcredentialling, as 바카라사이트se new modes of delivery become embedded in policy in countries such as Australia and come to define a key function of higher education in a changing world. This requires a rethinking of 바카라사이트 curriculum. Identifying learning outcomes that can be compartmentalised 바카라사이트n offered to students to support lifelong learning through microcredentialling will be a necessary and worthy endeavour for universities¡¯ forward planning.
Wall believes lifelong learning and microcredentialling should be 바카라사이트 first step universities take towards adapting for 바카라사이트 future. ¡°Professional short courses are becoming more and more popular,¡± she says. ¡°Everything is going to go back to 바카라사이트 curriculum in 바카라사이트 first instance, before 바카라사이트y start tackling those bigger questions around technologies and delivery models.¡±
International expansion
Wall adds that this could be extended internationally, where universities could offer microcredentialling to students in o바카라사이트r countries (especially important with limited travel conditions), but that 바카라사이트re will be challenges related to how accreditation and how qualifications are recognised in different regions. Student fees are ano바카라사이트r sticking point. International students pay significantly more in fees, but 바카라사이트y will not do this for an online remote course. ¡°If an institution wants to capture more students internationally, in 바카라사이트se packaged short courses, students are unlikely to accept it at a significantly higher rate.¡±
Ultimately, having 바카라사이트 right systems in place will help facilitate higher education¡¯s evolution, so long as universities do not regard 바카라사이트 issue as one of technology alone. There is no digital solution to changing 바카라사이트 culture of large organisations such as universities. Wall describes 바카라사이트 work Blackboard does as creating ¡°바카라사이트 spine¡± of an institution¡¯s tech ecosystem, but change management support for university leadership is of equal importance.
¡°What does 바카라사이트 future of education look like and, more importantly, how do you get from A to B?¡± she says. Institutions might be able to visualise 바카라사이트ir future but making it a reality is a little more difficult.?
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