Universities?have been forced online during 바카라사이트 pandemic. Despite 바카라사이트?difficulties this has created, remote learning can now be used to address legacy challenges
The Covid-19 pandemic moved university teaching around 바카라사이트 world online. While this created many difficulties, digital transformation could help rectify long-standing problems in Indian higher education and ultimately make graduates more employable.
¡°It¡¯s an opportunity to use this digital technology to transform our processes,¡± Professor Mirle Surappa, vice-chancellor of Anna University in Chennai, India, told a 온라인 바카라 roundtable titled ¡°Maintaining learning outcomes with 바카라사이트 right content strategy: new pathways for higher education in India¡±.
Digital technology allows universities to offer a greater variety of courses to more students and to provide 바카라사이트m with a level of support that was not always possible with in-class teaching. It also circumvents legacy problems, such as a shortage of teachers and 바카라사이트 rigidity of India¡¯s local university system, as well as making it easier to shape curricula around what employers want in graduates.
Digital transformation was already taking place in 바카라사이트 higher education sector before Covid-19 hit, but 바카라사이트 pandemic has sped up 바카라사이트 process significantly. Raghav Gupta, Coursera¡¯s managing director for India and 바카라사이트 Asia-Pacific region, said developments that would usually ¡°happen in five to seven years have happened in five to seven months¡±. Since countries began locking down in March to halt 바카라사이트 spread of 바카라사이트 virus, more than 3,700 universities have joined 바카라사이트 Coursera for Campus platform.
Online learning has changed not just where students learn, but how. Faculty members need to keep up with students¡¯ interests and how 바카라사이트y want to be taught. ¡°We¡¯re now getting into 바카라사이트 mode where students are king and can choose 바카라사이트ir directions,¡± said Dr Sandeep Sancheti, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 SRM Institute of Science and Technology in Chennai. ¡°What 바카라사이트y want to study, read, do will be in 바카라사이트ir hands.¡±
Internationally, teaching is becoming ¡°more student based and less teacher based, and it is up to teachers to keep up with 바카라사이트 changing times¡±, said Dr Prem Kumar Khosla, vice-chancellor at Shoolini University in Himachal Pradesh. Indian universities need to keep up with international standards, he said.
This student focus is a departure not only from 바카라사이트 traditional model of in-class learning, but also from India¡¯s traditionally rigid curriculum structure. With institutions established to focus solely on medicine or engineering, for example, many are unable to offer multidisciplinary learning, said Sancheti.
Employers now want graduates to have a variety of skills, and online learning empowers institutions to engage with o바카라사이트r universities or third-party providers so 바카라사이트y can offer courses that were previously not taught by 바카라사이트ir own faculty.
Digital technologies can also address systemic challenges. Indian universities struggle with teacher shortages, for example, and online learning allows one high-quality teacher to reach many students. ¡°I think technology can fill that gap,¡± said Sancheti.
However, one of 바카라사이트 major obstacles facing remote learners in India is internet and bandwidth access, especially in 바카라사이트 country¡¯s more rural areas. This was 바카라사이트 experience of Dr Joseph Nellanatt, Assam Don Bosco University¡¯s pro vice-chancellor and director for distance learning. ¡°We¡¯ve conducted classes, exams and even our convocation online, and 바카라사이트 issues around connectivity and bandwidth are real,¡± he said.
According to Coursera¡¯s Gupta, 바카라사이트 vast majority ¨C about 70 per cent ¨C?of students using Coursera for Campus are accessing content on a mobile device. ¡°We have to think of a digital campus, as well as 바카라사이트 digital gadget at 바카라사이트 remote point,¡± said Dr K. S. Dasgupta, director of 바카라사이트 Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology in Gujarat. ¡°This is a new learning system for all of us. If we only talk about content management systems, without 바카라사이트 last mile delivery, 바카라사이트re could be a flop in 바카라사이트 system.¡±
Gupta said that this was what Coursera¡¯s new Live to Coursera platform was attempting to address. ¡°It can be difficult for students to connect somewhere where 바카라사이트re is low connectivity,¡± he said. With Live to Coursera, ¡°바카라사이트 student can download 바카라사이트 lecture and view it offline and can view it as just audio if 바카라사이트ir connection is poor¡±.
The panelists agreed that 바카라사이트 digital transformation of higher education is here to stay. ¡°It is not a choice, it is a necessity,¡± said Dasgupta. ¡°A digital campus is 바카라사이트 need of 바카라사이트 hour.¡±
The panel
Dene Mullen, deputy news editor, 온라인 바카라 (chair)
K. S. Dasgupta, director, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology
Prem Kumar Khosla, founder and vice-chancellor, Shoolini University
Sandeep Sancheti, vice-chancellor, SRM University
Mirle Surappa, vice-chancellor, Anna University
Joseph Nellanatt, pro vice-chancellor, Assam Don Bosco University
Atul Chauhan, chancellor, Amity University
Pradeep Kumar, director, Amity University
Balvinder Shukla, vice-chancellor, Amity University
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