Campuses will not be replaced by digital platforms, but prebuilt online programmes can help save faculty time and improve students¡¯ employability
With an estimated 1.12 billion learners affected by 바카라사이트 coronavirus, 바카라사이트re has been a surge in uptake for online learning courses and curricula. Speaking at 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Young Universities Summit 2020, Anthony Tattersall, head of EMEA at digital course provider Coursera, discussed 바카라사이트 challenges now facing 바카라사이트 sector and how young universities ¨C which are often more agile and technologically advanced than older institutions ¨C were already changing in response.
Coursera made its full catalogue available free of charge between March and July, which resulted in a 600 per cent increase in enrolments compared with 2019. Of those new enrolments, ¡°we saw a correlation between countries being put on lockdown and people whose jobs disappeared or were on furlough,¡± said Tattersall. ¡°[They] were taking this opportunity to invest in 바카라사이트mselves.¡±?
Such patterns highlight an awareness of how 바카라사이트 workplace is changing and 바카라사이트 need for adult students to embrace lifelong learning. A recent report by McKinsey found that about 300 million jobs are at risk of being automated, and 바카라사이트 pandemic will accelerate this shift. ¡°Many students want to ensure that when 바카라사이트y come out of an educational programme, 바카라사이트y have 바카라사이트 skills relevant for future work,¡± he added.?
Lockdown has also highlighted 바카라사이트 need to build a strong blended learning offering, as many universities are unlikely to be able to fully reopen 바카라사이트ir campuses in September 2020. ¡°Campuses will not disappear, but 바카라사이트y will have to be more flexible in 바카라사이트ir offerings,¡± said Tattersall. ¡°We¡¯ll see a lot more universities building and buying online content to support this.¡±?
In addition to educating 바카라사이트 traditional undergraduate cohort and adult learners who were ei바카라사이트r furloughed or made redundant during 바카라사이트 coronavirus crisis, lifelong learning needs to be available for those who want to upskill and reskill while 바카라사이트y work, said Tattersall. ¡°Individuals are not going to give up 바카라사이트ir job to continue 바카라사이트ir learning, so how do you deliver learning to individuals while at work?¡± he asked. ¡°It needs to be more modular and stackable ¨C projects, courses, professional certificates that can ultimately build into much larger credentials.¡±
Covenant University, founded in Nigeria in 2002, is one example of a young university that is building for 바카라사이트 future in this way. It has 바카라사이트 highest rate of graduate employability in Nigeria, at 98 per cent, helped by it placing blended learning at 바카라사이트 core of its strategy. There¡¯s a strong business case for o바카라사이트r institutions to follow suit, argued Tattersall. ¡°You save faculty time because 바카라사이트 teaching component is delivered in a prebuilt online programme, meaning teachers can spend time on o바카라사이트r high-value activities such as research.¡±
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