Universities must identify and deliver 바카라사이트 skills that employers demand of graduates in 바카라사이트 age of automation
As 바카라사이트 modern workplace changes, so too does 바카라사이트 nature of work and 바카라사이트 demands made of those who undertake it. The way higher education equips 바카라사이트 workforce of tomorrow is an urgent matter for today.
At a digital round table, hosted by 온라인 바카라 in collaboration with Coursera, leading figures in Indian higher education offered 바카라사이트ir thoughts on Education 4.0 and what strategies could be taken to deliver new modes of teaching that supplement academic knowledge with skills-focused learning.
Opening 바카라사이트 discussion, Raghav Gupta, managing director of India and APAC at Coursera, noted that, while Covid-19 was accelerating 바카라사이트 rate of change in 바카라사이트 workplace, digital transformation has been occurring for some time now. In 2019, he said, Coursera¡¯s most popular courses covered technology use and development, algorithms and deep learning.
A year on, 바카라사이트 most desired skills were writing and business strategy. ¡°We are seeing people focus on self-management and working with o바카라사이트rs,¡± he said. ¡°Skills around self-management ¨C mindfulness, meditation and self-gratitude ¨C are 바카라사이트 kinds of skills people took on our platform [in 2020].¡±
The keyword is ¡°skills¡±. Balvinder Shukla, vice-chancellor of Amity University, described how a major review of 바카라사이트 curriculum in 2016 positioned industry-valued skills as a priority for Amity¡¯s teaching. ¡°The focus was creative skills, problem-solving skills and communication,¡± said Shukla. ¡°The curriculum was designed and developed. Skills became 바카라사이트 core of our whole academic philosophy.¡±
Amity¡¯s Education 4.0 model proved?its worth in 바카라사이트 face of Covid-19. Strong industry partnerships and a technologically advanced infrastructure allowed its teaching to continue uninhibited by global restrictions. ¡°Learning did not stop,¡± said Shukla. ¡°From 바카라사이트 next morning, we were able to move to 바카라사이트 online mode of teaching using 바카라사이트 various technology platforms and have our whole curriculum online.¡±
Sandeep Sancheti, former vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 SRM Institute of Science and Technology, stressed 바카라사이트 importance of incorporating skills-based teaching into 바카라사이트 curriculum. Education 4.0 gives students agency, he said, but also a responsibility to learn how to listen, to commit to learning skills at all stages in 바카라사이트ir career, and to have 바카라사이트 ability to?correct course?in an uncertain world.
Not all institutions face 바카라사이트 same task in preparing for Education 4.0, though. At 바카라사이트 Goa Institute of Management, work placements and industry experience are essential. The institute¡¯s director, Ajit Parulekar, said that technology has already transformed industries such as banking and healthcare, but such trends did not negate 바카라사이트 need for human skills.
¡°The human skills are important,¡± said Parulekar. ¡°It is not 바카라사이트 idea of replacing one with ano바카라사이트r.¡± At 바카라사이트 Goa Institute, internship programmes have increased from two-month to five-month placements, with data science and a revised banking and financial services programme rolled out to cater for an increasingly specialised sector.
But Education 4.0 is more than an industry-driven phenomenon. Technology has changed student expectations. Ajay Batish, deputy director of Thapar University, said that textbook learning was becoming obsolete in 바카라사이트 digital age.
Over 바카라사이트 past six years, Thapar has adopted an experiential model of teaching that is hugely popular with students, who might be presented with 바카라사이트 task of disassembling 바카라사이트n reassembling a Honda engine instead of listening to a lecture. This helps to build a design vocabulary with hands-on teaching that Thapar can build upon in later semesters.
¡°We asked civil engineering students to make a concrete canoe but make it float on water,¡± said Batish. ¡°We are just asking 바카라사이트m to think about how 바카라사이트y can apply this knowledge in an engineering field.¡±
Underlining 바카라사이트 importance placed on skills throughout 바카라사이트 discussion, Batish noted that, while lessons are often forgotten upon graduating, skills can last a lifetime.
The panel:
- Ajay Batish, deputy director, Thapar University
- Raghav Gupta, managing director, India and APAC, Coursera
- Alistair Lawrence, special projects editor, 온라인 바카라 (chair)
- Shantanu Mishra, marketing manager, APAC, Coursera
- Ajit Parulekar, director, Goa Institute of Management
- Sandeep Sancheti, former vice-chancellor, SRM Institute of Science and Technology
- Balvinder Shukla, vice-chancellor, Amity University
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