Universities¡¯ rapid shift to online learning is creating new opportunities to nurture graduate skills and student engagement
As higher education becomes increasingly globalised, universities across Europe face pressure to deliver greater international collaboration through digital and blended learning. Taking part in a pan-European webinar hosted by 온라인 바카라 and Coursera, a panel of senior leaders from academia and industry agreed that 바카라사이트 acceleration of digital learning had forced universities to improve 바카라사이트 scale and quality of resources available to students online.
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Digitisation also presents new opportunities for collaboration with industry ¨C and could provide solutions to long-standing recruitment issues through ¡°shared roles¡±, Brandt suggested.
Universities are currently in fierce competition with private companies for qualified experts in machine learning technology, for example, ¡°but online courses make it possible for us to provide high-quality content with Moocs tutored by professionals who work in that area, have 바카라사이트 knowledge and can answer students¡¯ questions, but don¡¯t have to prepare 바카라사이트 courses or do 바카라사이트 admin¡±.
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