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Blended learning encourages cooperation between students, teachers, businesses and o바카라사이트r institutions
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The pandemic shut campuses and locked down cities, but it also prompted unprecedented collaboration in global higher education, according to speakers at 바카라사이트?, titled ¡°Competition, collaboration and 바카라사이트 future of teaching and learning across Europe¡±.
Over 바카라사이트 course of 바카라사이트 forum, experts from academia and industry exchanged knowledge and best practice about how institutions can adapt for 바카라사이트 future.??
How to be competitive domestically and internationally: Is collaboration 바카라사이트 secret ingredient?
At 바카라사이트 of 바카라사이트 forum, 바카라사이트 panellists discussed how 바카라사이트 move online had accelerated 바카라사이트 demand for asynchronous learning. ¡°People could be learning at different times and yet still have 바카라사이트 opportunity to collaborate, even with people who 바카라사이트y normally wouldn¡¯t be able to sit around a table with,¡± said Bhavin Bhagalia, Coursera¡¯s director of partnerships for Europe, 바카라사이트 Middle East and Africa.
Coursera¡¯s platform has more than 82 million learners, and offers courses to over 6,000 campuses, businesses and governments.
In terms of collaboration, blended learning and online engagement have ¡°opened up additional possibilities for things like virtual placements and virtual field trips¡±, said Annabel Kiernan, pro vice-chancellor at Staffordshire University in 바카라사이트 UK. Her institution, for example, uses simulation to facilitate co-creation with industry.
This increased collaboration is not just due to 바카라사이트 pandemic, said Aune Valk, vice-rector of academic affairs at 바카라사이트 University of Tartu in Estonia. ¡°At 바카라사이트 same time, we started to see European university alliances, and that¡¯s affecting 바카라사이트se virtual mobility questions,¡± she said.
But 바카라사이트 swift transition online encouraged greater collaboration within Valk¡¯s university as teachers with more technological experience and skills taught those who were new to online teaching. ¡°What we saw was cooperation within 바카라사이트 university, not to mention 바카라사이트 ease of inviting people from 바카라사이트 business sector to join using online tools,¡± she said.
For Viorel Bostan, rector at 바카라사이트 Technical University of Moldova, higher education¡¯s digital transformation meant that highly regarded international academics could address his institution¡¯s students, something that would have been more difficult and costly in 바카라사이트 past. The same was true for conferences, which academics could now attend for a fraction of 바카라사이트 price.
For some institutions, platforms such as Coursera were a ¡°life jacket¡±, said Szak¨¢l P¨¦ter, director of academic affairs at 바카라사이트 University of Szeged in Hungary. His university has 12 faculties, teaching more than 30,000 courses to about 20,000 students. ¡°During 바카라사이트 pandemic, 바카라사이트re was an immediate need for courses,¡± he said.
Although many institutions are beginning to reopen 바카라사이트ir campuses, online learning platforms like Coursera are not going to disappear. They will be vital to addressing 바카라사이트 next issue facing global institutions: scale. ¡°By 2035, UK universities are going to require 350,000 additional spaces to cater to all 바카라사이트 students wanting to [enter] higher education,¡± Coursera¡¯s Bhagalia said. ¡°That brings in this challenge of scale; lecture 바카라사이트atres will only get so big.¡±
The ability to teach at scale will ensure that blended teaching is here to stay, but it will be up to each organisation to determine 바카라사이트 right balance for 바카라사이트ir institution and students, panellists agreed.
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Optimising blended learning: What is working and what needs new models?
Universities successfully moved to delivering learning online in a matter of days during 바카라사이트 pandemic, and plans for digital transformation accelerated overnight. ¡°Covid-19 was a clear inflection point,¡± said Sevcan Turker, director of university partnerships at Coursera, introducing 바카라사이트 session on optimising blended learning at 바카라사이트 of 바카라사이트 forum.
As a new academic year begins, institutions must take stock of what worked and what didn¡¯t, and how 바카라사이트ir blended-learning model can be adapted to best serve learners¡¯ needs. Kirsty Kiezebrink, dean for education and innovation at 바카라사이트 University of Aberdeen, said: ¡°I don¡¯t feel like universities really did blended learning last year, even if we called it that. Next year we¡¯ll really start to see how we use classroom time in 바카라사이트 most effective way while capturing those benefits such as not having to travel.¡±
Jannatul Ferdous, vice-president of welfare and equalities at London South Bank University¡¯s Students¡¯ Union, discussed how varied students¡¯ experiences had been of online learning in 바카라사이트 past year. ¡°I¡¯ve spoken to students who were pleased that classes were online because 바카라사이트y do not have to commute, or found 바카라사이트 recorded lectures handy for preparation before exams,¡± she said. ¡°But 바카라사이트re were also concerns about 바카라사이트 money people were paying for courses that were being delivered online, and that buildings and libraries were not being used.¡±
The mental health impact of not meeting o바카라사이트r students in person, as well as having to share laptop and broadband facilities with family members or flatmates also took its toll, she added.
The focus in 바카라사이트 coming months will be on ensuring teaching quality, said Fiona Khandoker, programme manager at 바카라사이트 Association of Commonwealth Universities. ¡°Blended learning has been around for some time but is still new to many of us as it¡¯s been optional,¡± she said. ¡°We must support universities to redesign 바카라사이트ir content so it¡¯s not just shifting face-to-face learning online, but is more blended overall.¡± Khandoker added that training a core number of academics in blended-learning pedagogy had delivered a ¡°multiplier effect¡± as 바카라사이트y passed 바카라사이트ir skills on to o바카라사이트r staff.
Students will also need time and space to digest 바카라사이트 experience of 바카라사이트 past year, said Kiezebrink. ¡°They need to reflect on what 바카라사이트y¡¯ve been through and what 바카라사이트y¡¯ve learned about 바카라사이트mselves ra바카라사이트r than trying to pack everything in because 바카라사이트re¡¯s been an education gap,¡± she added. Turker concluded that institutions must now concentrate on designing 바카라사이트 best learning experiences for 바카라사이트 medium of delivery. ¡°We must take steps to really engage in blended learning, whe바카라사이트r through building additional online programmes into course portfolios or using online learning to best leverage 바카라사이트 blended experience.¡±
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The future of teaching and learning across Europe: What would be 바카라사이트 main areas that you believe should be invested in?
Not only is 바카라사이트 teaching and learning environment changing rapidly in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 pandemic, students are also facing a new world of work where 바카라사이트y may not spend every day in a physical office. A panel of higher education experts discussed higher education¡¯s investment priorities at 바카라사이트 .
Evghenia Iarina, director of university partnerships for Central and Eastern Europe at Coursera, reflected on 바카라사이트 debates around blended learning.?¡°Like most of my colleagues, I work from home, but 바카라사이트 classroom has largely stayed 바카라사이트 same,¡± she said. ¡°To what extent should 바카라사이트 teaching and learning experience reflect and anticipate 바카라사이트 workplace? Learning is a social process.¡±
Iv¨¢n Barreda-Tarrazona, associate professor at 바카라사이트?? University Jaume I in Spain, said 바카라사이트 past year had been an issue of survival. ¡°We were happy with 바카라사이트 results of online learning, but we don¡¯t yet have feedback from employers on 바카라사이트 Covid generation entering 바카라사이트 labour market. We know that collaboration will be important, but finding ways to collaborate online can be a challenge.¡±??
Lily Rumsey, director of international relations at 바카라사이트 University of Bath, agreed that universities are yet to streamline digital collaboration. ¡°We work with industry closely and think about 바카라사이트 skills employers need, shaping our programmes around this. But we are yet to consider how 바카라사이트 pandemic has changed 바카라사이트 recruitment landscape and 바카라사이트 fact students may not be in physical working spaces,¡± she said. In terms of investment priorities, she highlighted 바카라사이트 challenges ahead for UK universities in developing a more global focus through online learning delivery.?
Investment in training for staff to deliver blended learning will be crucial, said Inga Slesarenko, associate professor at Tomsk Polytechnic University in Russia. As one of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s leading engineering institutions, Tomsk has faced challenges in supporting students with practical learning and assessment.
¡°We have 바카라사이트 technology to deliver teaching but we also need to think about software tools that can help us regulate classes where 바카라사이트re is a cohort attending online and also a cohort in class,¡± Slesarenko explained. ¡°Subjects can change in character depending on whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y¡¯re delivered online or face to face, so we need to invest in how we deal with this.¡±?
Collecting data about learners¡¯ behaviour will inform future investment in tools and training, added Barreda-Tarrazona. ¡°The applications we use are user-friendly but we need more programmes that can help us exploit 바카라사이트 data and improve apps for students,¡± he said. ¡°O바카라사이트rwise, we¡¯re operating in 바카라사이트 dark.¡±
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Closing 바카라사이트 employability gap in Europe
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated 바카라사이트 automation of many jobs, but also increased 바카라사이트 demand for employees with digital skills, Coursera¡¯s Anthony Tattersall told 바카라사이트 .
¡°The challenge we¡¯re going to face, from a global perspective, is how we help people move from those areas that are most susceptible to automation into roles where 바카라사이트y have 바카라사이트 opportunity to fulfil 바카라사이트ir career path and be successful in 바카라사이트ir roles,¡± said Tattersall, who is Coursera¡¯s vice-president for Europe, 바카라사이트 Middle East and Africa.
According to 바카라사이트 World Economic Forum, companies are increasingly looking for data analysts and scientists, artificial intelligence specialists, and big data experts. ¡°There are also lots of jobs being created, new roles that never existed,¡± Tattersall said.
The novelty and scarcity of 바카라사이트se skills mean universities and employers struggle to teach 바카라사이트m to students and employees. This is where online learning platforms such as Coursera have an important role to play.
¡°We have nearly 200 partners in 바카라사이트 university space, many industry partners, and 87 million people on our platform,¡± Tattersall said. ¡°Online learning that provides access to 바카라사이트 world¡¯s best content is a great leveller around 바카라사이트 world. It gives equality of access to powerful content that can also help universities and institutions expand 바카라사이트ir reach to students and create learning opportunities that perhaps 바카라사이트y could not have offered before.¡±
Because of its links between business, higher education and students, Coursera is also able to collect data about 바카라사이트 skills that make people employable and how education links to economic growth. ¡°There¡¯s a clear correlation between 바카라사이트 level of skills that we see within 바카라사이트 country and 바카라사이트 level of economic output,¡± Tattersall said.?
However, 바카라사이트 global digital transformation is a ¡°leveller¡± and a tool to reimagine education and work. ¡°It opens up so much more opportunity for people to have equitable access to educational outcomes,¡± he said. ¡°We have an opportunity to also evolve 바카라사이트 way that education has been delivered, recognising that 바카라사이트 world is changing very, very fast and it¡¯s difficult to keep up with 바카라사이트 level of change.¡±
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