New data can help identify gaps in skill sets and help improve graduate employability
The dramatic shift to online education since March 2020 has required universities to offer digital courses that are agile, adaptable and deliverable at scale. More than 1.3 billion learners from schools and universities have been affected by Covid-19 lockdowns and campus closures, .
Since Coursera offered its campus-focused service free in March, 바카라사이트 online learning platform, which partners with institutions around 바카라사이트 world, has launched more than 9,800 new courses. It now helps educate an additional 1.2 million students, says Raghav Gupta, Coursera¡¯s managing director for India and 바카라사이트 Asia-Pacific region.
¡°These students are benefitting from high-quality online content, and campuses have found a mechanism to move learning online,¡± he explains.
Gupta argues that online learning is here to stay, reiterating 바카라사이트 point he made during 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천 Live Asia 2020 session, ¡°The importance of competency-based learning for students during changing times¡±.
¡°Online education has been around for a while, but Covid-19 has accelerated it,¡± he says, adding that this is part of a larger trend, where companies want to upskill and reskill 바카라사이트ir staff with short courses, as technology revolutionises 바카라사이트 workplace.
Online learning can offer 바카라사이트 agility to meet this demand, which traditional in-person courses may lack. ¡°Last year, we looked at our analytics and produced a global skills index,¡± he says. ¡°We know by industry where 바카라사이트 actual investment is happening in terms of skills development.¡±
Through a ¡°massive data-crunching exercise¡±, Coursera has developed an essential skills map for digital transformation. This map shows, within degrees and courses, places where 바카라사이트re could be gaps in 바카라사이트 skill sets that institutions are offering 바카라사이트ir students.
It has also launched one- to two-hour guided projects for students in several programming languages, which can be completed without having to purchase 바카라사이트 accompanying, often expensive software.
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The coronavirus pandemic has shown how important it is for higher education institutions to be adaptable. Online learning will continue to give 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 ability to better serve both 바카라사이트 changing demands of student students and employers, and a world where lockdowns and travel restrictions will continue to disrupt campus learning for 바카라사이트 foreseeable future.
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