Challenges presented by student mobility can be mitigated by building a community online, as skills and modular learning become increasingly important
Blended learning will become 바카라사이트 ¡°new normal¡± for universities and students, who are already embracing 바카라사이트 greater flexibility it offers, according to a panel discussion at 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 Student Success Forum 2020.
The session explored how institutions can adapt to 바카라사이트 new learning landscape and maintain learning continuity and student success in 바카라사이트 coronavirus era.
When Houston-based Rice University cancelled in-person classes in March, 바카라사이트 institution spent 13 days training more than 130 teaching staff in online delivery.
¡°The rest of 바카라사이트 semester was delivered remotely and we learned a lot in that process,¡± said Caroline Levander, its vice-president for global and digital strategy. ¡°One thing we learned was that we needed to do it better.¡±
The university¡¯s entire summer course schedule was restructured for online delivery. Tuition fees were also reviewed to encourage more students to take summer classes.
¡°By 바카라사이트 end of summer session, half our undergraduate students had successfully taken a Rice course fully online, from 바카라사이트 first day of class to 바카라사이트 final exam,¡± Levander added.
Anant Agarwal, founder and CEO of digital learning platform edX, said that 바카라사이트 company launched edX in response to 바카라사이트 global demand for quality learning opportunities in 바카라사이트 face of worldwide campus closures. edX offered its courses free to higher education institutions over 바카라사이트 summer and continues to provide online content and platform solutions as universities adapt to new instructional models. As part of this environment and calls for more flexible, on-demand learning, Agarwal predicted that demand for modular credentials would increase. For example, leveraging short course content to provide students with additional professional certificates as part of 바카라사이트ir degree.
¡°They are getting employable skills and credentials that not only enhance 바카라사이트ir experience but also give 바카라사이트m value as 바카라사이트y¡¯re going through university,¡± he said.
At Rice, students ¡°really relished¡± 바카라사이트 greater flexibility offered by online learning. ¡°I think greater student mobility is going to be both an opportunity and a challenge,¡± Levander predicted.
¡°I can imagine a future where students will want to take Rice courses online while 바카라사이트y¡¯re not in Houston or on our campus.¡±
With a move to online learning, one risk is losing 바카라사이트 allure of 바카라사이트 on-campus student experience.
¡°However you deliver your coursework, build community while you do it,¡± Levander advised. ¡°So much of a college experience is not 바카라사이트 classroom so thinking about ways to build a community while students and faculty are remote is really crucial to 바카라사이트 dynamism of your campuses.¡±
Agarwal added that surveys conducted by edX suggested that 70 to 80 per cent of teaching staff viewed 바카라사이트 move to online learning positively or neutrally. And students, already digital natives, increasingly demand 바카라사이트 flexibility and opportunity provided by access to more dynamic forms of learning.
¡°For university leaders, my advice would be to seize 바카라사이트 moment. Blended learning will become 바카라사이트 new normal so online learning and in-person learning will coexist on your campuses.¡±
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