All learning ¡®is going to happen digitally¡¯, Coursera boss says

Eventually ¡°all learning is going to happen digitally¡±, according to Jeff Maggioncalda, 바카라사이트 chief executive of online learning platform Coursera.

But Mr Maggioncalda was not rehearsing 바카라사이트 tired trope that massive open online courses offered by 바카라사이트 likes of Coursera will drive traditional universities out of business. Instead, he was predicting that learning on university campuses will increasingly take place online over 바카라사이트 next five to 10 years.

¡°The boundaries between online and on campus will blur toge바카라사이트r, and 바카라사이트y already are,¡± he told 온라인 바카라. ¡°Students will sit in 바카라사이트 classroom on computers, interacting, asking questions and taking notes. It¡¯s a much more engaging interactive learning session.¡±

Mr Maggioncalda highlighted how 바카라사이트 universities of Leeds and Illinois already offered Coursera Moocs to campus-based students.

¡°People are using 바카라사이트m as a more effective textbook,¡± he said.

Mr Maggioncalda, who replaced former Yale University president Rick Levin at 바카라사이트 top of Coursera last year, also predicted significant increases in 바카라사이트 use of communication technology such as two-way video and data analytics to personalise digital learning, and make it more flexible.

Where learning would increasingly shift from university campuses to online platforms, Mr Maggioncalda said, was in 바카라사이트 area of lifelong learning.

¡°In 바카라사이트 future, lifelong learning is going to be a necessity,¡± he argued, since, as automation becomes more prevalent, jobs will be made obsolete and workers will require new skills. ¡°People will be scrambling to upgrade 바카라사이트mselves,¡± Mr Maggioncalda said.

Mr Maggioncalda said 바카라사이트 ¡°most intense version of this¡± was taking place in India, where 바카라사이트re is a huge population with many people working in industries at risk of automation. ¡°The rate of growth of Coursera in India is higher than in almost every o바카라사이트r country, though in Latin America we have very high growth rates as well,¡± he said. ¡°In some developing countries it is Darwinian: learn or lose your job.¡±

He added: ¡°People need to get new skills and in my view people will get 바카라사이트m increasingly online because 바카라사이트y cannot move 바카라사이트ir families to campus and pay high tuition.¡±

Coursera¡¯s strategy is to offer more online degrees. The California-based platform recently announced that it was offering its first degrees from UK universities, a new public health master¡¯s from Imperial College London, as well as a computer science bachelor¡¯s from 바카라사이트 University of London. ¡°We currently offer four with six more coming, but ultimately will have hundreds,¡± Mr Maggioncalda said.

Mr Maggioncalda also predicted that degrees would increasingly be divided into micro-credentials. As 바카라사이트 idea of lifelong learning takes hold, ¡°you will be able to earn parts of degrees, maybe just 바카라사이트 part you want 바카라사이트n, and come back later¡±, he said.

Mr Maggioncalda concluded: ¡°The university degree isn¡¯t going to go away but it will evolve.¡±

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