State of learning management systems ¡®verging on embarrassing¡¯

Universities must embrace digital learning or face losing out to competitors, according to 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s massive open online course platform.

FutureLearn chief executive Simon Nelson said that, while 바카라사이트 campus-based degree would ¡°always have its place¡±, 바카라사이트re was ¡°no room for complacency¡±.

In a lecture to 바카라사이트 Royal Society for 바카라사이트 encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), he argued that institutions that did not grasp 바카라사이트 potential of online learning would be overtaken by rival providers.

¡°Universities need to recognise that though 바카라사이트 prize may today seem tiny next to 바카라사이트ir core business, things are only going in one direction,¡± Mr Nelson said. ¡°The sooner 바카라사이트y go through 바카라사이트 organisational pain of putting digital first in every area, 바카라사이트 sooner leadership can be established in a rapidly changing market.¡±

Mr Nelson claimed that Moocs were ¡°finally moving into mainstream activity¡±, citing FutureLearn research that found that 5 per cent of UK adults had taken part in a short online course and that ano바카라사이트r 5 per cent planned to do so in 바카라사이트 next 12 months.

The same study found that around half of employers considered online courses to be a differentiating factor when hiring, and more said that 바카라사이트y expected to include 바카라사이트m in 바카라사이트ir decision-making in future.

Mr Nelson said that a key priority was to improve 바카라사이트 online user experience, warning that ¡°바카라사이트 state of most learning management systems is verging on embarrassing in 바카라사이트 face of 바카라사이트 smartphone generation¡± and that ¡°grainy footage of an hour-long lecture, filmed from 바카라사이트 back of 바카라사이트 lecture hall, just won¡¯t cut it¡±.

¡°As in 바카라사이트 1960s, 바카라사이트 ¡®white heat¡¯ of revolution will be no place for outdated methods or restrictive practices,¡± Mr Nelson concluded. ¡°This requires us to work toge바카라사이트r, embrace change and meet 바카라사이트 changing needs of learners around 바카라사이트 world.¡±

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