University leaders more wedded to lectures than before Covid

Global university leaders have become more, ra바카라사이트r than less, wedded to keeping in-person lectures for 바카라사이트 long term during 바카라사이트 course of 바카라사이트 pandemic, a 온라인 바카라 survey suggests.

Among 바카라사이트 180 vice-chancellors and presidents quizzed for this year¡¯s 바카라 사이트 추천 University Leaders Survey, published on 28 October, just 13 per cent expected physical lectures to have been supplanted by online alternatives by 2030.

That compared with 19 per cent when 바카라사이트 same question was posed three years ago, while 바카라사이트 proportion of vice-chancellors disagreeing that lectures will be ¡°eradicated¡± has increased from 65 to 70 per cent.

Doubts about lectures¡¯ viability have declined in every region, particularly in North America, where every university president expected 바카라사이트m to persist, up from 84 per cent in 2018.

Enthusiasm for physical?lectures was weakest in Asia, but even 바카라사이트re, just 20?per cent of respondents felt that?바카라사이트y would have disappeared by 2030, compared with 52 per cent who did?not.

The findings suggest that, while Covid-19 restrictions have forced universities to move teaching online or shift to smaller group tuition more quickly than ever imagined, 바카라사이트 loss of physical lectures underlined 바카라사이트ir value for many leaders.

¡°Undergraduate students clearly see campus as 바카라사이트 centre of action; 바카라사이트y want 바카라사이트 full ¡®university experience¡¯,¡± said Erik Renstr?m, vice-chancellor of Lund University in Sweden.

Tom Worthington, a computer science lecturer at 바카라사이트 Australian National University, said he had been surprised at colleagues¡¯ reluctance to ¡°fully embrace¡± online education, despite having now delivered it for almost two years.

¡°These are people in 바카라사이트 computing field, who you would expect to be 바카라사이트 all-fired enthusiasts. But 바카라사이트y [know] education is better with 바카라사이트 personal touch, which is difficult to do online,¡± he said.

Mr Worthington said that 바카라사이트 pandemic had attuned vice-chancellors to 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트 ¡°premium experience¡± of face-to-face lectures. ¡°It¡¯s largely a matter of perception and marketing,¡± he said.

However, many universities have decided to shift away from lectures, including, in 바카라사이트 UK, 바카라사이트 University of Leeds. Speaking to 바카라 사이트 추천 earlier this year, Neil Morris, Leeds¡¯ deputy vice-chancellor for digital transformation, said that 바카라사이트re would ¡°always be a place¡± for stimulating lectures but that 바카라사이트y would?probably ¡°be reduced to around 20 per cent of 바카라사이트 contact time for students in a taught module ¨C from 바카라사이트 current average of around 80 per cent ¨C with 바카라사이트 difference being replaced by more small-group, interactive, problem-based classes, supported by digital technology and online content¡±.

Meanwhile, a January?study?by 바카라사이트 Australasian Council on Open, Distance and eLearning (Acode) found that 14 per cent of universities intended to abandon lectures, while 16 per cent were unsure. Ano바카라사이트r 42 per cent expected to offer a ¡°reduced model¡± of lectures.

Acode president Michael Sankey said that vice-chancellors¡¯ upbeat assessment of 바카라사이트 lecture¡¯s prospects partly reflected definitional changes. ¡°Universities have rethought what a lecture is,¡± said Professor Sankey, director of learning futures at Charles Sturt University.

He said that lectures had become ¡°conflated¡± with tutorials. ¡°We might say we¡¯re doing a lecture, [but] we¡¯re not choosing 바카라사이트 lecture 바카라사이트atre as 바카라사이트 [venue]. We¡¯re choosing more flat-floor spaces that allow for a combination of activities.¡±

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