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The digital learning landscape is undergoing rapid transformation as a consequence of the pandemic. Educational institutions are adopting hybrid models, video-based content and leveraging technology to make online learning more participatory and interactive for students, as Akhand Swaroop Pandit, founder and CEO of Catalyst Group reports.
Changing landscape – Seven online learning trends to watch out in 2021
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The digital learning landscape is undergoing rapid transformation as a consequence of the pandemic. Educational institutions are adopting hybrid models, video-based content and leveraging technology to make online learning more participatory and interactive for students.
This COVID 19 pandemic impacted education of 1.26 billion children worldwide as estimated by the UNESCO, with over 300 million children just from India. The sudden realisation of the need to be able to function remotely and to keep businesses, services, and systems running at all times have caused the online education sector to embrace the digital space swiftly.
As a response, the online and ed-tech industry has grown tremendously. Also, educational institutions have rapidly adopted digital technologies and increased the use of the Internet to impart learning digitally.
The change in digital learning landscape was already happening. As per Statista, today India has around 700 million internet users. This is expected to grow immensely in the next decade. Given the context, the online learning space is witnessing the following emerging trends...
Strengthening role of online learning in post-K12 sectorThe post-K12 sector includes higher education, technical skilling, test preparation for government and other professions. The importance of higher education degrees for better job roles has grown in the past decade. There is a lot of focus on both technical and non-technical skilling and upskilling.
Source: YourStory
