Showing posts with label blended learning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blended learning. Show all posts

Friday 12 February 2016

Digitisation of Education will Continue to Enhance Modern Learning System

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Modern education offers many avenues to the learners ranging from school children to the professionals. Technology based education is thriving in the classroom learning across the institutes globally. Similarly, advanced learning techs have allowed students and professionals to take higher students via online distance learning. Both, predominantly, is benefiting its learners. In the last few years blended learning and online education has tremendously gained momentum as education think tanks have realised its essence. Take blended learning for example, here students take half of the education at classroom and rest is delivered via e-learning. Besides, also known as hybrid learning most advance digital cloud based learning tools which delivers world class new age education to the students. On the other side, taking higher education via online learning is incredible. It's flexible, convenient, cost effective and is valued by the global employers as well. Considered as boon for the professionals, online learning, can engage to obtain the new skill to update their knowledge without quitting the existing job. Let's see what experts predict for the future of the ed-techs and online learning.

Three are key

Tailor made or personalised learning, gamification and social media will play the significant role in imparting education effectively. Personalised learning will consistently improve and fine-tune that will allow the learners to focus profoundly to their learning for personal and professional development. Gamification has been effective in enticing the learner to stay engaged to learning and reduce drop out rates. Besides, it has been utilised to embolden the students to remain consistent at the learning activities. Moreover, it'll be interesting to see more use of social media for the enhancement web based and blended learning.

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The 3As

Access, agency and authenticity are believed to be there the essential trend in 2016 and probably in the years to come. Expert says that access to learning will be increased by the educational institutes to enhance students participation to learning. Educational institutes, learning communities and other learning agencies across the world will greatly contrive digital education tools to impart actual, pertinent and authentic learning instead of carrying out with traditional learning.

Engaging with mobile, virtual classroom & blended learning

There is no doubt that mobile techs like the smartphone will engage millions to e-learning. And virtual classroom will educate learners facilitating the meaningful learning. And to advance the campus education, blended learning will be incorporated.

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Enhancing the level of education

Education technology is advancing every day. And it seems that new learning techs will come to the existence or the existing will updated with new features. wearable gadgets or device technology that can be worn by a learner accessing learning would come up to benefit the teachers and the students. Augmented reality based learning will bring new attribute to the learning. Augmented Reality allows teachers and learners decode or design level of digital learning which can be viewed from smart mobile techs of iOS and android. Besides, it's also predicted that 3D printing, will, which already is the advantage of digital learning, evolve further.

Trends to rise

According to the industry, experts user generated contents and learning reasoning or analytic will increase. It is apprehended that SMEs in commerce will partake information that will help the people associated with learning and development to concentrate on enriching their contribution like their experts and seniors.

Digitisation of learning

This trend of digitalization of learning will continue. Online learning will flourish further. This flexible learning will ensure predominant engagement of the students to the e-learning.

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New age education is booming

Our world is increasingly designing new techs which will add amazing features to the modern education system. I cannot overrule the fact that above predictions by the experts are not the fluke but a calculated observation based on their experience. So, I am keeping my finger crossed and wish the predications materialise in reality.

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Wednesday 3 February 2016

How to Improve Research Skill of The Learners

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Introduction to online education and teaching

Online education has proved to be a booming factor towards the growth of education. Students no longer need to travel distances in order to get their pre-binding course materials. What they need to do is just browse sites with a click. Apart from these benefits, the pool of information almost comes free of cost and also both the scholars and the learners could get in touch with each other at any point of time. The educational websites are made available 7 days a week, 24 hours in a day and 365 days in a year. In short, online education and teaching have taken the value of education to a new level.

Growth of online education

With the introduction of MOOC in online studies, the growth of online education is on its way. According to recent surveys, more and more people have registered themselves to this type of online learning named MOOC. New online courses have been launched in 2015, and the students who have opted for atleast one course have crossed millions. At the beginning MOOC introducted itself in colleges for online learning but now it's expansion has reached beyond limits. Long term courses have been broken down in semesters and materials of the courses have been so arranged as to fit the busy schedule of thew learners.

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Prediction or strategy for digital education

Since online or digital education are now days booming in the education sector, several predictions and strategies have been adopted in order to keep the pace intact.

  • Among the many predictions or strategies for digital learning, personalised learning and learning through the help of social media sites are the most effective.
  • Access and authenticity is another most important factor to stay updated in digital learning. Student must be able to get proper access to expert learning sites so that they can get benefitted from the same. Learners must be duly authenticated.
  • Blended study and mobile learning also helps keeping up modernisation to an extent. Education apps are available mostly in mobile phones and tablets and learners do not need to sit in front of their pcs to go to study centres for the course. Provided authentication is there, they can anytime download education apps and stay connected. Blended learning has indeed changed the meaning of traditional face to face learning.

Ways to improve the research skills of online learners

While teaching online is advantageous in many ways, capability of the learners to research for the subject is very important as a part of the study. In order to encourage the same, enquiry models are constructed by the educators to facilitate learners look for more. Enquiry models are kind of curiosity infrastructure build by teachers to encourage the participants to solve problems, analyse equations and grow interest to find something new.

Inference gathered

Online mode of study has become one of the most effective form of learning these days. Digital learning help learners stay updated with growing innovations and technology. However while online learning is beneficial, strategies have also taken to encourage the students participate and research well for their subjects. This way the mode of learning will see its future along with more and more adventure with the growing technology.

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Thursday 28 January 2016

To Pursue Postgraduate Diploma in UK- The Introductory Phase

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No doubt career in UK has its higher prospects if done seriously. How about a Postgraduate diploma? You could surely try this. There has been increasing demand for a Postgraduate diploma among the bachalors or the graduates those who aspire to explore their own skills and knowledge. Apart from this an UK degree is highly recognised with a pretty handsome salary. You could have a lumpsome in your pocket!

How can you differentiate a Postgraduate diploma and a master degree

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Postgraduate diplomas and certificates provides specialisation that is equivalent to master degree from where the students can quickly engross themselves into a job of their choice. A Postgraduate diploma and a certificate is that form of study that generally follows bachalors study in a similar subject. However, a Postgraduate diploma and a master degree can be differentiated to a certain extent. The Postgraduate diploma UK is vocational in nature and allows the students to pursue a new study direction. On the other hand, in a master's degree, students need to complete a dissertation to reach 180 study credits that converts their diploma into masters. A Postgraduate diploma requires 120 credits to finish the course.

Content of the Postgraduate diploma course and ways to find the same in UK

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A Postgraduate diploma UK course is usually a full time course. Like other course schedule of postgraduate degree, this too consists of lectures, seminars, essays etc. The students are expected to devote 10 hours in a week to grab the course material successfully. While many subjects in the course will require a detailed research, many would simply do with field work. With projects and papers, there might be some kind of portfolio that you need to get involved into.

Career prospects in UK based on Postgraduate diploma course

Since opportunities in UK for a Postgraduate diploma is optimal, the earning potential is handsome. You can get lumpsome for your pocket. Infact, in some industries, if you want to make a career with, a Postgraduate diploma is almost a necessity for example in industries such as engineering, finance, banking etc. Some of the other benefits of postgraduate study is that you could also go for a career change at any point of time besides having in-depth knowledge in a given field. Apart from this, if you have completed your Postgraduate diploma course via blended form of learning or MOOC, then you have the most advantageous position. You get the opportunity to come in contact with thousand of scholars and their unbound knowledge with a bare minimum cost almost as cheap that you have never thought of!
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Inference drawn

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The career prospects in UK based on Postgraduate diploma course is huge. The course lets you change your career at any point of time. You can create your passions for a subject and go on for an in-depth studying. The course gives you specialised knowledge and motivates you to go for Phd. The employment opportunities and earning potential is great as compared to pursuing with other course of study.


So, which career you want to choose after completion of Postgraduation? Do let us know.



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Tuesday 9 December 2014

Higher Education Trends: What Surprises Are Waiting For Our Teachers And Students?

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The education sector has changed considerably in the last few years with the introduction of various advanced learning tools. Although there are still some challenges that create some resistance to change, experts believe that a number of higher education trends will soon emerge which will effectively modify the entire education system worldwide.

Education experts claim that the way colleges and governments associate or collaborate with one another will change drastically in the coming future. Moreover our society will also undergo a tremendous transformation and shift focus to an information society from an industrial society. I believe that globalization will also gain further ground in the academic sector. Furthermore, other remarkable trends will also arise from the entry of business organizations.

Here I have listed some of the foremost education trends predicted by the industry experts-

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Departure From A Rigid Learning System

Educationists forecast that we will observe a striking diversification and expansion in the higher education system in the near future. This means the existing rigid system will cease to exist and a more flexible and efficient system will be adopted to provide the needed education.

Assortment Of Educational Institutions

If you ask me, in the near future only 3 types of institutions will take the lead: the brick and mortar classrooms, the online classroom and the hybrid classroom. What does it mean? Although traditional classrooms will continue to exist in the future, but online educational institutes along with classrooms that use the blended learning approach will also take center stage.

Customized Education

Presently, the educators and the schools decide what our students will learn. But experts claim that in the coming years the power will shift from the hands of the teachers to the hands of the learners. Our students will take charge and decide what they need to learn for their development, which course modules should be included and other aspects related to their higher education.

Focus on Learning 
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Till now, our education system has focused on the process of teaching with sheer dedication and on the time needed to complete a course. But now, as things are set to change, the focus is gradually shifting towards learning. According to the upcoming higher education trends, time will become a suggestive variable in education while learning will become constant.

Unbundling Functions

Educators have strictly focused on specific functions of research, teaching and service for long. But now there is a strong need for unbundling the functions. Hence, now some of our educators can concentrate on research, while other teachers and graduate assistants can take care of teaching to develop an enhanced learning approach.

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Changing Value Of Degrees

For long, students were expected to earn and hold a college degree as it was considered of high value. However, this will change soon. Experts believe that in the near future, educational outcomes will be considered more valuable for students instead of degrees. Thus, the changing value of college degrees is undoubtedly one of the fastest emerging trends in higher education.

Did we miss anything? Would like to add some more higher education trends to the list? Then simply comment below and add to the discussion.

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