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The future of education is online

The future of education is online

Student expectations for the quality of instruction and a better technical experience online will increase throughout the year.


Student expectations for the quality of instruction and a better technical experience online will increase throughout the year.

Many schools and colleges will rely heavily on online delivery for much of 2020. Listening carefully to what students want in regards to online learning is crucial right now.

For educators hoping to recruit new international students and retain existing ones, this unpredictability means they must continue to rapidly improve the online learning experiences they can offer students.

Most students tolerated the transition from in-person to online learning earlier this year (although of course some were not) because they understood it in the context of the effect of the pandemic on absolutely everyone, including schools. But this patience is not eternal. They will expect a high quality online learning experience in the second half of this year. Otherwise, more students may choose to postpone their studies until the pandemic is over.

"As students are now in a stronger position to choose how they wish to receive an education, higher education institutions will have to pay more attention to student preferences. The era has come The student consumer and institutions must be much more responsive to what they want. We cannot take student preferences for granted and must invest to understand them. When it comes to delivering education, it is no longer about us, it is about them. " clarifies Gary Hepburn, dean of the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education