On 16/1/21 10:51 am, Stephen Loosley wrote:
Ahh, but the above-mentioned figures make no mention of 2020. And now, the claim is that, “removing the theatre exclusivity-window ...
Something similar is happening with universities, with shorter qualifications, and more flexible delivery.
Government and university rules about having to attend class have been waived due to COVID-19, turning online education from a niche to the norm.
The Australian government invented a new undergraduate certificate and is funding those, along with graduate certificates online, as a way to keep those unable to work due to COVID-19 out of the unemployment figures. Students have been signing up, seeing the benefit of a qualification in six months instead of years for a degree. https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2020/05/undergraduate-certificates-to-be-added.html
Universities are also trying out micro-credentials, equivalent to about three weeks study. https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2020/10/will-microcredentials-and-certificates.html
It will be interesting to see how many students go on to a degree and how many find six months study, supplemented by some micro-credentials are enough.
-- Tom Worthington, MEd FHEA FACS CP IP3P http://www.tomw.net.au +61(0)419496150 TomW Communications Pty Ltd. PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia Liability limited by a scheme approved under Prof. Standards Legislation Honorary Lecturer, Computer Science, Australian National University https://cecs.anu.edu.au/research/profile/tom-worthington _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
