E-Learning - Digital Technology in Schools - Distance Learning - Distance Education

Online education has been on the rise for the last decade, and the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated its widespread use in unprecedented ways, particularly for professional career advancement. Degree-based programs and expensive learning and development (L&D) initiatives are no longer required to foster an efficient ongoing training environment for those seeking career advancement.

Online learning has its own unique advantages and disadvantages, but the disadvantages alone are no reason to shy away from this education revolution. This approach is here to stay as a valuable additive. Without disregarding its limitations, from my vantage point as a leader in the online learning space, I believe that online learning for professional development is worth rooting for. I want to share a few notable reasons why.

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The quality of the digital transformation of HEI depends fundamentally on how successfully they adopt online pedagogies. To that end, establishing a reference model for teaching and learning practices will be paramount. Such a framework is quite helpful for both teachers and students, allowing them to adjust their respective practices in this new environment. Another critical point, which became quite evident during the current crisis, is the need to assure quality learner support, especially in such a challenging social context as the one we are all experiencing. The digital transition should lead to a more participatory learning culture, now that changes in how knowledge and information are produced, transmitted, or distributed in networks often escape the control of organizations and institutions and, consequently, to solutions that match these new realities in the form of participatory pedagogies. Learning and assessment should be based on trust and collaboration, acknowledging the growing importance of the ethical aspects involved.