A Post-COVID learning world, Part 2 😷 Transcend Newsletter XXV

All in all, my bet for an emerging model in higher ed coming out of this crisis will look something like:

There’s a potential for change in higher ed, as momentum picks up for emerging hybrid models that distribute the risk between the student, the university and the employer.

one thing is clear from this transition: there's a great need for virtual experience and curriculum designers that specialize in this online environment.

c) Through new partnerships between universities and startups.

a) online, but more immersive programs (for accountability and flexibility, and designed *for* the online environment),

b) funded through a hybrid financing model (tied to employment outcomes and sharing the risk), and

what if universities offered students shorter-term courses for in-demand skills (software, cybersecurity, data skills and others making up the global skills gap), and then have employers or recruiters pay for a part of their tuition if they are hired or placed? Those employers could even bring them on board through apprenticeships and learn in the ... See more