Taking Learning Online: Lessons from India for Universities around the Globe
Online courses proved to be worthy long before Covid-19 locked the whole world down. Many universities across the globe implemented online degree programs
Indian Government opened up its education system to online degrees, which attracted companies around the world, mainly US-based online education companies. The Government is positive in lifting the previous restrictions on online courses and making it more accessible to students by which education delivery in the country reshapes. It raises the standard of Indian Institutes globally. The US-based online education providers like Coursera hope that they can partner up with institutions in the country and provide a great many courses to students. Institutes like Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), and Manipal Group of Institutions partnered with Coursera, before the hit of Pandemic and providing online credits for students to gain. With these platforms, students can learn skills from different disciplines that help them have a successful career. Students are given choices where they can learn skills that help them carry a strong profile to interviews like certification in computing, courses in MS-office, and English courses for non-native speakers. With these cross-disciplinary approaches, students graduate with good knowledge of their subject and other disciplinaries as well. Students become well trained in managing complex problems and coming up with creative solutions. They also gain the ability to stay updated during technological advancements that occur regularly. With the guided projects, some of these online courses provide, students get good practice so they can apply what they learn. The certification from these courses gives students an attractive profile they can use in interviews.
